Mitch Kupchak vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Mitch Kupchak, 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.

Mitch Kupchak played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kyle Kuzma, who played 7. Mitch Kupchak had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Mitch Kupchak	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1976-77	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Mitch Kupchak	82	18.5	10.4	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	-	2.5	4.2	7.3	.572	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.691
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	9	28.0	16.2	3.1	4.4	7.6	1.1	0.2	0.3	-	3.8	5.9	10.0	.589	-	-	-	4.4	6.6	.678
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mitch Kupchak	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mitch Kupchak	67	26.3	15.9	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	2.7	2.9	5.9	11.5	.512	-	-	-	4.2	6.0	.697
Kyle Kuzma	70	33.1	18.7	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.1	15.5	.456	1.8	6.0	.303	2.7	3.6	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	21	24.0	10.1	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.0	2.8	4.0	9.5	.422	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	.652
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Mitch Kupchak	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Mitch Kupchak	66	24.3	14.6	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.6	10.4	.539	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.743
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	8	17.1	6.5	2.0	2.3	4.3	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.5	2.6	6.5	.404	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.667
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784

Season 6
	Mitch Kupchak	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mitch Kupchak	26	31.6	14.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.7	3.1	5.9	10.3	.573	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.663
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mitch Kupchak didn't play in 1982-83.

Season 8
	Mitch Kupchak	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mitch Kupchak	58	12.3	5.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.2	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.659
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	16	12.3	4.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.6	1.9	3.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.4	.591
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-