John Havlicek vs. Coby White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Coby White and John Havlicek, 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 Havlicek played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Coby White, who played 6. John Havlicek had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Coby White had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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 Havlicek	Coby White
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 Havlicek	80	27.5	14.3	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.6	.445	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.728
difference:	+15	+1.7	+1.1			+3.2	+0.5				-0.6	+1.2	+1.4	+.051				+0.6	+1.0	+.063
Coby White	65	25.8	13.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.8	12.2	.394	2.0	5.8	.354	1.6	2.0	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	23.1	11.8	-	-	4.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	11.4	.448	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.667
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	John Havlicek	Coby White
Season	1963-64	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	80	32.3	19.9	-	-	5.4	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	19.2	.417	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.746
difference:	+11	+1.1	+4.8			+1.3	+1.8				-0.2	+2.6	+6.1	+.001				+2.0	+3.2	+.155
Coby White	69	31.2	15.1	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.8	0.6	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.4	13.1	.416	2.4	6.6	.359	1.9	2.1	.901
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	10	28.9	15.7	-	-	4.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.6	6.1	15.9	.384	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.795
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	John Havlicek	Coby White
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	75	28.9	18.3	-	-	4.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	18.9	.401	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.744
difference:	+14	+1.5	+5.6			+1.9	+0.2				-0.5	+3.0	+8.3	+.032				+1.8	+2.7	+.113
Coby White	61	27.4	12.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.9	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.6	.433	2.2	5.8	.385	1.3	1.5	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	12	33.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.3	20.8	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.836
difference:	+7	+14.2	+10.1			+3.9	+0.6				-2.7	+4.3	+11.8	+.019				+3.0	+3.6	+.036
Coby White	5	19.6	8.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.6	5.8	.276	0.8	1.0	.800

Season 4
	John Havlicek	Coby White
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	71	30.6	18.8	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.5	18.7	.399	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.785
difference:	+3	+7.2	+9.1			+3.1	+0.2				-0.6	+3.9	+10.7	+.044				+3.1	+4.0	+.086
Coby White	74	23.4	9.7	0.2	2.6	2.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.6	8.0	.443	1.7	4.6	.372	0.8	0.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	17	42.3	23.6	-	-	9.1	4.1	-	-	-	4.1	9.0	22.0	.409	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.841
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	John Havlicek	Coby White
Season	1966-67	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	81	32.1	21.4	-	-	6.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.4	19.0	.444	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.828
difference:	+2	+4.4	+2.3			+2.1	+1.7				-0.2	+1.6	+3.7	+.003				+1.7	+2.1	+.010
Coby White	79	36.5	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.4	6.8	15.3	.447	2.6	7.0	.376	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	9	36.7	27.4	-	-	8.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.6	.448	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.803
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	John Havlicek	Coby White
Season	1967-68	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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 Havlicek	82	35.6	20.7	-	-	6.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.9	8.1	18.9	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
difference:	+8	+2.5	+0.3			+3.0	+0.2				-0.8	+1.2	+3.8	+.024				+0.8	+1.4	+.090
Coby White	74	33.1	20.4	0.3	3.4	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.1	6.9	15.1	.453	2.9	7.9	.370	3.7	4.1	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	19	45.4	25.9	-	-	8.6	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.7	21.4	.452	-	-	-	6.6	7.9	.828
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* John Havlicek played 10 seasons more than Coby White in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 1969 to 1978—John Havlicek played in 7 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Coby White, John Havlicek got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 10 All-Star Game