John Crotty vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and John Crotty, 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.

John Crotty played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Spencer Haywood, who played 12. John Crotty had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
John Crotty	11	7	1992-93 to 2002-03
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83

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


Rookie Season
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1992-93	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
John Crotty	40	6.1	2.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.8	.514	0.1	0.4	.143	0.7	1.0	.684
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	1	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1993-94	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
John Crotty	45	7.0	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.2	.455	0.2	0.5	.458	0.7	0.8	.861
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	8	4.8	1.5	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.4	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1994-95	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
John Crotty	80	12.7	3.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.2	2.9	.403	0.1	0.5	.306	1.2	1.5	.810
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	3	8.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1995-96	1973-74
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
John Crotty	58	10.6	3.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.0	.447	0.1	0.5	.296	1.1	1.2	.861
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	2	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1996-97	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
John Crotty	48	13.7	4.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.2	.513	0.4	1.0	.408	1.1	1.3	.844
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	15	8.4	2.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.2	.394	0.3	0.8	.417	0.4	0.5	.857
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770


Season 6
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1997-98	1975-76
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
John Crotty	26	14.6	3.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.1	1.1	3.5	.322	0.2	0.8	.300	1.2	1.3	.941
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1998-99	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, 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		%
John Crotty	27	14.1	5.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.3	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.9	4.6	.411	0.5	1.3	.389	1.6	1.9	.860
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	1999-00	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
John Crotty	69	13.6	4.7	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.5	3.6	.422	0.5	1.2	.413	1.2	1.3	.860
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	3	17.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	1.0	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 9
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	2000-01	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
John Crotty	31	8.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	.338	0.1	0.2	.571	0.5	0.6	.895
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	4	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	2001-02	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
John Crotty	41	19.6	6.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.4	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.9	2.4	5.1	.471	0.8	1.7	.449	1.4	1.6	.864
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	2002-03	1981-82
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
John Crotty	12	15.0	3.4	0.1	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.2	3.4	.341	0.3	1.1	.308	0.8	1.3	.600
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743


Season 12
	John Crotty	Spencer Haywood
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Washington Bullets
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		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Crotty vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and John Crotty, 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