John Collins vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and John Collins, 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.

John Collins played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Alex English, who played 15. John Collins had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	John Collins	Alex English
Season	2017-18	1976-77
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
John Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715
difference:	+14	+13.3	+5.3	+1.3	+3.2	+4.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.8		-1.6	+2.0	+2.8	+.099				+1.0	+1.5	+.052
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Collins nor Alex English played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	John Collins	Alex English
Season	2022-23	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
John Collins	71	30.0	13.1	1.1	5.4	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	5.1	10.0	.508	1.0	3.4	.292	2.0	2.5	.803
difference:	+11	+6.8	+12.3	+1.5	+1.2	+0.3	+4.1	+0.5	+0.5	-2.1	-0.1	+5.3	+8.9	+.043	+1.0	+3.3	+.292	+2.5	+2.9	+.037
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	6	27.3	11.3	1.2	3.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.3	10.0	.433	1.8	5.3	.344	0.8	1.0	.833
difference:	+3	+12.0	+8.0	+1.5	+1.8	+3.4	+4.9	+0.7		-0.2	-0.2	+4.4	+8.3	+.040	+1.8	+5.3		+1.2	+1.3	+.024
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 7
	John Collins	Alex English
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
John Collins	68	28.0	15.1	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.8	5.8	11.0	.532	1.3	3.4	.371	2.2	2.7	.795
difference:	+14	+8.4	+13.3	+0.9	+2.0	+1.2	+3.7	+0.8	+0.6	-1.8	-0.1	+5.9	+11.6	+.016	+1.3	+3.3	+.204	+2.8	+3.3	+.034
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887

Season 8
	John Collins	Alex English
Season	2024-25	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
John Collins	40	30.5	19.0	2.2	6.0	8.2	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.9	7.0	13.3	.527	1.5	3.7	.399	3.5	4.1	.848
difference:	+42	+4.5	+7.4	+0.4	+3.0	+2.5	+3.0		+0.2	-0.1	-0.2	+4.1	+7.6	+.002	+1.5	+3.6	+.256	+0.8	+1.1	+.024
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893

Season 9
	John Collins	Alex English
Season	2025-26	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
John Collins	2	26.0	12.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	4.5	8.5	.529	0.5	1.5	.333	2.5	3.5	.714
difference:	+79	+10.1	+15.9		+0.9	+0.8	+2.7	+0.3	+0.4	-1.1	-1.2	+7.1	+13.9	+.011	+0.5	+1.4	+.133	+2.2	+2.2	+.115
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890

Additional Years
* Alex English played 6 seasons more than John Collins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1986 to 1991—Alex English played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over John Collins, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game