Maurice Harkless vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and Maurice Harkless, 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 Harkless played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Spencer Haywood, who played 12. Maurice Harkless had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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 Harkless	10	4	2012-13 to 2021-22
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83

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


Rookie Season
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2012-13	1970-71
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Harkless	76	26.0	8.2	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	1.2	0.8	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.4	.461	0.4	1.5	.274	1.0	1.7	.570
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2013-14	1971-72
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Harkless	80	24.4	7.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.8	2.8	6.0	.464	0.7	1.9	.383	1.1	1.8	.594
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2014-15	1972-73
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Harkless	45	15.0	3.5	0.8	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.5	.399	0.2	1.2	.179	0.5	0.9	.537
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2015-16	1973-74
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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 Harkless	78	18.7	6.4	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.5	5.3	.474	0.5	1.8	.279	0.9	1.4	.622
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	11	24.7	11.0	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.6	0.9	0.3	1.0	3.5	4.3	10.0	.427	1.4	4.0	.341	1.1	2.3	.480
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2016-17	1974-75
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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 Harkless	77	28.9	10.0	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	2.8	4.1	8.1	.503	0.9	2.5	.351	1.0	1.6	.621
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	4	24.8	7.3	1.8	1.5	3.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	0.3	3.5	2.5	8.5	.294	0.5	3.0	.167	1.8	2.0	.875
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770


Season 6
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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 Harkless	59	21.4	6.5	0.8	2.0	2.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.0	.495	0.8	2.0	.415	0.7	1.0	.712
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	2	26.5	8.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	6.5	.538	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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 Harkless	60	23.6	7.7	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.2	1.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	6.5	.487	0.6	2.0	.275	0.8	1.2	.671
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	16	24.3	8.4	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.4	1.1	1.0	1.1	3.5	3.3	6.8	.477	0.4	1.8	.250	1.4	2.3	.639
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Maurice Harkless	62	23.0	5.8	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.4	2.3	4.6	.502	0.5	1.6	.347	0.6	1.1	.591
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 9
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Harkless	37	20.9	5.2	0.4	2.1	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.6	2.3	1.9	4.5	.418	0.6	2.3	.274	0.9	1.2	.767
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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 Harkless	47	18.4	4.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.8	3.9	.459	0.7	2.1	.307	0.4	0.6	.714
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743


Season 12
	Maurice Harkless	Spencer Haywood
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Washington Bullets
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 Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Harkless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Maurice Harkless vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and Maurice Harkless, 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