Kawhi Leonard vs. Steve Mix Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Mix and Kawhi Leonard, 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Steve Mix, who played 13. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Steve Mix had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
Kawhi Leonard	12	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Steve Mix	13	8	1969-70 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2011-12	1969-70
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
Steve Mix	18	15.3	6.6	-	-	3.6	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	5.6	.480	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2012-13	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825
Steve Mix	35	20.9	8.3	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	7.1	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2013-14	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
Steve Mix	8	13.0	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.9	5.9	.319	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Steve Mix didn't play in 1972-73.


Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2014-15	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
Steve Mix	82	36.2	14.9	3.7	6.8	10.5	1.9	2.6	0.5	-	3.7	6.0	12.7	.475	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2015-16	1974-75
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
Steve Mix	46	38.0	15.6	3.4	7.5	10.9	2.2	1.7	0.5	-	3.8	6.1	12.7	.481	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2016-17	1975-76
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
Steve Mix	81	37.5	13.9	2.7	5.5	8.2	2.7	2.0	0.4	-	3.6	5.2	10.4	.499	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
Steve Mix	3	44.7	14.7	2.0	4.0	6.0	4.0	3.7	0.7	-	4.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800


Season 7
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2017-18	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816
Steve Mix	75	26.1	10.5	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.0	1.2	0.3	-	2.2	3.8	7.3	.523	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Mix	19	21.7	7.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.2	-	2.1	2.9	5.6	.523	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.822


Season 8
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2018-19	1977-78
Team	Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854
Steve Mix	82	22.2	9.2	1.2	2.5	3.6	2.1	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.9	3.5	6.8	.520	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884
Steve Mix	10	23.5	13.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.6	1.5	0.1	1.2	2.2	4.9	8.2	.598	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.884


Season 9
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2019-20	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886
Steve Mix	74	17.1	9.3	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.5	3.6	6.7	.538	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862
Steve Mix	9	19.9	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.8	0.7	0.0	1.2	2.2	3.4	6.6	.525	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.867


Season 10
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2020-21	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885
Steve Mix	81	19.0	11.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.5	8.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.400	2.6	3.1	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880
Steve Mix	17	11.8	6.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.6	5.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.6	.893

Note: Kawhi Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	52	33.6	23.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	1.7	1.6	8.6	16.8	.512	2.0	4.8	.416	4.7	5.4	.871
Steve Mix	72	18.4	10.8	1.5	2.2	3.7	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.3	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	2	40.0	34.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.0	22.0	.545	3.0	5.0	.600	7.5	8.5	.882
Steve Mix	16	12.9	5.5	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.0	2.0	4.8	.416	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	1.6	.923


Season 12
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	68	34.3	23.7	1.2	4.9	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.4	9.0	17.1	.525	2.1	4.9	.417	3.7	4.2	.885
Steve Mix	75	16.5	7.2	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.7	5.3	.506	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	2	29.5	12.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
Steve Mix	7	7.1	4.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.1	.545	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.7	1.0	.714


Season 13
	Kawhi Leonard	Steve Mix
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Mix	58	13.9	6.0	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.2	2.4	4.9	.484	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.5	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Mix	8	3.3	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.6	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Kawhi Leonard vs. Steve Mix Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Mix and Kawhi Leonard, 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

Season 13