Dick McGuire vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Dick McGuire, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dick McGuire played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Myles Turner, who played 9. Dick McGuire had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Myles Turner had his rookie season in 2015-16. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Dick McGuire 11 9 1949-50 to 1959-60
Myles Turner 9 6 2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1949-502015-16
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Achievement Assists Leader-
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div FinalsPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 68 - 8.6 - - - 5.7 - - - 2.4 2.8 8.3 .337 - - - 3.0 4.6 .652
Myles Turner 60 22.8 10.3 1.1 4.4 5.5 0.7 0.4 1.4 1.1 2.6 4.4 8.8 .498 0.1 0.2 .214 1.5 2.0 .727
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 5 - 12.6 - - - 5.4 - - - 4.2 4.4 10.4 .423 - - - 3.8 5.2 .731
Myles Turner 7 28.1 10.3 2.3 4.1 6.4 0.4 0.3 3.3 1.7 3.4 4.7 10.1 .465 0.0 0.3 .000 0.9 1.3 .667

Season 2

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1950-512016-17
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 64 - 8.4 - - 5.2 6.3 - - - 2.4 2.8 7.5 .371 - - - 2.8 4.3 .649
Myles Turner 81 31.4 14.5 1.7 5.6 7.3 1.3 0.9 2.1 1.3 3.2 5.5 10.7 .511 0.5 1.4 .348 3.0 3.7 .809
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 14 - 5.3 - - 5.9 5.6 - - - 3.6 1.8 5.7 .313 - - - 1.7 3.8 .453
Myles Turner 4 33.3 10.8 1.5 5.3 6.8 0.8 1.8 1.3 1.5 3.8 4.8 11.0 .432 0.0 1.5 .000 1.3 2.0 .625

Season 3

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1951-522017-18
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 64 31.5 9.2 - - 5.2 6.1 - - - 2.8 3.2 7.4 .430 - - - 2.9 4.5 .631
Myles Turner 65 28.2 12.7 1.4 5.0 6.4 1.3 0.6 1.8 1.5 2.9 4.7 9.8 .479 0.9 2.4 .357 2.5 3.2 .777
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 14 39.0 10.4 - - 5.1 6.4 - - - 3.3 3.4 7.6 .449 - - - 3.5 6.1 .570
Myles Turner 7 28.0 12.4 0.9 4.3 5.1 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.6 3.6 4.7 7.7 .611 0.9 1.9 .462 2.1 2.7 .789

Season 4

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1952-532018-19
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards -Achievement Blocks Leader
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 61 29.2 7.2 - - 4.6 4.9 - - - 2.8 2.3 6.1 .381 - - - 2.5 4.4 .569
Myles Turner 74 28.6 13.3 1.4 5.8 7.2 1.6 0.8 2.7 1.4 2.6 5.1 10.5 .487 1.0 2.6 .388 2.0 2.7 .736
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 11 32.7 7.5 - - 5.7 6.4 - - - 2.3 2.2 5.4 .407 - - - 3.2 5.0 .636
Myles Turner 4 31.5 9.8 1.0 5.3 6.3 1.5 0.0 1.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 8.8 .400 0.8 3.5 .214 2.0 3.3 .615

Season 5

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1953-542019-20
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost E Div Round RobinPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 68 34.5 9.1 - - 4.6 5.2 - - - 2.9 3.0 7.3 .408 - - - 3.2 5.1 .638
Myles Turner 62 29.5 12.1 1.4 5.2 6.6 1.2 0.7 2.1 1.4 2.7 4.3 9.5 .457 1.4 4.0 .344 2.0 2.7 .751
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 4 17.0 2.8 - - 1.0 1.3 - - - 3.0 1.0 4.0 .250 - - - 0.8 1.3 .600
Myles Turner 4 36.5 15.8 2.8 8.0 10.8 0.8 0.5 4.0 2.3 3.3 6.3 11.0 .568 1.5 3.5 .429 1.8 4.0 .438

Season 6

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1954-552020-21
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards -Achievement Blocks Leader
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div SemisDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 71 32.5 9.1 - - 4.5 7.6 - - - 2.0 3.2 8.2 .389 - - - 2.7 4.3 .644
Myles Turner 47 31.0 12.6 1.3 5.2 6.5 1.0 0.9 3.4 1.4 3.5 4.4 9.2 .477 1.5 4.4 .335 2.4 3.0 .782
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 3 25.0 6.7 - - 3.0 4.0 - - - 2.3 2.0 6.3 .316 - - - 2.7 4.0 .667
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1955-562021-22
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 62 27.2 6.9 - - 3.5 5.8 - - - 2.4 2.5 7.1 .347 - - - 2.0 3.1 .627
Myles Turner 42 29.4 12.9 1.5 5.5 7.1 1.0 0.7 2.8 1.3 2.8 4.8 9.4 .509 1.5 4.4 .333 1.9 2.5 .752
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire ------- --- ----------
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1956-572022-23
Team New York KnicksIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 72 16.5 5.3 - - 2.0 3.1 - - - 1.4 1.9 5.1 .383 - - - 1.5 2.3 .644
Myles Turner 62 29.4 18.0 1.4 6.1 7.5 1.4 0.6 2.3 1.7 3.5 6.5 11.8 .548 1.5 4.0 .373 3.5 4.5 .783
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire ------- --- ----------
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1957-582023-24
Team Detroit PistonsIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost West Div FinalsPacers TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 69 33.5 8.1 - - 4.2 6.6 - - - 2.6 2.9 7.9 .373 - - - 2.2 3.3 .667
Myles Turner 77 27.0 17.1 1.5 5.5 6.9 1.3 0.5 1.9 1.4 3.0 6.2 11.8 .524 1.5 4.2 .358 3.2 4.1 .773
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 7 33.7 9.6 - - 4.7 5.7 - - - 1.9 3.6 8.6 .417 - - - 2.4 3.4 .708
Myles Turner 11 32.4 17.6 1.6 4.9 6.5 2.4 0.6 1.5 1.3 2.5 6.4 12.9 .493 2.6 5.8 .453 2.3 3.3 .694

Season 10

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1958-59-
Team Detroit Pistons-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost West Div Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 71 29.1 9.2 - - 4.0 6.2 - - - 2.1 3.3 7.6 .427 - - - 2.7 3.6 .740
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 3 36.3 15.7 - - 5.7 6.3 - - - 3.3 6.7 10.7 .625 - - - 2.3 3.7 .636
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Dick McGuire Myles Turner
Season 1959-60-
Team Detroit Pistons-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons Lost West Div Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 68 21.6 7.1 - - 3.9 5.3 - - - 1.6 2.6 5.9 .445 - - - 1.8 3.0 .617
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Dick McGuire 2 21.0 5.5 - - 2.0 4.5 - - - 1.5 2.5 6.0 .417 - - - 0.5 1.5 .333
Myles Turner ------- --- ----------