Mike Conley vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short 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 Purvis Short, who played 12. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Purvis Short had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Purvis Short	12	3	1978-79 to 1989-90

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	Purvis Short
Season	2007-08	1978-79
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State 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
Purvis Short	75	22.7	10.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	4.9	10.3	.479	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.671

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


Season 2
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2008-09	1979-80
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State 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	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
Purvis Short	62	26.4	17.0	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.1	2.0	3.0	7.4	14.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.7	.812

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


Season 3
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2009-10	1980-81
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State 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	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
Purvis Short	79	29.2	16.1	1.9	3.0	4.9	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.1	6.9	14.6	.475	0.0	0.2	.176	2.1	2.6	.820

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


Season 4
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2010-11	1981-82
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Purvis Short	76	23.4	14.4	1.6	1.9	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.9	6.0	12.3	.488	0.1	0.4	.214	2.3	2.9	.801

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Purvis Short	67	35.8	21.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.6	8.8	18.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.267	3.8	4.6	.828

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2012-13	1983-84
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Purvis Short	79	37.3	22.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.9	3.2	9.0	19.1	.473	0.3	0.9	.306	4.5	5.6	.793

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2013-14	1984-85
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Purvis Short	78	39.5	28.0	2.0	3.1	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.5	22.8	.460	0.6	1.9	.313	6.4	7.9	.817

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Purvis Short	64	37.9	25.5	2.0	3.2	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	9.9	20.5	.482	0.2	0.8	.306	5.5	6.3	.865

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2015-16	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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	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
Purvis Short	34	27.9	18.3	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.3	0.2	2.0	3.0	7.1	14.7	.479	0.1	0.5	.235	4.0	4.7	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	10	25.3	14.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	5.7	12.3	.463	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 10
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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	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
Purvis Short	81	24.1	14.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.9	12.2	.481	0.1	0.3	.238	2.5	3.0	.858

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
Purvis Short	4	17.8	5.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	6.5	.269	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 11
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2017-18	1988-89
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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	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
Purvis Short	65	17.8	7.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.0	7.4	.413	0.1	0.5	.273	1.2	1.4	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	4	9.3	4.8	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.3	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 12
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Jersey Nets
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
Purvis Short	82	27.0	13.1	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.5	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.4	.286	2.4	2.9	.835

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


Season 13
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Mike Conley	Purvis Short
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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Conley vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short 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

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

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Season 17