Mitch Kupchak vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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, 1 less than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Mitch Kupchak had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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	Pete Maravich
Season	1976-77	1970-71
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
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
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692

Season 2
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1977-78	1971-72
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811
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
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817

Season 3
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1978-79	1972-73
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
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
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 4
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1979-80	1973-74
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mitch Kupchak	40	11.3	4.7	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.7	4.0	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.9	.693
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1981-82	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
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
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 7
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1983-84	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Mitch Kupchak	34	9.5	3.1	1.0	1.5	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	1.2	3.2	.380	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.647
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	9	7.7	2.0	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	1.9	.294	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.571
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1984-85	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Mitch Kupchak	Pete Maravich
Season	1985-86	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mitch Kupchak	55	14.2	6.0	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.750
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Kupchak	5	11.2	4.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-