Gerald Henderson vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Gerald Henderson, 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.

Gerald Henderson played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Enes Kanter, who played 11. Gerald Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Enes Kanter had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Gerald Henderson	13	8	1979-80 to 1991-92
Enes Kanter	11	6	2011-12 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Gerald Henderson	76	14.0	6.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.333	1.2	1.7	.690
Enes Kanter	66	13.2	4.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.6	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	9	11.2	4.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.1	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	2.2	.600
Enes Kanter	4	10.8	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 2
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	19.6	7.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.2	7.1	.451	0.0	0.2	.063	1.4	1.9	.720
Enes Kanter	70	15.4	7.2	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	1.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	16	14.3	5.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.6	5.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.833
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	22.5	10.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	4.3	8.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	2.1	.727
Enes Kanter	80	26.7	12.3	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	12	25.8	8.3	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	3.2	7.8	.409	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.9	.686
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	18.9	8.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.0	1.6	2.3	3.5	7.5	.463	0.0	0.2	.188	1.2	1.6	.722
Enes Kanter	75	28.5	15.5	3.7	5.3	8.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.4	12.4	.519	0.2	0.6	.356	2.4	3.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	7	26.7	10.9	1.1	0.9	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.6	5.0	12.1	.412	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.0	.857
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	78	26.8	11.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.8	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.7	4.8	9.2	.524	0.3	0.7	.351	1.7	2.3	.768
Enes Kanter	82	21.0	12.7	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.0	8.8	.576	0.1	0.3	.476	2.4	3.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	23	26.8	12.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.2	1.5	0.0	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.485	0.1	0.5	.273	2.3	3.3	.720
Enes Kanter	18	17.9	9.4	2.6	3.6	6.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.6	6.6	.551	0.1	0.8	.143	2.1	2.5	.844


Season 6
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Gerald Henderson	79	33.5	13.4	0.9	1.5	2.4	7.1	1.8	0.1	2.9	2.5	5.4	11.3	.479	0.1	0.5	.237	2.5	3.2	.780
Enes Kanter	72	21.3	14.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.1	5.6	10.2	.545	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	4.0	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	5	9.0	4.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	31.3	13.1	1.1	1.2	2.3	5.9	1.7	0.1	2.2	2.8	5.3	11.0	.482	0.2	0.6	.346	2.3	2.7	.830
Enes Kanter	71	25.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.6	5.9	10.0	.592	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.6	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics, New York Knicks	New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	74	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	6.4	1.4	0.1	2.3	2.8	4.0	9.1	.442	0.3	1.0	.247	2.6	3.1	.826
Enes Kanter	67	24.5	13.7	3.8	6.0	9.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.6	10.2	.549	0.1	0.5	.294	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	16	28.8	11.4	3.3	6.4	9.6	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	2.6	.756


Season 9
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	75	20.1	7.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.5	2.6	6.0	.428	0.9	2.2	.423	1.8	2.3	.812
Enes Kanter	58	16.9	8.1	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.4	6.0	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	11	9.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.8	.524	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.9	.500


Season 10
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Gerald Henderson	65	15.2	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.9	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.6	.308	1.6	2.0	.819
Enes Kanter	72	24.4	11.2	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.3	4.7	7.8	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	3	23.0	8.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.3	3.3	8.3	.400	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333
Enes Kanter	5	11.2	2.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 11
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did 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		%
Gerald Henderson	57	8.1	2.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.9	.486	0.3	0.7	.447	0.2	0.3	.800
Enes Kanter	35	11.7	3.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	.526	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	8	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	23	17.0	5.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.2	5.1	.427	0.3	0.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.762
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	10	4.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Gerald Henderson	Enes Kanter
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did 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		%
Gerald Henderson	16	6.0	2.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.0	.375	0.2	0.5	.375	0.6	0.7	.818
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gerald Henderson vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Gerald Henderson, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13