Hersey Hawkins vs. Kendrick Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kendrick Perkins and Hersey Hawkins, 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.

Hersey Hawkins played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Kendrick Perkins, who played 14. Hersey Hawkins had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Kendrick Perkins had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Hersey Hawkins	13	8	1988-89 to 2000-01
Kendrick Perkins	14	9	2003-04 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1988-89	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Hersey Hawkins	79	32.6	15.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.3	5.6	12.3	.455	0.9	2.1	.428	3.1	3.7	.831
Kendrick Perkins	10	3.5	2.2	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	3	24.0	2.7	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.0	8.0	.125	0.0	1.7	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1989-90	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	82	34.8	18.5	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.2	1.6	0.3	2.3	2.6	6.4	13.9	.460	1.0	2.4	.420	4.7	5.3	.888
Kendrick Perkins	60	9.1	2.5	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.6	0.9	2.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	10	41.5	23.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.6	1.2	0.7	3.1	2.5	8.1	16.3	.497	1.4	3.6	.389	5.9	6.3	.937
Kendrick Perkins	6	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.333


Season 3
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1990-91	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	80	38.9	22.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	3.7	2.2	0.5	2.7	2.3	7.4	15.6	.472	1.4	3.4	.400	6.0	6.9	.871
Kendrick Perkins	68	19.6	5.2	2.1	3.9	5.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	2.0	3.9	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	8	41.1	20.9	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.4	2.5	1.3	2.0	3.6	5.9	12.6	.465	1.8	3.3	.538	7.4	7.9	.937
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1991-92	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Hersey Hawkins	81	37.2	19.0	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.9	0.5	2.3	2.1	6.4	13.9	.462	1.1	2.8	.397	5.0	5.7	.874
Kendrick Perkins	72	21.9	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.0	1.8	3.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1992-93	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	81	36.8	20.3	1.1	3.1	4.3	3.9	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.3	6.8	14.5	.470	1.5	3.8	.397	5.2	6.0	.860
Kendrick Perkins	78	24.5	6.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	1.6	3.1	2.7	4.5	.615	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.623

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	25	25.2	6.6	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.2	3.6	2.5	4.2	.585	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.678


Season 6
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1993-94	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	82	32.3	14.4	1.1	3.5	4.6	2.6	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.0	4.8	10.5	.460	1.0	2.9	.332	3.8	4.4	.862
Kendrick Perkins	76	29.6	8.5	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	3.3	3.6	6.3	.577	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.1	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	14	36.6	11.9	3.6	7.9	11.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	3.6	5.2	9.1	.575	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.667


Season 7
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1994-95	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	82	33.3	14.3	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.2	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.8	9.9	.482	1.6	3.6	.440	3.2	3.7	.867
Kendrick Perkins	78	27.6	10.1	2.0	5.6	7.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.1	2.8	4.0	6.7	.602	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.6	.582

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	4	32.5	11.3	1.3	4.0	5.3	2.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.3	3.3	8.0	.406	1.0	3.3	.308	3.8	4.3	.882
Kendrick Perkins	23	25.0	5.7	1.8	4.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.4	2.1	4.2	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.600


Season 8
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1995-96	2010-11
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Hersey Hawkins	82	34.4	15.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.7	1.8	0.2	2.0	2.1	5.4	11.4	.473	1.8	4.6	.384	3.0	3.5	.874
Kendrick Perkins	29	25.6	6.0	2.1	5.9	8.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.9	3.1	2.3	4.5	.515	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	21	34.0	12.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.6	2.6	3.6	8.0	.452	1.0	3.0	.344	4.0	4.5	.895
Kendrick Perkins	17	28.2	4.5	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.6	3.4	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.576


Season 9
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1996-97	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost NBA 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	82	33.6	13.9	1.1	2.8	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.5	9.7	.464	1.7	4.3	.403	3.1	3.6	.875
Kendrick Perkins	65	26.8	5.1	1.8	4.7	6.6	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	2.0	4.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	12	40.3	15.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.8	2.5	0.3	1.8	2.7	5.2	11.0	.470	2.3	4.9	.458	2.7	2.9	.914
Kendrick Perkins	20	25.9	4.7	1.8	4.5	6.2	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.5	3.0	1.9	4.5	.416	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1997-98	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	82	31.7	10.5	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.7	1.8	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.4	7.8	.440	1.5	3.7	.415	2.2	2.5	.868
Kendrick Perkins	78	25.1	4.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	1.8	4.0	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	10	33.8	13.4	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.6	1.8	0.1	0.9	2.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.7	4.3	.395	3.5	4.0	.875
Kendrick Perkins	11	19.1	2.2	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.5	0.9	3.5	.263	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 11
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1998-99	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Hersey Hawkins	50	32.9	10.3	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.5	1.6	0.4	1.6	1.8	3.4	8.2	.419	1.1	3.6	.306	2.4	2.6	.902
Kendrick Perkins	62	19.5	3.4	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	1.4	3.1	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	19	20.2	3.2	1.7	3.6	5.4	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.3	3.4	1.3	2.4	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.800


Season 12
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	1999-00	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	61	26.6	7.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.6	2.4	2.6	6.1	.424	0.9	2.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.899
Kendrick Perkins	68	16.9	3.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.4	1.5	3.3	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.506

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	8	4.1	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 13
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Hersey Hawkins	59	11.5	3.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.3	.409	0.3	0.8	.370	0.9	1.1	.857
Kendrick Perkins	37	14.6	2.5	0.7	2.8	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.7	1.1	2.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.440

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	6	8.2	2.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	.375	0.2	0.7	.250	0.8	1.2	.714
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kendrick Perkins didn't play in 2016-17.


Season 14
	Hersey Hawkins	Kendrick Perkins
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	1	15.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hersey Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Hersey Hawkins vs. Kendrick Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kendrick Perkins and Hersey Hawkins, 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

Season 14