John Starks vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and John Starks, 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 / Games against each other

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 Starks played 13 years in the NBA, 8 less than Kevin Willis, who played 21. John Starks had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Kevin Willis had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
John Starks	13	9	1988-89 to 2001-02
Kevin Willis	21	11	1984-85 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1988-89	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
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 Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
difference:	+46	+13.0	+5.2	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	-0.2	-1.8	+2.5	+4.9	+.059	+0.3	+0.6	+.163	+0.6	+0.8	+.003
Kevin Willis	82	21.8	9.3	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.8	3.9	8.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.2	.657

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Starks nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1990-91	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752
difference:	+21	+8.8	+4.7	+2.5	+3.9	+6.5	+2.8	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-1.4	+2.1	+3.2	+.078	+0.4	+1.4	+.290	+0.8	+1.5	+.098
Kevin Willis	82	28.0	12.3	3.0	5.6	8.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	3.6	5.1	9.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+6	+21.8	+11.9	+3.1	+3.1	+6.2	+1.4	+0.8	+0.9	-0.3	-2.9	+5.4	+9.2	+.161				+1.0	+1.9	+.348
Kevin Willis	9	31.1	13.9	3.4	3.8	7.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.2	6.1	10.9	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.652


Season 3
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1991-92	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778
difference:	+1	+6.6	+2.2	+3.5	+4.7	+8.2	+2.6	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-1.1	+1.7	+1.4	+.087	+1.1	+3.3		+0.1	+0.3	+.069
Kevin Willis	81	32.4	16.1	4.0	6.5	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.1	3.9	6.6	12.4	.536	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808
difference:	+3	+15.0	+3.6	+3.1	+3.7	+6.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.8	-0.1	-0.1	+2.9	+2.5	+.148	+0.9	+3.8		+1.2	+0.9	+.131
Kevin Willis	9	39.6	15.7	3.7	5.6	9.2	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.7	6.7	12.8	.522	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.677


Season 4
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1992-93	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
difference:	+5	+3.1	+5.9	+2.4	+2.3	+4.7	+4.7	+0.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.3	+1.7	+5.8	+.090	+1.4	+4.2		+1.2	+0.8	+.146
Kevin Willis	75	27.9	11.6	3.1	4.2	7.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.2	4.7	9.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717
difference:	+3	+0.2	+0.3	+2.7	+2.8	+5.5	+5.5	+0.2	+0.6	-1.6	-0.5	+0.8	+1.8	+.140	+1.9	+4.9	+.373	+0.1	+0.2	+.037
Kevin Willis	12	38.5	16.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.3	6.7	11.5	.580	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.2	.680

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 5
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1993-94	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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 Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+22	+6.8	+6.6	+2.5	+2.3	+4.9	+5.2	+0.8	+0.5	-1.3		+1.7	+6.7	+.099	+1.9	+5.6	+.049	+1.1	+1.2	+.071
Kevin Willis	81	28.1	12.4	3.1	4.8	8.0	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	3.2	5.2	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.286	2.1	3.0	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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 Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737
difference:		+4.4	+2.2	+2.8	+3.3	+6.1	+3.9	+0.4	+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+0.4	+2.3	+.109	+2.6	+7.5	+.045	+0.1	+0.1	+.069
Kevin Willis	80	29.7	13.1	3.2	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	5.6	11.0	.504	0.1	0.1	.400	2.0	3.0	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619
difference:	+6	+2.7	+0.2	+3.4	+3.3	+6.7	+4.2	+0.6	+0.1	-2.0	-0.8	+0.1	+1.7	+.047	+2.3	+6.0	+.256	+1.8	+2.2	+.081
Kevin Willis	5	31.8	15.4	3.6	5.4	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	4.4	5.4	13.4	.403	0.4	0.6	.667	4.2	6.0	.700


Season 7
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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 Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753
difference:		+5.8	+5.7	+4.8	+7.9	+12.6	+1.8	+0.4	+0.6	-0.5		+2.7	+4.7	+.040	+1.7	+4.4	+.199	+2.0	+2.4	+.051
Kevin Willis	81	36.6	18.3	5.2	10.4	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.3	15.1	.483	0.1	0.5	.162	3.6	4.5	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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 Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
difference:	+3	+9.5	+4.1	+3.7	+6.5	+10.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.8	+2.9	+4.1	+.075	+1.8	+4.9	+.128	+0.3	+0.9	+.116
Kevin Willis	80	36.0	17.9	4.2	8.7	12.9	2.1	0.9	0.5	2.7	3.3	7.7	15.2	.506	0.1	0.4	.241	2.5	3.8	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806
difference:	+6	+6.0	+2.7	+3.5	+1.6	+5.3	+1.8	+0.4		-0.1	-1.5	+2.1	+4.0	+.023	+1.4	+4.3	+.317	+0.1	+1.3	+.235
Kevin Willis	3	34.3	16.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	7.0	15.0	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 9
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787
difference:	+2	+9.1	+6.2	+3.6	+5.7	+9.2	+0.8		+0.4	-0.7	-0.6	+3.3	+4.2	+.106	+1.5	+4.6	+.048	+1.1	+1.8	+.074
Kevin Willis	80	35.8	19.1	4.2	7.9	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	3.1	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.3	.375	3.4	4.7	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875
difference:	+1	+1.5	+4.2	+3.1	+3.8	+6.8	+1.3	+0.9	+0.4	-0.6	-0.1	+0.5	+0.8	+.015	+2.5	+5.4	+.424	+0.6	+0.5	+.113
Kevin Willis	11	32.9	12.2	3.5	7.4	10.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.4	5.4	11.7	.457	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	1.9	.762


Season 10
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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 Starks	50	33.7	13.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.7	5.4	14.6	.370	1.6	5.4	.290	1.5	2.0	.740
difference:	+17	+2.0	+3.4	+2.7	+4.9	+7.6	+3.4	+0.5	+0.4	-0.7	-0.5	+1.7	+0.5	+.096	+1.6	+5.2	+.090	+1.6	+2.4	+.050
Kevin Willis	67	35.7	17.2	3.4	7.5	10.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	7.1	15.1	.466	0.0	0.2	.200	3.1	4.4	.690

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Starks nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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 Starks	37	32.2	13.9	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.5	14.6	.375	1.6	4.6	.345	1.4	1.6	.847
difference:	+38	+3.7	+3.3	+2.5	+3.2	+5.8	+4.2	+0.7	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+1.2	+5.1	+.081	+1.6	+4.5	+.234	+0.5	+1.1	+.139
Kevin Willis	75	28.5	10.6	2.8	5.7	8.5	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.1	3.4	4.3	9.5	.456	0.0	0.1	.111	1.9	2.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Starks nor Kevin Willis played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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 Starks	75	28.3	9.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.6	9.1	.398	0.9	2.4	.352	1.2	1.5	.802
difference:		+2.1	+1.9	+1.5	+3.8	+5.4	+1.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3		+1.1	+0.6	+.083	+0.9	+2.2	+.209	+0.7	+1.2	+.109
Kevin Willis	75	26.2	11.2	1.9	5.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	4.7	9.7	.481	0.0	0.2	.143	1.9	2.7	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	3	12.0	3.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+13	+6.3	+2.7	+1.4	+2.3	+3.7	+0.4	+0.3		-0.7	-1.2	+1.1	+1.9	+.067	+0.3	+1.2	+.250	+0.9	+1.7	+.316
Kevin Willis	16	18.3	6.4	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	2.4	5.9	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.4	.684


Season 13
	John Starks	Kevin Willis
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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 Starks	66	14.1	4.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.9	1.7	4.7	.368	0.4	1.4	.305	0.5	0.6	.805
difference:	+15	+17.1	+11.7	+2.7	+4.7	+7.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.5	-1.3	-1.0	+4.9	+8.2	+.142	+0.4	+1.3	+.162	+2.5	+3.2	+.012
Kevin Willis	81	31.2	16.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	12.9	.510	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Willis	5	33.6	11.2	3.6	7.0	10.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	2.4	4.2	4.4	11.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.2	.750

Additional Years

* Kevin Willis played 8 seasons more than John Starks in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 21, from 1999 to 2007—Kevin Willis played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

John Starks vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis and John Starks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years