Maurice Cheeks vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Maurice Cheeks, 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.

Maurice Cheeks played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Maurice Cheeks had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Maurice Cheeks	15	13	1978-79 to 1992-93
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

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
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1978-79	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	29.4	8.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	3.6	7.0	.510	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.721
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	9	36.7	18.8	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	7.3	13.4	.545	-	-	-	4.1	6.2	.661
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1979-80	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	33.2	11.4	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	4.5	8.4	.540	0.1	0.1	.444	2.3	2.9	.779
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	18	37.5	11.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	4.9	9.7	.511	0.1	0.3	.200	1.6	2.3	.707
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1980-81	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	29.8	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	2.9	3.8	7.2	.534	0.0	0.1	.375	1.7	2.2	.787
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.9	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	16	32.1	10.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.4	4.3	7.8	.544	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.6	.762
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.6	11.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	2.3	3.1	4.5	8.6	.521	0.1	0.3	.273	2.2	2.8	.777
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	21	36.4	14.3	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	12.6	.472	0.0	0.4	.111	2.4	3.1	.769
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538


Season 5
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.2	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3	5.1	9.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	3.0	.754
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.4	2.4	.591

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	16.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.4	12.7	.503	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.9	.703
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389


Season 6
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	75	33.3	12.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.1	9.4	.550	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	3.1	.733
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	34.2	16.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	2.0	3.6	7.0	13.4	.522	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.0	.867
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	78	33.5	13.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.4	9.5	.570	0.1	0.3	.231	2.2	2.6	.879
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	15.2	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.2	11.8	.529	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.2	.857
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	39.9	15.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	2.9	2.0	6.0	11.1	.537	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.1	.842
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	12	43.3	20.8	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	1.5	7.8	15.2	.516	0.0	0.6	.000	5.2	6.1	.849
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333


Season 9
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	68	38.6	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	2.5	1.6	6.1	11.6	.527	0.1	0.3	.235	3.3	4.3	.777
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.4	.505

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	42.0	17.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.8	7.0	13.2	.530	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.2	.857
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722


Season 10
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	36.3	13.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.5	5.4	10.9	.495	0.0	0.3	.136	2.9	3.5	.825
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 11
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	71	32.4	11.6	0.5	2.0	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.077	2.1	2.7	.774
JaVale McGee	75	22.3	12.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.8	5.3	8.5	.624	0.0	0.2	.083	1.3	2.0	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	42.7	17.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	7.0	13.7	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	4.3	.846
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	31.1	9.7	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.0	3.8	7.5	.504	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.5	.847
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	10	38.8	12.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	10.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.1	.903
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500


Season 13
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	76	28.3	7.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.814
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	33.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.7	7.7	.609	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333


Season 14
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	56	19.4	4.6	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.4	.462	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.605
JaVale McGee	74	15.8	9.2	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	6.2	.629	0.0	0.1	.222	1.4	2.0	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	12	11.1	6.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.2	.700	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.846


Season 15
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	35	14.6	3.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.889
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	16.4	4.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	4.6	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Maurice Cheeks	JaVale McGee
Season	-	2023-24
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		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	46	7.4	4.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.598	0.0	0.2	.143	0.6	1.0	.578

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Maurice Cheeks vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Maurice Cheeks, 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