Kevin McHale vs. Isaac Okoro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaac Okoro and Kevin McHale, 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 McHale played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Isaac Okoro, who played 5. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Isaac Okoro had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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 McHale	Isaac Okoro
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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
difference:	+15	+12.3	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.2	+0.6	+1.4		-0.4	+0.8	+0.2	+.113	+0.9	+3.2		+0.4	+0.4	+.047
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin McHale	Isaac Okoro
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
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
difference:	+6	+6.9	+7.7	+1.9	+2.3	+4.2	+0.2	+0.3	+1.9	-1.3	-0.8	+3.6	+6.2	+.047	+0.8	+2.3		+1.4	+1.9	+.040
Isaac Okoro	76	21.7	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.3	4.7	.494	0.8	2.3	.363	1.0	1.4	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+10.3	+4.7	+1.5	+3.1	+4.6	+0.1		+0.6	-0.6	-0.3	+2.7	+4.3	+.070	+0.8	+2.5	+.308	+0.2	+1.4	+.444
Isaac Okoro	5	15.0	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.2	4.6	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 4
	Kevin McHale	Isaac Okoro
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
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
difference:	+13	+4.1	+9.0	+1.5	+2.9	+4.4	+0.6	+0.5	+1.0	-1.0	-1.0	+3.8	+5.9	+.066	+1.2	+3.1		+2.8	+3.4	+.086
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+8.6	+9.3	+2.3	+2.2	+4.4	+0.1	+0.8	+1.2	-0.8	-0.8	+3.2	+4.8	+.147	+0.8	+2.8	+.257	+3.5	+4.5	+.001
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778

Season 5
	Kevin McHale	Isaac Okoro
Season	1984-85	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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 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
difference:	+24	+14.5	+13.7	+2.0	+4.6	+6.6	+0.6	+0.2	+1.2	-1.6	-1.1	+5.4	+8.5	+.106	+1.0	+2.6	+.371	+3.9	+5.1	+.043
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+12	+25.7	+17.5	+3.1	+5.6	+8.7	+0.9	+0.1	+2.1	-2.5	-2.1	+6.5	+11.1	+.068	+0.7	+1.8		+5.2	+6.2	+.182
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625

Additional Years
* Kevin McHale played 8 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1986 to 1993—Kevin McHale played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Kevin McHale got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game