John Havlicek vs. Khris Middleton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Khris Middleton 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, 3 more than Khris Middleton, who played 13. John Havlicek had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Khris Middleton had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Khris Middleton
Season	1962-63	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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:	+53	+9.9	+8.2			+4.8	+1.2				-0.4	+3.7	+8.4	+.005				+1.2	+1.8	+.116
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1963-64	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+2	+2.3	+7.8			+1.6	+0.9				-0.2	+3.4	+8.8	+.023				+2.5	+3.6	+.115
Khris Middleton	82	30.0	12.1	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.0	4.6	10.4	.440	1.5	3.5	.414	1.4	1.7	.861
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1964-65	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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:	+4	+1.2	+4.9			+0.5	+0.4				-0.4	+2.5	+7.9	+.066				+1.4	+2.2	+.115
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
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:	+6	+4.9	+2.7			+3.6	+0.4				-1.4	+1.5	+5.5	+.028				+1.5	+2.1	+.097
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933

Season 4
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1965-66	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+8	+5.5	+0.6			+2.2	+1.2				-0.4	+1.1	+4.2	+.045				+0.4	+1.0	+.103
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1966-67	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+52	+1.4	+6.7			+2.4					-0.1	+3.2	+7.5	+.006				+1.7	+2.2	+.052
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
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
difference:	+3	+1.8	+12.9			+3.4	+2.2				-0.5	+5.4	+10.6	+.051				+3.3	+4.2	+.015
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818

Season 6
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1967-68	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East 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 Havlicek	82	35.6	20.7	-	-	6.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.9	8.1	18.9	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
difference:		+0.8	+0.6			+1.5	+0.7				-0.4	+0.9	+3.4	+.037				+0.6	+1.1	+.072
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
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
difference:	+12	+6.1	+1.2			+3.5	+4.4				-0.8	+0.1	+5.4	+.146				+4.6	+5.2	+.091
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737

Season 7
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1968-69	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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 Havlicek	82	38.7	21.6	-	-	7.0	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.4	20.8	.405	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.780
difference:	+5	+7.6	+3.3			+1.0	+1.1				-0.8	+1.8	+5.9	+.036				+1.9	+2.6	+.057
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	18	47.2	25.4	-	-	9.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	9.4	21.2	.445	-	-	-	6.6	7.7	.855
difference:	+3	+12.9	+8.5			+3.6	+1.2				-0.3	+3.8	+7.8	+.027				+3.5	+4.2	+.030
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885

Season 8
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1969-70	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Havlicek	81	41.6	24.2	-	-	7.8	6.8	-	-	-	2.6	9.1	19.6	.464	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.844
difference:	+19	+11.7	+3.3			+1.6	+2.5				-0.3	+1.5	+4.3	+.033				+2.6	+3.4	+.072
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826

Season 9
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1970-71	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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 Havlicek	81	45.4	28.9	-	-	9.0	7.5	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	24.5	.450	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.818
difference:	+13	+12.0	+8.5			+3.0	+2.1				-0.1	+3.5	+8.7	+.026				+3.7	+4.9	+.080
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887

Season 10
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1971-72	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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10th 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	45.1	27.5	-	-	8.2	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.9	23.9	.458	-	-	-	5.6	6.7	.834
difference:	+16	+12.7	+7.4			+2.8	+2.1				-0.2	+4.1	+8.4	+.015				+1.7	+2.3	+.056
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	47.0	27.4	-	-	8.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	9.8	21.4	.460	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.859
difference:	+9	+11.0	+12.9			+3.4	+0.6				-0.2	+4.8	+9.4	+.043				+6.2	+7.5	+.141
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 11
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1972-73	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th 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	42.1	23.8	-	-	7.1	6.6	-	-	-	2.4	9.6	21.3	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.858
difference:	+47	+17.8	+8.7			+2.9	+1.7				-0.3	+4.2	+9.0	+.014				+1.8	+2.3	+.044
Khris Middleton	33	24.3	15.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	4.9	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.1	5.4	12.3	.436	1.5	4.9	.315	2.8	3.1	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	12	39.9	23.8	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	19.6	.477	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.824
difference:	+7	+5.3				+1.2	+0.8				-1.0	+1.3	+2.4	+.012				+0.1	+0.2	+.043
Khris Middleton	5	34.6	23.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.2	0.6	0.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	17.2	.465	2.6	6.4	.406	5.2	6.0	.867

Season 12
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1973-74	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th 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	76	40.7	22.6	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	-	2.6	9.0	19.8	.456	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.832
difference:	+21	+13.7	+7.5	+1.1	+0.7	+1.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1			+3.2	+8.1	+.037				+2.8	+3.3	+.001
Khris Middleton	55	27.0	15.1	0.7	3.9	4.7	5.3	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	5.8	11.7	.493	1.7	4.5	.381	1.8	2.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	18	45.1	27.1	1.6	4.9	6.4	6.0	1.3	0.3	-	2.4	11.1	22.8	.484	-	-	-	4.9	5.6	.881
difference:	+12	+6.8	+2.4	+0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+1.3	+0.8	+0.1		-1.8	+1.9	+3.8	+.002				+0.4	+0.6	+.019
Khris Middleton	6	38.3	24.7	2.0	7.2	9.2	4.7	0.5	0.2	2.3	4.2	9.2	19.0	.482	1.8	5.2	.355	4.5	5.0	.900

Season 13
	John Havlicek	Khris Middleton
Season	1974-75	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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13th 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	38.2	19.2	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.8	7.8	17.2	.455	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.870
difference:	+45	+15.4	+7.3	+1.5	+0.6	+2.2	+1.2	+0.4			-0.8	+3.5	+8.1	+.020				+1.6	+1.7	+.013
Khris Middleton	37	22.8	11.9	0.4	3.4	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.0	4.3	9.1	.475	1.3	3.6	.361	1.9	2.3	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	42.2	21.1	1.6	3.5	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.1	-	3.5	7.5	17.5	.432	-	-	-	6.0	6.9	.868
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* John Havlicek played 3 seasons more than Khris Middleton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 1976 to 1978—John Havlicek played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 3 extra years over Khris Middleton, John Havlicek got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Star Game