Kenyon Martin vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Kenyon Martin, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Kenyon Martin played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Kenyon Martin had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Kenyon Martin 15 11 2000-01 to 2014-15
Kevin McHale 13 13 1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2000-011980-81
Team New Jersey NetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA Champion NBA Champion
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 68 33.4 12.0 2.0 5.4 7.4 1.9 1.1 1.7 2.0 4.1 5.1 11.4 .445 0.0 0.2 .091 1.8 2.8 .630
difference:+14+13.3+2.0+0.1+2.9+3.0+1.2+0.8+0.1-0.7-0.9+0.8+3.3+.088+0.2+0.5+0.9+.049
Kevin McHale 82 20.1 10.0 1.9 2.5 4.4 0.7 0.3 1.8 1.3 3.2 4.3 8.1 .533 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 1.9 .679
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin DNP------ --- ----------
Kevin McHale 17 17.4 8.5 1.7 1.8 3.5 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.9 3.0 3.6 6.6 .540 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 2.1 .639

Season 2

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2001-021981-82
Team New Jersey NetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nets Lost NBA FinalsCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 73 34.3 14.9 1.5 3.8 5.3 2.6 1.2 1.7 2.4 3.6 6.1 13.2 .463 0.2 0.9 .224 2.5 3.7 .678
difference:+9+5.9+1.3+0.8+0.7+1.5+1.5+0.8+0.6-0.7-0.4+0.4+2.5+.068+0.2+0.9+0.2+0.7+.076
Kevin McHale 82 28.4 13.6 2.3 4.5 6.8 1.1 0.4 2.3 1.7 3.2 5.7 10.7 .531 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 3.0 .754
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 20 37.5 16.8 1.5 4.3 5.8 2.9 1.2 1.3 2.6 4.3 6.5 15.2 .424 0.1 0.5 .222 3.8 5.5 .691
difference:+8+8.8+0.6+1.9+0.6+1.3+2.0+0.8+1.0-1.3-0.6+0.1+4.0+.151+0.1+0.5+0.5+1.1+.064
Kevin McHale 12 28.7 16.2 3.4 3.7 7.1 0.9 0.4 2.3 1.3 3.7 6.4 11.2 .575 0.0 0.0 - 3.3 4.4 .755

Season 3

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2002-031982-83
Team New Jersey NetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs Nets Lost NBA FinalsCeltics Lost East Conf Semis
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 77 34.1 16.7 2.1 6.2 8.3 2.4 1.3 0.9 2.5 3.8 6.6 14.1 .470 0.1 0.6 .209 3.3 5.1 .653
difference:+5+5.5+2.6+0.5+2.1+1.6+1.1+0.9+1.4-0.6-0.9+0.7+3.2+.071+0.1+0.6+0.9+1.8+.064
Kevin McHale 82 28.6 14.1 2.6 4.1 6.7 1.3 0.4 2.3 1.9 2.9 5.9 10.9 .541 0.0 0.0 - 2.4 3.3 .717
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 20 38.8 18.9 2.5 6.9 9.4 2.9 1.5 1.6 2.9 4.6 7.5 16.5 .453 0.1 0.6 .091 4.0 5.7 .693
difference:+13+13.5+7.8+0.4+3.0+3.4+2.2+1.1+0.6-1.5-2.3+2.6+7.6+.095+0.1+0.5+.091+2.6+3.1+.137
Kevin McHale 7 25.3 11.1 2.1 3.9 6.0 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.3 4.9 8.9 .548 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.6 .556

Season 4

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2003-041983-84
Team New Jersey NetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement Sixth Man of the Year
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nets Lost East Conf SemisNBA Champion NBA Champion
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 65 34.6 16.7 2.0 7.4 9.5 2.5 1.5 1.3 2.6 3.5 6.8 13.8 .488 0.1 0.4 .280 3.1 4.5 .684
difference:+17+3.2+1.7+0.5+2.5+2.1+1.2+1.2+0.2-0.8-0.5+0.4+0.9+.068+0.1+0.4+1.0+0.9+.081
Kevin McHale 82 31.4 18.4 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.3 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.0 7.2 12.9 .556 0.0 0.0 - 4.1 5.4 .765
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 11 37.1 19.1 2.3 8.7 11.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.9 4.5 7.4 13.8 .533 0.0 0.4 .000 4.4 5.8 .750
difference:+12+6.6+4.3+0.4+5.2+4.8+0.1+1.1+0.2-1.2-1.2+2.1+3.2+.029+0.3+0.3+0.5+.027
Kevin McHale 23 30.5 14.8 2.7 3.5 6.2 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.7 3.3 5.3 10.6 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.3 .777

Season 5

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2004-051984-85
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost NBA Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 70 32.5 15.5 2.1 5.2 7.3 2.4 1.4 1.1 2.1 3.3 6.3 13.0 .490 0.0 0.2 .000 2.8 4.4 .646
difference:+9+1.1+4.3+0.8+0.9+1.7+0.6+1.0+0.4-0.1-0.3+1.4+0.4+.080+0.1+1.7+1.5+.114
Kevin McHale 79 33.6 19.8 2.9 6.1 9.0 1.8 0.4 1.5 2.0 3.0 7.7 13.4 .570 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.9 .760
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 5 32.8 12.4 1.4 4.2 5.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.4 4.4 5.4 11.6 .466 0.0 0.2 .000 1.6 2.6 .615
difference:+16+7.1+9.7+2.1+2.2+4.3+0.3+0.4+1.2-1.5-0.9+2.8+2.8+.102+0.2+4.2+4.5+.192
Kevin McHale 21 39.9 22.1 3.5 6.4 9.9 1.5 0.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 8.2 14.4 .568 0.0 0.0 - 5.8 7.1 .807

Season 6

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2005-061985-86
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA Champion NBA Champion
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 56 27.6 12.9 1.7 4.6 6.3 1.4 0.8 0.9 1.3 3.1 5.3 10.7 .495 0.1 0.4 .227 2.2 3.0 .712
difference:+12+7.7+8.4+0.8+1.0+1.8+1.3+0.4+1.1-0.9-0.3+3.0+3.7+.079+0.1+0.4+2.6+3.2+.064
Kevin McHale 68 35.3 21.3 2.5 5.6 8.1 2.7 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.8 8.3 14.4 .574 0.0 0.0 - 4.8 6.2 .776
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 2 17.5 4.5 3.0 1.5 4.5 0.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.0 6.5 .308 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 1.0 .500
difference:+16+22.2+20.4+0.2+4.3+4.1+2.2+1.6+1.4-1.2-1.1+7.3+9.6+.271+0.1+5.7+6.8+.294
Kevin McHale 18 39.7 24.9 2.8 5.8 8.6 2.7 0.4 2.4 2.7 3.6 9.3 16.1 .579 0.0 0.1 .000 6.2 7.8 .794

Season 7

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2006-071986-87
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost NBA Finals
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 2 31.5 9.5 3.0 7.0 10.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.0 4.0 8.0 .500 0.0 0.5 .000 1.5 6.0 .250
difference:+75+8.2+16.6+0.2+0.3+0.1+2.1+0.5+2.2-0.1-1.9+6.3+9.0+.104+0.4+4.1+0.6+.586
Kevin McHale 77 39.7 26.1 3.2 6.7 9.9 2.6 0.5 2.2 2.6 3.1 10.3 17.0 .604 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.6 .836
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin DNP------ --- ----------
Kevin McHale 21 39.4 21.1 3.1 6.1 9.2 1.9 0.3 1.4 2.6 3.4 8.3 14.2 .584 0.0 0.0 - 4.6 6.0 .762

Season 8

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2007-081987-88
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 71 30.4 12.4 1.5 5.0 6.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 3.3 5.3 9.8 .538 0.0 0.2 .182 1.7 3.0 .580
difference:+7+6.9+10.2+1.0+0.9+1.9+1.4+0.8+0.2-0.9-0.5+3.3+4.4+.066+0.2+3.7+3.8+.217
Kevin McHale 64 37.3 22.6 2.5 5.9 8.4 2.7 0.4 1.4 2.2 2.8 8.6 14.2 .604 0.0 0.0 - 5.4 6.8 .797
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 4 29.5 8.8 3.3 3.0 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.5 2.3 5.0 3.8 8.5 .441 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 2.0 .625
difference:+13+12.6+16.6+0.1+1.8+1.7+1.1+0.6+1.3-1.2+5.5+6.9+.162+0.1+0.1+5.5+6.1+.214
Kevin McHale 17 42.1 25.4 3.2 4.8 8.0 2.4 0.4 1.8 2.3 3.8 9.3 15.4 .603 0.1 0.1 1.000 6.8 8.1 .839

Season 9

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2008-091988-89
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf FinalsCeltics Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 66 32.0 11.7 1.2 4.8 6.0 2.0 1.5 1.1 1.6 3.0 4.8 9.8 .491 0.2 0.6 .368 1.8 3.0 .604
difference:+12+4.9+10.8+1.7+0.5+2.2+0.2+1.2+0.1-0.9-0.1+3.7+5.7+.055+0.2+0.5+.368+3.8+3.8+.214
Kevin McHale 78 36.9 22.5 2.9 5.3 8.2 2.2 0.3 1.2 2.5 2.9 8.5 15.5 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.8 .818
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 16 33.6 10.9 1.5 4.4 5.9 2.1 1.1 0.9 1.6 3.8 4.7 9.4 .497 0.1 0.3 .200 1.4 2.2 .657
difference:+13+4.7+8.1+0.8+1.3+2.1+0.9+0.8+0.2-0.3-0.5+2.0+4.3+.009+0.1+0.3+4.3+5.5+.082
Kevin McHale 3 38.3 19.0 2.3 5.7 8.0 3.0 0.3 0.7 1.3 4.3 6.7 13.7 .488 0.0 0.0 - 5.7 7.7 .739

Season 10

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2009-101989-90
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost East Conf 1st Rd
more >>
10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 58 34.2 11.5 2.4 7.0 9.4 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.6 3.2 4.9 10.7 .456 0.1 0.5 .276 1.6 2.9 .557
difference:+24+1.0+9.4+0.1+1.2+1.1+0.2+0.8+0.8-0.6-0.2+3.0+3.7+.093+0.2+0.3+.057+3.2+2.5+.336
Kevin McHale 82 33.2 20.9 2.5 5.8 8.3 2.1 0.4 1.9 2.2 3.0 7.9 14.4 .549 0.3 0.8 .333 4.8 5.4 .893
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 6 34.2 10.0 2.3 6.0 8.3 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.8 4.5 4.0 8.3 .480 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 3.2 .632
difference:+1+4.2+12.0+0.7+0.2+0.5+1.3+1.1+0.8-1.0-1.1+4.4+5.5+.129+0.2+0.4+.333+3.0+2.6+.230
Kevin McHale 5 38.4 22.0 1.6 6.2 7.8 2.6 0.4 2.0 2.8 3.4 8.4 13.8 .609 0.2 0.6 .333 5.0 5.8 .862

Season 11

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2010-111990-91
Team Denver NuggetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost East Conf Semis
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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 48 25.7 8.6 1.4 4.8 6.2 2.3 0.9 0.7 1.2 2.8 3.9 7.5 .511 0.0 0.2 .222 0.9 1.5 .583
difference:+20+4.7+9.8+0.7+0.1+0.9+0.4+0.5+1.4-0.9-0.1+3.5+5.9+.042+0.2+0.3+.183+2.5+2.5+.246
Kevin McHale 68 30.4 18.4 2.1 4.9 7.1 1.9 0.4 2.1 2.1 2.9 7.4 13.4 .553 0.2 0.5 .405 3.4 4.0 .829
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 5 29.6 11.8 1.2 6.6 7.8 1.6 0.4 0.4 1.4 3.6 4.8 10.0 .480 0.0 0.0 - 2.2 3.6 .611
difference:+6+4.6+8.9+0.4+1.7+1.3+0.2+0.1+0.9-0.1-0.2+2.3+3.5+.047+0.5+1.0+3.8+3.7+.214
Kevin McHale 11 34.2 20.7 1.6 4.9 6.5 1.8 0.5 1.3 1.3 3.8 7.1 13.5 .527 0.5 1.0 .545 6.0 7.3 .825

Season 12

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2011-121991-92
Team Los Angeles ClippersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Clippers Lost West Conf SemisCeltics Lost East Conf Semis
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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 42 22.4 5.2 1.2 3.1 4.3 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 2.5 2.3 5.2 .441 0.1 0.3 .231 0.5 1.3 .370
difference:+14+2.6+8.7+0.9+0.7+1.6+1.1+0.8+0.1-0.7-0.5+3.5+6.1+.068+0.1+0.1+.231+1.9+1.6+.452
Kevin McHale 56 25.0 13.9 2.1 3.8 5.9 1.5 0.2 1.1 1.5 2.0 5.8 11.3 .509 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 2.9 .822
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 11 17.5 4.5 1.0 2.2 3.2 0.3 0.4 1.7 0.4 3.3 2.0 3.8 .524 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 0.7 .625
difference:+1+13.1+12.0+1.1+2.4+3.5+1.0+0.1+1.2-0.5-0.1+4.5+8.8+.008+0.1+3.0+3.7+.170
Kevin McHale 10 30.6 16.5 2.1 4.6 6.7 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 3.4 6.5 12.6 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.4 .795

Season 13

Kenyon Martin Kevin McHale
Season 2012-131992-93
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf SemisCeltics Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 18 23.9 7.2 1.9 3.4 5.3 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 3.6 3.1 5.2 .602 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 2.2 .425
difference:+53+0.6+3.5+0.6+0.3+0.3+0.6+0.7+0.1-0.4-1.8+1.1+3.9+.143+0.3+1.4+0.5+.416
Kevin McHale 71 23.3 10.7 1.3 3.7 5.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 1.3 1.8 4.2 9.1 .459 0.0 0.3 .111 2.3 2.7 .841
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kenyon Martin 12 21.1 5.8 1.3 3.2 4.5 0.9 0.8 1.4 0.7 3.5 2.4 4.2 .580 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 1.7 .550
difference:+8+7.2+13.2+1.0+1.8+2.8+0.1+0.3+0.4-0.6-2.0+5.6+9.6+.002+2.1+1.8+.307
Kevin McHale 4 28.3 19.0 2.3 5.0 7.3 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.3 1.5 8.0 13.8 .582 0.0 0.0 - 3.0 3.5 .857

Additional Years

* Kenyon Martin played 2 seasons more than Kevin McHale in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 15, from 2014 to 2015—Kenyon Martin didn't play in the postseason.