Mike Conley vs. Larry Costello Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Costello and Mike Conley, 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.

Mike Conley played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Larry Costello, who played 12. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Larry Costello had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Mike Conley	17	11	2007-08 to 2023-24
Larry Costello	12	10	1954-55 to 1967-68

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2007-08	1954-55
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
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		%
Mike Conley	53	26.1	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.6	3.6	8.3	.428	0.6	1.7	.330	1.7	2.3	.732
Larry Costello	19	24.4	6.2	-	-	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	7.3	.331	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Larry Costello didn't play in 1955-56.


Season 2
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2008-09	1956-57
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	82	30.6	10.9	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	3.9	8.9	.442	1.1	2.6	.406	2.0	2.4	.817
Larry Costello	72	29.3	7.6	-	-	4.5	3.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.6	6.9	.374	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Costello	2	8.0	3.0	-	-	2.5	1.0	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	-	-	-	0.0	0.5	.000


Season 3
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2009-10	1957-58
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	80	32.1	12.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.1	2.2	4.6	10.4	.445	1.0	2.7	.387	1.7	2.3	.743
Larry Costello	72	38.1	14.9	-	-	5.3	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	5.3	12.3	.426	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Costello	3	44.7	11.3	-	-	8.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	11.3	.294	-	-	-	4.7	4.7	1.000


Season 4
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2010-11	1958-59
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	81	35.5	13.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	6.5	1.8	0.2	2.2	2.2	5.2	11.8	.444	1.0	2.7	.369	2.2	3.0	.733
Larry Costello	70	39.3	15.8	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	13.5	.437	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	13	39.0	15.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	5.5	14.1	.388	0.8	2.8	.297	3.4	4.1	.830
Larry Costello	9	40.1	17.7	-	-	5.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.4	6.0	13.4	.446	-	-	-	5.7	6.8	.836


Season 5
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2011-12	1959-60
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	62	35.1	12.7	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.5	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.1	4.8	11.0	.433	1.0	2.6	.377	2.2	2.5	.861
Larry Costello	71	34.8	14.0	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	11.6	.453	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	39.6	14.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.1	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.7	4.6	10.9	.421	1.6	3.1	.500	3.4	4.6	.750
Larry Costello	3	40.7	16.7	-	-	4.7	6.7	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833


Season 6
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2012-13	1960-61
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	80	34.5	14.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.2	11.8	.440	1.3	3.7	.362	2.9	3.5	.830
Larry Costello	75	28.9	14.5	-	-	3.9	5.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	11.3	.482	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	15	38.3	17.0	0.8	3.9	4.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.5	14.4	.384	1.2	4.3	.281	4.7	6.2	.763
Larry Costello	8	33.6	16.4	-	-	4.4	6.5	-	-	-	4.9	5.3	12.9	.408	-	-	-	5.9	6.9	.855


Season 7
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2013-14	1961-62
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	73	33.5	17.2	0.6	2.4	2.9	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.1	1.9	6.3	14.1	.450	1.4	4.0	.361	3.1	3.8	.815
Larry Costello	63	29.4	13.8	-	-	3.9	5.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	11.5	.427	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	38.1	15.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	7.9	2.0	0.1	2.1	2.0	6.3	14.6	.431	0.4	3.9	.111	2.9	3.7	.769
Larry Costello	5	33.4	14.6	-	-	3.2	5.6	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.2	.431	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	.879


Season 8
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2014-15	1962-63
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	70	31.8	15.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	12.6	.446	1.5	4.0	.386	3.1	3.6	.859
Larry Costello	78	26.5	11.0	-	-	3.0	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	8.5	.432	-	-	-	3.7	4.2	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	8	30.4	14.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	5.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	1.3	5.1	12.0	.427	1.3	4.1	.303	2.9	3.5	.821
Larry Costello	5	26.8	10.2	-	-	0.8	4.6	-	-	-	5.4	3.2	7.4	.432	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.826


Season 9
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2015-16	1963-64
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	56	31.4	15.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.4	.422	1.4	3.8	.363	3.4	4.1	.834
Larry Costello	45	25.3	11.8	-	-	2.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	9.1	.468	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Costello	5	7.2	3.2	-	-	0.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	0.6	2.8	.214	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 10
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2016-17	1964-65
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Conley	69	33.2	20.5	0.4	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.7	14.6	.460	2.5	6.1	.408	4.6	5.3	.859
Larry Costello	64	30.7	13.5	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	10.9	.445	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	37.3	24.7	0.2	3.2	3.3	7.0	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.2	.485	2.8	6.3	.447	5.2	6.2	.838
Larry Costello	10	20.7	5.5	-	-	1.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.3	2.2	5.3	.415	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.688

Note: Larry Costello didn't play in 1965-66.


Season 11
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2017-18	1966-67
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Mike Conley	12	31.1	17.1	0.0	2.3	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.3	14.0	.381	2.0	6.4	.312	4.4	5.5	.803
Larry Costello	49	19.9	7.8	-	-	2.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	2.7	6.0	.444	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Costello	2	12.5	8.5	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	3.0	4.0	.750	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	1.000


Season 12
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2018-19	1967-68
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Mike Conley	70	33.5	21.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	1.8	7.0	16.0	.438	2.2	6.1	.364	4.9	5.8	.845
Larry Costello	28	17.6	7.2	-	-	1.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	2.4	5.3	.453	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mike Conley	47	29.0	14.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	12.1	.409	2.0	5.4	.375	2.4	3.0	.827
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	5	33.0	19.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.6	0.2	1.0	2.0	6.2	12.8	.484	3.6	6.8	.529	3.8	4.4	.864
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Mike Conley	51	29.4	16.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.6	12.5	.444	2.7	6.6	.412	2.4	2.8	.852
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.3	15.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.7	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.3	.426	3.0	6.2	.486	2.7	2.7	1.000
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mike Conley	72	28.6	13.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.8	11.0	.435	2.3	5.8	.408	1.8	2.3	.796
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.0	9.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	3.2	3.2	9.5	.333	0.8	4.2	.200	2.0	2.5	.800
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Mike Conley	67	30.3	11.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.7	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	3.9	9.1	.428	2.0	5.2	.385	2.1	2.5	.834
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	5	36.6	12.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.4	0.6	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.4	.476	2.0	4.4	.455	2.0	2.2	.909
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Mike Conley	Larry Costello
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	76	28.9	11.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	8.5	.457	2.4	5.3	.442	1.3	1.5	.911
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	31.4	10.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	6.7	1.1	0.1	2.1	2.7	3.9	9.7	.397	1.7	4.7	.364	1.3	1.6	.818
Larry Costello	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Conley vs. Larry Costello Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Costello and Mike Conley, 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

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