Larry Bird vs. Antoine Carr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antoine Carr and Larry Bird, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Larry Bird played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Antoine Carr, who played 16. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Antoine Carr had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Larry Bird	13	12	1979-80 to 1991-92
Antoine Carr	16	11	1984-85 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	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		%
Larry Bird	82	36.0	21.3	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.4	8.5	17.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.406	3.7	4.4	.836
Antoine Carr	62	19.3	8.0	1.3	2.5	3.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.7	3.5	3.2	6.0	.528	0.0	0.1	.333	1.6	2.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	9	41.3	21.3	2.4	8.8	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	3.7	3.3	9.2	19.7	.469	0.4	1.7	.267	2.4	2.8	.880
Antoine Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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		%
Larry Bird	82	39.5	21.2	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	8.8	18.3	.478	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.0	.863
Antoine Carr	17	15.2	6.8	0.9	2.1	3.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	3.0	2.9	5.5	.527	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.1	21.9	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	8.6	18.4	.470	0.2	0.5	.375	4.5	5.0	.894
Antoine Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Larry Bird	77	38.0	22.9	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.7	.212	4.3	4.9	.863
Antoine Carr	65	10.7	5.3	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.1	4.1	.506	0.0	0.0	.333	1.1	1.6	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	12	40.8	17.8	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	7.3	17.2	.427	0.1	0.5	.167	3.1	3.8	.822
Antoine Carr	9	18.0	11.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.4	0.3	0.9	1.1	4.0	4.3	6.2	.696	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.6	.813


Season 4
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Larry Bird	79	37.7	23.6	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.5	18.7	.504	0.3	1.0	.286	4.4	5.3	.840
Antoine Carr	80	18.5	8.8	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.4	3.5	6.5	.544	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	6	40.0	20.5	3.3	9.2	12.5	6.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	2.5	8.2	19.3	.422	0.2	0.7	.250	4.0	4.8	.828
Antoine Carr	12	17.5	6.8	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	1.4	0.8	3.9	3.0	5.7	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.2	.643


Season 5
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Larry Bird	79	38.3	24.2	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.6	19.5	.492	0.2	0.9	.247	4.7	5.3	.888
Antoine Carr	78	19.1	7.5	1.4	2.2	3.5	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.8	2.9	6.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	1.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	23	41.8	27.5	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	3.8	3.1	10.0	19.0	.524	0.3	0.7	.412	7.3	8.3	.879
Antoine Carr	5	16.2	6.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.6	4.2	.619	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.727


Season 6
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1984-85	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA 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		%
Larry Bird	80	39.5	28.7	2.1	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.6	11.5	22.0	.522	0.7	1.6	.427	5.0	5.7	.882
Antoine Carr	77	22.4	12.3	1.5	2.7	4.2	1.5	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	4.6	9.4	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.9	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	20	40.8	26.0	2.7	6.5	9.1	5.8	1.7	1.0	2.9	2.7	9.8	21.3	.461	0.4	1.3	.280	6.1	6.8	.890
Antoine Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1985-86	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
Larry Bird	82	38.0	25.8	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	9.7	19.6	.496	1.0	2.4	.423	5.4	6.0	.896
Antoine Carr	77	32.8	20.1	2.1	3.3	5.5	2.5	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.1	8.2	15.9	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.1	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	18	42.8	25.9	1.9	7.4	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	9.5	18.4	.517	1.3	3.1	.411	5.6	6.1	.927
Antoine Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1986-87	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Larry Bird	74	40.6	28.1	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	10.6	20.2	.525	1.2	3.0	.400	5.6	6.1	.910
Antoine Carr	81	23.0	10.9	1.6	2.7	4.3	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.4	3.3	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.1	.200	2.0	2.6	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	23	44.1	27.0	1.8	8.3	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.4	9.4	19.7	.476	0.6	1.8	.341	7.7	8.4	.912
Antoine Carr	3	36.3	19.7	2.7	5.0	7.7	1.0	0.7	3.7	1.3	4.7	8.0	14.7	.545	0.3	0.7	.500	3.3	5.3	.625


Season 9
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1987-88	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Larry Bird	76	39.0	29.9	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	11.6	22.0	.527	1.3	3.1	.414	5.5	6.0	.916
Antoine Carr	71	27.4	13.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	1.4	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.7	5.3	9.9	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.9	24.5	1.7	7.1	8.8	6.8	2.1	0.8	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.9	.450	0.7	1.9	.375	5.9	6.6	.894
Antoine Carr	8	21.4	10.5	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.1	0.4	1.1	0.9	3.5	4.9	9.3	.527	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 10
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1988-89	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Larry Bird	6	31.5	19.3	0.2	6.0	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	8.2	17.3	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947
Antoine Carr	34	13.7	5.8	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.4	2.2	2.3	4.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	3	12.3	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	2.3	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 11
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1989-90	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Larry Bird	75	39.3	24.3	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	9.6	20.2	.473	0.9	2.6	.333	4.3	4.6	.930
Antoine Carr	78	21.5	9.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.2	3.7	7.0	.531	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	5	41.4	24.4	1.4	7.8	9.2	8.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	1.0	3.8	.263	5.8	6.4	.906
Antoine Carr	5	22.8	9.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.4	0.6	1.0	0.8	5.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	4.8	.833


Season 12
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1990-91	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Larry Bird	60	38.0	19.4	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.1	2.0	7.7	17.0	.454	1.3	3.3	.389	2.7	3.1	.891
Antoine Carr	80	19.2	7.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.4	0.8	1.0	3.2	2.9	6.4	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	10	39.6	17.1	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.8	6.2	15.2	.408	0.3	2.1	.143	4.4	5.1	.863
Antoine Carr	18	18.8	6.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.2	0.2	0.8	0.9	3.7	2.6	5.4	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.680


Season 13
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	1991-92	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Bird	45	36.9	20.2	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	1.8	7.8	16.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.406	3.3	3.6	.926
Antoine Carr	82	17.8	7.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.1	6.4	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.5	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	4	26.8	11.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	10.5	.500	0.0	1.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750
Antoine Carr	20	14.0	4.9	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	3.2	2.0	4.2	.482	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.2	.750


Season 14
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	66	16.5	5.7	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.3	4.9	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	20	14.6	4.4	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.5	3.2	2.1	4.5	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 15
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	18	8.4	2.6	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.2	2.9	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.8	1.0	2.8	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Larry Bird	Antoine Carr
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Vancouver Grizzlies
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		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	21	10.5	3.2	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.3	3.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Bird vs. Antoine Carr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antoine Carr and Larry Bird, 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

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