Kevin McHale vs. Zach Randolph Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach Randolph 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.

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.

Kevin McHale played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Zach Randolph, who played 17. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Zach Randolph had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93
Zach Randolph	17	9	2001-02 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1980-81	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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	.000	1.3	1.9	.679
Zach Randolph	41	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.2	2.6	.449	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667

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
Zach Randolph	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1981-82	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	77	16.9	8.4	1.8	2.6	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.4	6.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.1	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	7	29.3	13.9	3.1	5.6	8.7	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.9	2.4	4.6	8.7	.525	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.892


Season 3
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1982-83	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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	.000	2.4	3.3	.717
Zach Randolph	81	37.9	20.1	3.0	7.5	10.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	8.2	16.9	.485	0.0	0.1	.200	3.7	4.9	.761

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1983-84	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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	.333	4.1	5.4	.765
Zach Randolph	46	34.8	18.9	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.4	2.4	7.2	16.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.5	.815

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1984-85	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	74	34.4	18.0	2.6	5.4	8.0	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.2	16.6	.436	0.2	0.7	.291	3.3	4.6	.714

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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1985-86	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Zach Randolph	68	35.7	23.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	2.2	0.8	0.2	3.2	2.7	8.8	18.9	.467	0.2	0.7	.292	5.8	7.1	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1986-87	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	69	32.5	17.6	2.7	7.6	10.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	2.7	2.8	7.0	15.3	.459	0.3	1.2	.275	3.2	4.2	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1987-88	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	50	35.1	20.8	3.1	6.9	10.1	2.1	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.3	17.5	.475	0.6	1.9	.330	3.6	4.9	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1988-89	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	81	37.7	20.8	4.1	7.7	11.7	1.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.8	8.0	16.5	.488	0.2	0.6	.288	4.5	5.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1989-90	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	75	36.3	20.1	4.3	7.8	12.2	2.2	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	15.8	.503	0.1	0.6	.186	4.0	5.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	13	39.6	22.2	3.3	7.5	10.8	2.4	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.5	7.7	17.2	.446	0.2	0.6	.250	6.7	8.2	.821


Season 11
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1990-91	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	28	26.3	11.6	2.8	5.3	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.0	4.7	10.2	.463	0.1	0.3	.250	2.1	3.1	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	7	35.4	13.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.6	5.3	12.6	.420	0.0	0.6	.000	3.1	5.0	.629


Season 12
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1991-92	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	76	34.3	15.4	4.1	7.2	11.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.2	13.5	.460	0.0	0.3	.087	3.0	3.9	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	15	36.9	17.4	3.9	6.1	10.0	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.5	6.6	14.3	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	6.3	.670


Season 13
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	1992-93	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
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
Zach Randolph	79	34.2	17.4	3.4	6.7	10.1	2.5	0.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	7.1	15.2	.467	0.0	0.3	.100	3.2	4.3	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zach Randolph	6	39.0	18.2	2.8	5.8	8.7	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	7.0	17.3	.404	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	6.8	.610


Season 14
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	71	32.5	16.1	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.487	0.1	0.3	.350	3.2	4.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	11	34.7	15.6	2.9	5.5	8.5	2.1	0.5	0.0	2.1	3.4	6.5	15.3	.423	0.1	0.5	.200	2.6	3.0	.879


Season 15
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	68	29.6	15.3	2.6	5.1	7.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.3	13.3	.475	0.1	0.4	.231	2.5	3.2	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	4	30.0	13.0	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.8	2.5	5.8	15.5	.371	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 16
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	73	24.5	14.1	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.9	13.2	.449	0.3	1.3	.223	1.9	2.6	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	6	31.8	13.2	1.5	6.7	8.2	0.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.3	5.8	13.8	.422	0.2	1.2	.143	1.3	1.8	.727


Season 17
	Kevin McHale	Zach Randolph
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	59	25.6	14.5	1.6	5.1	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.0	6.1	12.9	.473	0.9	2.5	.347	1.4	1.8	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kevin McHale vs. Zach Randolph Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach Randolph 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.

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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17