Mel Counts vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Mel Counts, 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.

Mel Counts played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Patty Mills, who played 15. Mel Counts had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Patty Mills had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Mel Counts	12	8	1964-65 to 1975-76
Patty Mills	15	13	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1964-65	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mel Counts	54	10.6	4.8	-	-	4.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	5.0	.368	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784
Patty Mills	10	3.8	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.7	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	3.8	.267	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Patty Mills	3	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1965-66	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mel Counts	67	15.2	8.4	-	-	6.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	8.2	.403	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
Patty Mills	64	12.2	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.1	5.1	.412	0.7	2.1	.353	0.6	0.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	10	8.2	4.3	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.6	1.4	3.9	.359	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.882
Patty Mills	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1966-67	2011-12
Team	Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Spurs 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		%
Mel Counts	56	15.4	7.6	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.2	7.5	.422	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.734
Patty Mills	16	16.3	10.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.9	3.9	8.1	.485	1.5	3.5	.429	0.9	0.9	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	3	9.7	4.7	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.7	6.3	.263	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
Patty Mills	8	3.9	1.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	.545	0.4	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1967-68	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Mel Counts	82	21.2	11.7	-	-	8.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.748
Patty Mills	58	11.3	5.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	4.2	.469	0.9	2.2	.400	0.3	0.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	15	20.4	8.6	-	-	8.9	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	6.7	.535	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677
Patty Mills	9	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.1	.500	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1968-69	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mel Counts	77	24.2	12.4	-	-	7.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.3	.450	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.805
Patty Mills	81	18.9	10.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.464	1.7	3.9	.425	0.9	1.0	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	18	24.6	11.2	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	10.7	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.761
Patty Mills	23	15.3	7.3	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.7	6.1	.447	1.4	3.4	.405	0.4	0.6	.769


Season 6
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1969-70	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mel Counts	81	27.1	12.6	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.427	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.776
Patty Mills	51	15.7	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.5	6.6	.381	1.2	3.6	.341	0.6	0.8	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	14	15.1	6.1	-	-	5.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.4	2.6	6.3	.420	-	-	-	0.8	0.9	.846
Patty Mills	7	16.0	10.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.1	3.0	6.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.571	1.9	1.9	1.000


Season 7
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1970-71	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mel Counts	80	20.9	11.0	-	-	6.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	10.0	.457	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.753
Patty Mills	81	20.5	8.5	0.3	1.6	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	7.6	.425	1.5	4.0	.384	0.6	0.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	10	16.7	6.6	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.3	.434	1.3	3.6	.361	0.7	1.1	.636


Season 8
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1971-72	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Mel Counts	76	11.9	5.2	-	-	3.4	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.9	4.5	.427	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.721
Patty Mills	80	21.9	9.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.4	7.8	.440	1.8	4.4	.414	0.8	1.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	16	26.0	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.8	.407	2.0	5.6	.360	1.2	1.4	.864


Season 9
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1972-73	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mel Counts	66	10.0	4.6	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	4.5	.449	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.672
Patty Mills	82	25.7	10.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.3	.411	1.9	5.0	.372	1.3	1.4	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	17	19.2	9.1	-	-	6.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	7.8	.459	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.780
Patty Mills	5	33.0	13.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	5.0	11.4	.439	2.6	7.0	.371	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 10
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1973-74	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mel Counts	45	11.1	3.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	-	1.9	1.4	3.7	.365	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.727
Patty Mills	82	23.3	9.9	0.3	1.9	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.6	3.4	8.1	.425	1.9	4.9	.394	1.1	1.3	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	4	8.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	-	0.8	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Patty Mills	7	21.7	5.3	0.1	2.0	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.0	6.1	.326	0.4	3.1	.136	0.9	1.4	.600


Season 11
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Mel Counts	75	18.9	6.9	1.4	4.5	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	-	2.6	2.9	6.6	.438	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.761
Patty Mills	66	22.5	11.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.9	9.1	.431	2.3	6.1	.382	1.5	1.7	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	1975-76	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Mel Counts	30	10.6	3.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	2.5	1.2	3.0	.407	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.762
Patty Mills	68	24.8	10.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.7	9.0	.412	2.4	6.3	.375	1.0	1.1	.910

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	81	29.0	11.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.4	4.0	9.8	.408	2.8	7.0	.400	0.6	0.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	4	18.0	6.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.3	4.0	.563	1.8	3.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	40	14.2	6.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.8	2.2	5.2	.411	1.2	3.4	.366	0.6	0.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Mel Counts	Patty Mills
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	32	13.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.4	4.1	.351	0.8	2.7	.276	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	3	17.3	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.0	5.7	.353	1.0	3.7	.273	1.0	1.3	.750

Mel Counts vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Mel Counts, 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