Khris Middleton vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Khris Middleton, 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.

Khris Middleton played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than John Starks, who played 13. Khris Middleton had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while John Starks 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Khris Middleton	14	9	2012-13 to 2025-26
John Starks	13	9	1988-89 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2012-13	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
difference:	+9	+8.8	+2.0	+0.3	+1.0	+0.8	+0.2			-0.7	-1.0	+0.9	+1.7	+.032	+0.2	+1.0	+.074	+0.1	+0.2	+.190
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Khris Middleton nor John Starks played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2013-14	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Khris Middleton	82	30.0	12.1	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.0	4.6	10.4	.440	1.5	3.5	.414	1.4	1.7	.861
difference:	+21	+10.8	+4.5	+0.2	+1.3	+1.7	+1.2		+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+1.6	+3.7	+.001	+1.1	+2.0	+.124	+0.1		+.109
John Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 3
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2014-15	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
difference:	+3	+4.3	+0.5	+0.1	+2.0	+2.1	+1.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+0.2		+.018	+0.3	+0.1	+.059	+1.2	+1.7	+.081
John Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933
difference:	+6	+14.1	+3.7	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+1.2	+0.9	+0.5	-0.1	-1.5	+2.0	+5.0	+.006	+0.9	+1.9	+.085	+1.2	+1.8	+.125
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808


Season 4
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2015-16	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
difference:	+1	+5.1	+0.7	+0.1	+1.4	+1.2	+0.9	+0.6		-0.1	-0.3		+0.5	+.016	+0.4	+0.4	+.075	+0.2	+0.2	+.093
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717


Season 5
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2016-17	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
difference:	+30	+4.2	+4.3	+0.2	+1.4	+1.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.5	+1.7	+5.1	+.030	+0.3	+2.1	+.098	+0.4	+1.0	+.126
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818
difference:	+19	+4.9	+0.1	+0.4	+2.7	+2.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+.016	+0.7	+2.1	+.012	+0.9	+1.3	+.048
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770


Season 6
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
difference:	+2	+2.3	+4.8	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+1.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+2.0	+2.2	+.071	+0.9	+2.6	+.004	+1.8	+1.5	+.147
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737
difference:	+4	+4.8	+9.1	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+2.1	+0.3	+0.6	-0.1	-0.7	+4.3	+4.3	+.148	+0.9	+0.7	+.199	+0.4	+1.1	+.118
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619


Season 7
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
difference:	+4	+0.3	+5.7	+0.2	+2.8	+3.1	+0.4	+0.3		-0.4	-0.6	+2.0	+4.5	+.002	+0.5	+1.3	+.017	+1.2	+1.3	+.084
John Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885
difference:	+7	+5.0	+0.9	+0.2	+2.4	+2.7	+0.3	+1.0	+0.1	-1.2	-0.4	+0.7	+2.5	+.030	+0.1	+0.5	+.032	+0.5	+1.4	+.141
John Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744


Season 8
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
difference:	+15	+3.4	+7.1	+0.2	+3.3	+3.5	+1.5	+0.3		-0.1	-0.2	+2.8	+4.2	+.066	+0.5	+0.4	+.046	+1.2	+0.8	+.147
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826
difference:	+1	+7.2	+6.3	+0.3	+3.7	+3.5	+3.2		+0.2	-1.2	-1.3	+2.2	+7.0	+.050	+0.9	+1.9	+.037	+1.0	+1.2	+.020
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806


Season 9
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
difference:	+14	+6.7	+7.5	+0.2	+3.0	+3.2	+2.7	+0.1		-0.9	-0.1	+3.0	+4.3	+.083	+0.6	+0.5	+.087	+0.8	+0.6	+.111
John Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887
difference:	+13	+8.7	+7.2	+0.7	+2.9	+3.6	+2.8	+0.1	+0.1	-2.1	-1.0	+2.7	+7.2	+.034	+0.1	+1.7	+.081	+1.6	+1.8	+.012
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875


Season 10
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
difference:	+16	+1.3	+6.3	+0.1	+2.2	+2.1	+0.7	+0.2	+0.2	-1.2	-0.3	+1.4	+0.9	+.073	+0.9	+1.2	+.083	+2.4	+2.4	+.150
John Starks	50	33.7	13.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.7	5.4	14.6	.370	1.6	5.4	.290	1.5	2.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Khris Middleton	33	24.3	15.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	4.9	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.1	5.4	12.3	.436	1.5	4.9	.315	2.8	3.1	.902
difference:	+4	+7.9	+1.2	+0.5	+0.9	+1.5		+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+0.1	+2.3	+.061	+0.1	+0.3	+.030	+1.4	+1.5	+.055
John Starks	37	32.2	13.9	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.5	14.6	.375	1.6	4.6	.345	1.4	1.6	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	5	34.6	23.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.2	0.6	0.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	17.2	.465	2.6	6.4	.406	5.2	6.0	.867
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Khris Middleton	55	27.0	15.1	0.7	3.9	4.7	5.3	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	5.8	11.7	.493	1.7	4.5	.381	1.8	2.2	.833
difference:	+20	+1.3	+5.8	+0.3	+2.2	+2.6	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.0	-0.3	+2.2	+2.6	+.095	+0.8	+2.1	+.029	+0.6	+0.7	+.031
John Starks	75	28.3	9.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.6	9.1	.398	0.9	2.4	.352	1.2	1.5	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.3	24.7	2.0	7.2	9.2	4.7	0.5	0.2	2.3	4.2	9.2	19.0	.482	1.8	5.2	.355	4.5	5.0	.900
difference:	+3	+26.3	+21.0	+2.0	+6.2	+8.2	+4.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.6	-2.5	+7.9	+15.0	+.149	+1.5	+3.9	+.105	+3.8	+4.3	+.100
John Starks	3	12.0	3.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 13
	Khris Middleton	John Starks
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Khris Middleton	37	22.8	11.9	0.4	3.4	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.0	4.3	9.1	.475	1.3	3.6	.361	1.9	2.3	.857
difference:	+29	+8.7	+7.5	+0.2	+2.6	+2.7	+3.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+2.6	+4.4	+.107	+0.9	+2.2	+.056	+1.4	+1.7	+.052
John Starks	66	14.1	4.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.9	1.7	4.7	.368	0.4	1.4	.305	0.5	0.6	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Khris Middleton nor John Starks played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years

* Khris Middleton played 1 season more than John Starks in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2026—Khris Middleton didn't play in the postseason.

Khris Middleton vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Khris Middleton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years