Mel Hutchins vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Mel Hutchins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
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 Hutchins played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Mel Hutchins had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, while Kristaps Porzingis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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Mel Hutchins |
Kristaps Porzingis |
Season |
1951-52 | 2015-16 |
Team |
Milwaukee Hawks | New York Knicks |
Honors & Awards |
- | All-Rookie First Team |
Rebounds Leader | - |
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 Hutchins |
66 |
39.7 |
9.2 |
- |
- |
13.3 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.5 |
9.6 |
.365 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.4 |
.644 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
72 |
28.4 |
14.3 |
1.8 |
5.5 |
7.3 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
5.2 |
12.3 |
.421 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
.333 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
.838 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kristaps Porzingis |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
71 |
40.7 |
11.7 |
- |
- |
11.2 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
4.5 |
11.9 |
.379 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
4.2 |
.654 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
66 |
32.8 |
18.1 |
1.7 |
5.5 |
7.2 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
6.7 |
14.9 |
.450 |
1.7 |
4.8 |
.357 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
.786 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kristaps Porzingis |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
72 |
40.8 |
10.3 |
- |
- |
9.7 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.1 |
10.2 |
.401 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
3.1 |
.677 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
48 |
32.4 |
22.7 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
8.1 |
18.5 |
.439 |
1.9 |
4.8 |
.395 |
4.5 |
5.7 |
.793 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
4 |
40.5 |
10.5 |
- |
- |
9.3 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.5 |
3.8 |
11.5 |
.326 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
4.3 |
.706 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.
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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 Hutchins |
72 |
39.7 |
12.0 |
- |
- |
9.2 |
3.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.7 |
12.5 |
.378 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.6 |
.708 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
57 |
31.8 |
20.4 |
1.8 |
7.7 |
9.5 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
3.2 |
7.0 |
16.4 |
.427 |
2.5 |
7.1 |
.352 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
.799 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
11 |
37.9 |
14.4 |
- |
- |
8.1 |
2.8 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
5.5 |
13.1 |
.417 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
5.1 |
.679 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
3 |
31.3 |
23.7 |
1.0 |
7.7 |
8.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
7.0 |
13.3 |
.525 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
.529 |
6.7 |
7.7 |
.870 |
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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 Hutchins |
66 |
33.9 |
12.0 |
- |
- |
7.5 |
2.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
4.9 |
11.6 |
.425 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.3 |
.643 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
43 |
30.9 |
20.1 |
1.9 |
7.0 |
8.9 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
7.6 |
15.9 |
.476 |
2.3 |
6.0 |
.376 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
.855 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
10 |
37.7 |
9.3 |
- |
- |
8.8 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
3.4 |
11.2 |
.304 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
4.1 |
.610 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
7 |
33.3 |
13.1 |
1.0 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
4.9 |
10.3 |
.472 |
1.1 |
3.9 |
.296 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
.842 |
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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 Hutchins |
72 |
36.8 |
12.4 |
- |
- |
7.9 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
5.1 |
13.2 |
.387 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
2.9 |
.738 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
51 |
29.0 |
20.2 |
2.0 |
6.1 |
8.1 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
2.7 |
6.9 |
15.0 |
.459 |
1.5 |
4.9 |
.310 |
4.9 |
5.6 |
.867 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
2 |
34.0 |
11.5 |
- |
- |
11.5 |
5.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
4.5 |
15.0 |
.300 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.5 |
.714 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 Hutchins |
18 |
21.3 |
7.0 |
- |
- |
4.8 |
1.9 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
2.8 |
7.3 |
.389 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
2.4 |
.558 |
Kristaps Porzingis |
65 |
32.6 |
23.2 |
1.8 |
6.6 |
8.4 |
2.7 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
7.8 |
15.7 |
.498 |
2.1 |
5.5 |
.385 |
5.4 |
6.4 |
.851 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kristaps Porzingis |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 Hutchins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kristaps Porzingis |
57 |
29.6 |
20.1 |
1.7 |
5.5 |
7.2 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
2.7 |
6.8 |
13.2 |
.516 |
1.9 |
5.1 |
.375 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
.858 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mel Hutchins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kristaps Porzingis |
4 |
26.3 |
12.3 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
9.0 |
.389 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
.400 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
.929 |