Jeff Hornacek vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace and Jeff Hornacek, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Jeff Hornacek played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Rookie Season
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1986-87	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	19.5	5.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.5	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.6	2.0	4.4	.454	0.2	0.5	.279	1.2	1.5	.777
difference:	+8	+11.6	+6.7	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+1.7	+0.8	+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+2.3	+6.1	+.047	+0.6	+2.2	+.035	+1.4	+2.4	+.103
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jeff Hornacek nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1989-90	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	67	34.0	17.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.0	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.4	.536	0.6	1.5	.408	2.6	3.0	.856
difference:	+2	+0.4	+2.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+2.1	+0.6	+0.5	-0.2	-1.4	+2.0	+1.1	+.108	+0.4	+1.6	+.072	+1.4	+2.4	+.120
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	36.4	18.6	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.6	1.5	0.0	2.1	2.7	7.0	13.7	.511	0.4	1.5	.250	4.3	4.6	.932
difference:	+10	+5.8	+0.4	+1.0	+0.9	+1.9	+2.4	+1.0	+1.0	-0.6	-1.5	+1.2	+1.3	+.122	+1.6	+3.7	+.137	+1.0	+2.1	+.132
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1990-91	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	34.2	16.9	0.9	3.1	4.0	5.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.3	6.8	13.1	.518	0.8	1.8	.418	2.5	2.8	.897
difference:	+7	+3.0	+1.4	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+1.4	+0.7	+0.5	-1.2	-0.4	+0.4	+2.1	+.097	+0.2	+1.5	+.108	+1.9	+3.2	+.164
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	4	36.3	18.3	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.431	0.8	1.5	.500	6.5	7.0	.929
difference:	+11	+2.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+1.2	+0.6	+0.6	-1.7	-0.3	+1.0	+4.5	+.053	+0.5	+2.9	+.212	+2.4	+1.3	+.211
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Season 6
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1991-92	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	38.0	20.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.1	2.0	0.4	2.1	2.7	7.8	15.3	.512	1.0	2.3	.439	3.4	3.9	.886
difference:	+74	+3.6	+4.5	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+2.0	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-1.2	+0.6	+1.7	+.016		+0.1	+.027	+3.3	+3.4	+.036
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	8	42.9	20.4	1.5	4.9	6.4	5.3	1.8	0.3	2.4	2.9	7.8	16.0	.484	1.0	2.1	.471	3.9	4.3	.912
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1992-93	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	79	36.2	19.1	1.1	3.3	4.3	6.9	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	7.4	15.7	.470	1.2	3.2	.390	3.2	3.7	.865
difference:	+23	+3.2	+1.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+3.3	+0.5	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3	+1.1	+0.2	+.066	+0.2	+1.3	+.082	+0.5	+1.7	+.190
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

Season 10
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1995-96	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	15.2	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.1	1.3	0.2	1.5	2.1	5.4	10.7	.502	1.3	2.7	.466	3.2	3.5	.893
difference:	+13	+3.9	+1.9	+0.1	+2.5	+2.7	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+0.6	+4.3	+.101	+0.9	+2.9	+.067	+0.4	+0.3	+.145
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	18	35.8	17.5	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.3	5.8	11.5	.502	1.9	3.2	.586	4.1	4.6	.890
difference:	+5	+1.7	+1.9	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+0.9			-1.0	-0.2	+0.4	+4.1	+.108	+0.1	+3.2	+.309	+2.6	+2.4	+.176
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714

Season 11
	Jeff Hornacek	Metta World Peace
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

more >>

11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	14.5	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	1.6	2.3	5.0	10.4	.482	0.9	2.4	.369	3.6	4.0	.899
difference:	+5	+2.2	+3.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+1.4	+0.1			-0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+.068	+0.5	+1.4	+.014	+1.9	+1.6	+.211
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	20	35.2	14.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.4	.433	1.0	2.7	.358	4.6	5.3	.876
difference:	+3	+1.3	+3.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+0.1	+0.6	+.035	+0.5	+2.4	+.067	+3.6	+3.6	+.297
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579