Kevin Garnett vs. Mitch Richmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mitch Richmond and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 7 more than Mitch Richmond, who played 14. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Mitch Richmond had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	1995-96	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+1	+5.7	+11.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+2.4	+0.1	+1.4	-2.0	-0.4	+3.7	+8.3	+.023	+0.3	+0.7	+.081	+3.9	+4.5	+.105
Mitch Richmond	79	34.4	22.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	2.8	8.2	17.5	.468	0.4	1.1	.367	5.2	6.4	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Richmond	8	39.3	20.1	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.1	7.8	16.9	.459	0.4	2.0	.188	4.3	4.8	.895

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+1	+3.0	+5.1	+1.2	+2.2	+3.4	+0.2	+0.1	+1.8	-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+2.2	+.002	+0.3	+0.9	+.072	+2.5	+2.5	+.112
Mitch Richmond	78	35.9	22.1	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.6	2.7	8.2	16.5	.497	0.4	1.2	.358	5.2	6.0	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	1997-98	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:	+5		+5.4	+0.8	+2.9	+3.7	+1.1	+0.1	+1.4	-0.7		+1.4	+2.7	+.003	+0.5	+1.3	+.160	+2.1	+2.0	+.109
Mitch Richmond	77	39.3	23.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.7	9.1	18.5	.494	0.5	1.5	.348	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+4	+2.7	+6.5	+2.3	+2.1	+4.4	+1.6	+0.2	+1.7	-2.5	-0.3	+2.2	+3.8	+.023	+0.9	+2.7		+1.2	+0.9	+.180
Mitch Richmond	9	41.3	22.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.9	3.1	9.4	18.8	.503	0.9	2.7	.333	2.6	2.7	.958

Season 4
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	1998-99	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:	+33	+0.8	+1.7	+2.7	+3.7	+6.4	+0.8	+0.5	+1.4	-0.2	-0.3	+0.2	+0.8	+.008	+1.2	+3.1	+.098	+1.0	+0.7	+.109
Mitch Richmond	80	38.7	22.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.9	8.6	18.3	.468	1.3	3.4	.384	4.1	5.1	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	1999-00	1992-93
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
difference:	+36	+1.6	+1.0	+2.4	+6.0	+8.4	+0.1	+0.3	+1.4	-0.4	-0.5	+1.2	+1.4	+.023	+0.7	+1.9	+.001	+0.6	+0.2	+.080
Mitch Richmond	45	38.4	21.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	3.0	8.2	17.4	.474	1.1	2.9	.369	4.4	5.2	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
difference:	+3	+2.4	+1.4	+1.8	+5.9	+7.7	+1.0	+0.1	+1.6		-0.2	+0.6	+0.1	+.032	+1.4	+3.2	+.119	+1.1	+0.8	+.070
Mitch Richmond	78	37.1	23.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	18.3	.445	1.6	4.0	.407	5.5	6.6	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801
difference:	+1	+0.5	+1.6	+2.2	+5.6	+7.7	+1.4	+0.1	+1.2	-0.1	-0.5		+1.0	+.024	+1.4	+3.8	+.049	+0.2	+0.1	+.042
Mitch Richmond	82	38.7	22.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.8	8.1	18.3	.446	1.9	5.2	.368	4.6	5.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	40.5	23.0	3.0	10.5	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	2.8	2.4	9.1	18.1	.502	0.2	0.9	.282	4.6	6.1	.751
difference:	+1	+4.1	+0.1	+2.3	+7.8	+10.1	+2.9	+0.1	+1.4	-0.1	-0.5	+1.6	+1.2	+.055	+2.6	+5.5	+.155	+0.6		+.115
Mitch Richmond	81	36.4	23.1	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.9	7.5	16.9	.447	2.8	6.4	.437	5.2	6.1	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	6	44.0	27.0	1.8	13.8	15.7	5.2	1.7	1.7	3.0	3.8	11.8	23.0	.514	0.5	1.5	.333	2.8	4.7	.607
difference:	+2	+7.5	+6.0	+1.0	+10.3	+11.4	+2.2	+0.9	+1.7	-0.8	-1.0	+5.8	+9.5	+.070	+1.5	+4.3	+.015	+4.2	+4.1	+.193
Mitch Richmond	4	36.5	21.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	2.0	5.8	.348	7.0	8.8	.800

Season 9
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.4	24.2	3.0	10.9	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	2.6	2.5	9.8	19.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.256	4.5	5.7	.791
difference:	+1	+0.8	+1.7	+2.3	+7.7	+10.0	+0.8		+1.9	-0.3	-0.1	+0.9	+0.1	+.045	+2.4	+5.4	+.172	+1.1	+0.9	+.070
Mitch Richmond	81	38.6	25.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.5	.454	2.5	5.9	.428	5.6	6.6	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	18	43.5	24.3	2.2	12.4	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	4.2	3.2	9.3	20.7	.452	0.3	0.9	.313	5.4	6.9	.776
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	38.1	22.2	3.0	10.5	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	8.3	16.6	.502	0.1	0.3	.240	5.4	6.7	.811
difference:	+12	+1.4	+1.0	+2.3	+7.9	+10.2	+1.7	+0.2	+1.2	-0.1	-0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+.057	+1.8	+4.5	+.149	+0.4		+.053
Mitch Richmond	70	36.7	23.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.8	17.4	.445	1.9	4.8	.389	5.8	6.7	.864
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Mitch Richmond played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kevin Garnett	76	38.9	21.8	2.8	9.9	12.7	4.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	2.7	8.2	15.7	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	5.2	6.4	.810
difference:	+26	+0.7	+2.1	+2.2	+7.1	+9.3	+1.7	+0.1	+1.2	-0.3	-0.3	+1.6	+0.4	+.114	+1.3	+4.0	+.050	+0.2	+0.5	+.047
Mitch Richmond	50	38.2	19.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.4	6.6	16.1	.412	1.4	4.4	.317	5.0	5.9	.857
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Mitch Richmond played in the postseason in their season 11

Season 12
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	76	39.4	22.4	2.4	10.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	2.4	8.4	17.6	.476	0.2	0.7	.214	5.5	6.6	.835
difference:	+2	+7.0	+5.0	+1.9	+8.0	+9.9	+1.6	+0.3	+1.5	-0.6	-0.2	+2.4	+3.4	+.050	+1.1	+2.6	+.172	+1.5	+2.0	+.041
Mitch Richmond	74	32.4	17.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.6	6.0	14.2	.426	1.3	3.3	.386	4.0	4.6	.876
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Mitch Richmond played in the postseason in their season 12

Season 13
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	71	32.8	18.8	1.9	7.3	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	2.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.7	.801
difference:	+34	+0.1	+2.6	+1.5	+4.8	+6.3	+0.4	+0.2	+1.1	-0.4		+2.0	+0.3	+.132	+1.2	+3.4	+.338	+0.1	+0.4	+.093
Mitch Richmond	37	32.9	16.2	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.3	5.5	13.6	.407	1.2	3.6	.338	3.9	4.3	.894
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	26	38.0	20.4	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	2.1	2.8	8.3	16.8	.495	0.1	0.3	.250	3.6	4.5	.810
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Kevin Garnett	Mitch Richmond
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	57	31.1	15.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.9	13.0	.531	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.841
difference:	+7	+20.0	+11.7	+1.2	+5.8	+7.0	+1.6	+0.8	+1.1	-1.0	-1.2	+5.3	+9.1	+.126	+0.3	+0.9	+.040	+1.2	+1.6	+.114
Mitch Richmond	64	11.1	4.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	3.9	.405	0.3	1.0	.290	0.7	0.7	.955
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Richmond	2	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 7 seasons more than Mitch Richmond in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 21, from 2010 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Mitch Richmond, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game