Gary Payton vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder and Gary Payton, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Gary Payton played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Dennis Schroder, who played 12. Gary Payton had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Dennis Schroder had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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 achievements, 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
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07
Dennis Schroder	12	9	2013-14 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	27.4	7.2	1.3	1.6	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.2	.711
difference:	+33	+14.3	+3.5	+1.2	+0.5	+1.8	+4.5	+1.7	+0.2	-1.0	-1.9	+1.7	+3.2	+.067	+0.2	+0.7	+.161	+0.2	+0.3	+.037
Dennis Schroder	49	13.1	3.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.5	3.8	.383	0.2	0.9	.238	0.6	0.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	27.0	4.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.4	1.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
difference:	+3	+23.5	+2.3	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+6.4	+1.6	+0.2	-1.8	-2.7	+1.2	+4.4	+.593	+0.5	+0.3	+1.000	+0.4	+0.4
Dennis Schroder	2	3.5	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669
difference:	+4	+11.8	+0.6	+1.1	+0.3	+1.5	+2.1	+1.2	+0.2	-0.2	-1.5	+0.4	+0.5	+.024	+0.7	+1.6	+.221	+0.7	+0.5	+.158
Dennis Schroder	77	19.7	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.1	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.7	8.6	.427	0.7	1.9	.351	1.9	2.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583
difference:	+8	+9.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+0.9	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-1.5	+0.1	+1.8	+.080	+0.5	+1.8	+.235	+0.6	+0.3	+.274
Dennis Schroder	16	18.1	9.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.9	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.8	3.5	9.1	.386	0.5	2.1	.235	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 3
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770
difference:	+2	+10.8	+2.5	+0.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+0.2	-0.5	-1.3	+1.7	+1.9	+.073	+0.9	+2.6	+.116		+0.1	+.021
Dennis Schroder	80	20.3	11.0	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.1	9.8	.421	1.0	3.0	.322	1.8	2.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676
difference:	+9	+12.7	+0.6	+0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+0.1	+1.4	+0.1	-0.3	-1.0	+0.8	+2.0	+.009	+1.1	+3.2	+.176	+0.2	+0.6	+.170
Dennis Schroder	10	19.1	11.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.6	0.4	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	10.4	.452	1.2	3.5	.343	1.1	1.3	.846


Season 4
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	35.1	16.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	.504	0.2	0.7	.278	2.0	3.4	.595
difference:	+3	+3.6	+1.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+1.4		-1.2	-0.9	+0.2	+1.3	+.053	+1.1	+3.0	+.062	+0.8	+0.2	+.260
Dennis Schroder	79	31.5	17.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	3.3	1.9	6.9	15.4	.451	1.3	3.7	.340	2.8	3.2	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	36.2	15.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.0	6.8	13.8	.493	0.6	1.8	.333	1.6	3.8	.421
difference:	+1	+1.0	+8.9	+0.5	+0.5	+1.1	+2.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-0.2	+1.5	+4.5	+.038	+2.2	+4.9	+.092	+3.6	+2.4	+.417
Dennis Schroder	6	35.2	24.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	7.7	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.2	8.3	18.3	.455	2.8	6.7	.425	5.2	6.2	.838


Season 5
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	36.8	20.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	.509	0.9	2.8	.302	3.0	4.2	.716
difference:	+15	+5.8	+1.2	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+1.4	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+0.9	+0.7	+.073	+0.2	+1.1	+.012	+0.4	+0.2	+.133
Dennis Schroder	67	31.0	19.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.2	7.5	17.1	.436	1.1	3.9	.290	3.4	4.0	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	4	43.0	17.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	16.8	.478	0.5	2.5	.200	1.3	3.0	.417
Dennis Schroder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	81	39.0	19.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	.484	1.2	3.7	.328	2.8	3.8	.748
difference:	+2	+9.7	+3.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	+3.4	+2.1		-1.0	-0.3	+1.8	+1.8	+.070	+0.4	+0.9	+.013	+0.4	+0.9	+.071
Dennis Schroder	79	29.3	15.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	2.4	2.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	21	43.4	20.7	0.9	4.2	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.7	15.9	.485	2.0	4.8	.410	3.3	5.2	.633
difference:	+16	+13.2	+6.9	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+3.4	+1.0	+0.3	-1.8	-1.1	+2.7	+4.9	+.030	+0.8	+0.8	+.110	+0.7	+1.6	+.089
Dennis Schroder	5	30.2	13.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	11.0	.455	1.2	4.0	.300	2.6	3.6	.722


Season 7
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	39.2	21.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	.476	1.5	4.6	.313	3.1	4.3	.715
difference:	+17	+8.4	+2.9	+1.0		+1.0	+3.1	+1.7			-0.3	+1.6	+3.3	+.007	+0.4	+0.4	+.072	+0.1	+0.7	+.124
Dennis Schroder	65	30.8	18.9	0.3	3.3	3.6	4.0	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.0	14.8	.469	1.9	5.0	.385	3.0	3.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	12	45.6	23.8	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	8.8	21.3	.412	2.1	6.3	.333	4.2	5.1	.820
difference:	+5	+13.2	+6.5	+1.4	+0.4	+1.7	+5.1	+1.6	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+2.5	+5.7	+.008	+0.2	+0.1	+.044	+1.3	+1.5	+.020
Dennis Schroder	7	32.4	17.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	3.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.1	6.3	15.6	.404	1.9	6.4	.289	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 8
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	38.4	19.2	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	.453	1.6	4.8	.338	3.4	4.6	.744
difference:	+21	+6.3	+3.8	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+2.5	+1.2		-0.1	-0.2	+1.7	+3.1	+.016	+0.4	+1.3	+.003		+0.6	+.104
Dennis Schroder	61	32.1	15.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.6	5.4	12.5	.437	1.2	3.5	.335	3.4	4.0	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	10	42.7	24.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	8.7	18.3	.475	1.9	5.0	.380	4.7	5.0	.940
difference:	+4	+10.0	+9.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+4.2	+0.8	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+4.0	+6.6	+.075	+0.6	+0.7	+.072	+1.0	+0.7	+.094
Dennis Schroder	6	32.7	14.3	0.2	2.8	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.7	11.7	.400	1.3	4.3	.308	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 9
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	50	40.2	21.7	1.2	3.6	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	.434	1.7	5.6	.295	4.0	5.5	.721
difference:	+14	+11.5	+8.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.6	+4.1	+1.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+3.1	+7.2	+.003	+0.4	+1.7	+.049	+1.5	+2.6	+.132
Dennis Schroder	64	28.7	13.5	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.9	11.3	.431	1.3	3.9	.344	2.5	2.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gary Payton nor Dennis Schroder played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735
difference:	+16	+11.7	+11.6	+0.9	+3.0	+4.0	+4.4	+1.1		-1.0		+5.0	+10.5	+.033	+1.1	+2.9	+.011	+0.5	+1.4	+.122
Dennis Schroder	66	30.1	12.6	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.1	9.8	.415	1.1	3.4	.329	3.3	3.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769
difference:	+11	+18.1	+18.4	+1.4	+4.2	+5.7	+4.5	+0.8		-2.3	-0.7	+7.4	+16.2	+.044	+1.0	+2.2	+.058	+2.6	+3.4	+.052
Dennis Schroder	16	26.1	7.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.6	6.4	.398	0.8	2.4	.333	1.4	1.8	.821


Season 11
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766
difference:	+1	+10.0	+9.1	+0.4	+1.1	+1.6	+2.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+4.2	+8.5	+.021	+0.4	+1.2		+1.2	+1.8	+.070
Dennis Schroder	80	31.1	14.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.6	.435	1.7	4.6	.375	2.2	2.7	.836

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gary Payton nor Dennis Schroder played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Gary Payton	Dennis Schroder
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797
difference:	+7	+12.2	+9.0	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+3.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.6	-0.2	+4.5	+8.2	+.061	+0.8	+2.0	+.028	+0.9	+1.2	+.041
Dennis Schroder	75	28.1	13.1	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.4	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.5	11.0	.406	1.7	4.9	.342	2.4	2.9	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586
difference:	+1	+13.9	+9.7	+1.3	+4.9	+6.3	+2.1	+0.6	+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+4.7	+12.4	+.066	+0.9	+0.5	+.209	+1.2	+3.1	+.227
Dennis Schroder	6	27.3	12.5	0.7	1.7	2.3	3.7	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	4.3	8.8	.491	1.7	3.5	.476	2.2	2.7	.813


Additional Years
* Gary Payton played 5 seasons more than Dennis Schroder in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2003 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Dennis Schroder, Gary Payton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Gary Payton vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder and Gary Payton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years