Mitch Richmond vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Mitch Richmond, 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 Richmond and Amar'e Stoudemire both played 14 years in the NBA. Mitch Richmond had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	79	34.4	22.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	2.8	8.2	17.5	.468	0.4	1.1	.367	5.2	6.4	.810
difference:	+3	+3.1	+8.5	+1.0	+1.8	+2.9	+3.2	+0.2	+0.9	-1.1	-0.5	+3.4	+7.4	+.004	+0.4	+1.0	+.167	+1.3	+0.5	+.149
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	8	39.3	20.1	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.1	7.8	16.9	.459	0.4	2.0	.188	4.3	4.8	.895
difference:	+2	+5.3	+5.9	+1.4	+0.8	+0.5	+3.2	+0.1	+1.4	-0.2	-1.6	+2.1	+6.1	+.064	+0.2	+1.8	+.812	+1.6	+0.1	+.324
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 3
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	77	39.3	23.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.7	9.1	18.5	.494	0.5	1.5	.348	5.1	6.0	.847
difference:	+3	+3.2	+2.1	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+1.5	+0.6	+1.2	-0.6	-0.8	+0.2	+1.8	+.065	+0.5	+1.3	+.160	+2.2	+3.9	+.114
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	9	41.3	22.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.9	3.1	9.4	18.8	.503	0.9	2.7	.333	2.6	2.7	.958
difference:	+6	+1.3	+7.6	+2.9	+2.6	+5.5	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	-1.2	-0.8	+0.8	+0.1	+.036	+0.9	+2.5	+.333	+6.9	+9.5	+.177
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781

Season 5
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1992-93	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	45	38.4	21.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	3.0	8.2	17.4	.474	1.1	2.9	.369	4.4	5.2	.845
difference:	+37	+5.6	+1.5	+2.3	+3.9	+6.2	+3.9	+0.2	+1.1	-0.1	-0.6	+0.8	+4.5	+.101	+1.1	+2.9		+1.2	+1.9	+.064
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.1	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769

Season 6
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1993-94	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	78	37.1	23.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	18.3	.445	1.6	4.0	.407	5.5	6.6	.834
difference:	+1	+3.2	+1.8	+1.4	+4.0	+5.4	+2.5	+0.5	+1.9	-0.6	-1.0	+0.9	+3.0	+.145	+1.5	+3.6	+.246	+1.5	+2.1	+.029
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633

Season 7
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1994-95	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	82	38.7	22.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.8	8.1	18.3	.446	1.9	5.2	.368	4.6	5.4	.843
difference:	+29	+1.9	+1.4	+1.4	+2.4	+3.7	+1.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.1	-0.3	+0.5	+4.2	+.093	+1.8	+5.1	+.061	+1.5	+1.9	+.008
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mitch Richmond nor Amar'e Stoudemire played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1995-96	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	81	36.4	23.1	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.9	7.5	16.9	.447	2.8	6.4	.437	5.2	6.1	.866
difference:	+1	+1.8		+2.1	+3.4	+5.6	+2.1	+0.9	+0.8	-0.1	-0.5	+1.1	+1.5	+.110	+2.8	+6.3	+.270	+0.7	+1.6	+.095
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	4	36.5	21.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	2.0	5.8	.348	7.0	8.8	.800
difference:	+12		+1.2	+2.1	+0.3	+2.3	+1.9	+0.1	+1.5	-1.3	-0.6	+1.8	+1.4	+.075	+2.0	+5.5	+.348	+0.3	+0.1	+.046
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754

Season 9
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1996-97	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	81	38.6	25.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.5	.454	2.5	5.9	.428	5.6	6.6	.861
difference:	+3	+1.8	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+4.3	+1.6	+0.6	+1.6	-0.3	-0.9	+0.6	+0.5	+.048	+2.4	+5.6	+.007	+0.5	+1.1	+.069
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667

Season 10
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1997-98	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	70	36.7	23.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.8	17.4	.445	1.9	4.8	.389	5.8	6.7	.864
difference:	+23	+3.9	+5.7	+1.6	+3.0	+4.5	+2.9	+0.5	+0.8	-0.2	-0.7	+1.1	+3.5	+.038	+1.8	+4.4	+.151	+1.8	+1.5	+.099
Amar'e Stoudemire	47	32.8	17.5	2.3	5.6	7.8	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.9	6.7	13.9	.483	0.1	0.4	.238	4.0	5.2	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	34.8	15.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.0	.750

Season 14
	Mitch Richmond	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	64	11.1	4.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	3.9	.405	0.3	1.0	.290	0.7	0.7	.955
difference:	+12	+3.6	+1.7	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+0.4		+0.7	-0.3	-0.8	+0.8	+0.4	+.161	+0.3	+1.0		+0.3	+0.6	+.209
Amar'e Stoudemire	52	14.7	5.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.4	4.3	.566	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	2	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+7	+6.6	+1.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9		+0.6	+0.3	-0.5	-1.6	+0.7	+1.6	+.421				+0.4	+0.1	+.500
Amar'e Stoudemire	9	9.1	3.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	0.9	1.000