Muggsy Bogues vs. Arnie Risen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arnie Risen and Muggsy Bogues, 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.

Muggsy Bogues played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Arnie Risen, who played 10. Muggsy Bogues had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Arnie Risen had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1987-88	1948-49
Team	Washington Bullets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	79	20.6	5.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	5.1	1.6	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.1	5.4	.390	0.0	0.2	.188	0.7	0.9	.784
Arnie Risen	60	-	16.6	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	13.6	.423	-	-	-	5.1	7.7	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Arnie Risen	4	-	16.5	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.3	.415	-	-	-	5.5	8.3	.667

Season 3
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1989-90	1950-51
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Rochester Royals
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		%
Muggsy Bogues	81	33.9	9.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	10.7	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.0	8.2	.491	0.1	0.3	.192	1.3	1.7	.791
Arnie Risen	66	-	16.3	-	-	12.0	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	14.2	.401	-	-	-	4.9	6.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	14	-	19.5	-	-	14.0	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	6.6	17.1	.389	-	-	-	6.2	9.6	.644

Season 4
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1990-91	1951-52
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	81	28.4	7.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.3	1.7	0.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	6.5	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.796
Arnie Risen	66	36.3	15.6	-	-	12.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	14.0	.394	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	6	38.2	15.7	-	-	12.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.5	.407	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.700

Season 5
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1991-92	1952-53
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	82	34.0	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.1	2.1	0.1	1.9	1.9	3.9	8.2	.472	0.0	0.3	.074	1.1	1.5	.783
Arnie Risen	68	33.6	13.0	-	-	11.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.3	11.8	.368	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	3	36.3	13.0	-	-	11.7	0.7	-	-	-	5.3	3.7	12.7	.289	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.708

Season 6
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1992-93	1953-54
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Royals Lost West 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	81	35.0	10.0	0.6	3.0	3.7	8.8	2.0	0.1	1.9	2.2	4.1	9.0	.453	0.1	0.3	.231	1.7	2.1	.833
Arnie Risen	72	33.1	13.2	-	-	10.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	4.5	12.1	.368	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	9	38.4	9.8	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.8	2.7	0.0	1.9	2.3	4.3	9.1	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.6	.714
Arnie Risen	6	33.3	14.8	-	-	9.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.2	4.7	11.2	.418	-	-	-	5.5	7.3	.750

Season 7
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1993-94	1954-55
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	77	35.7	10.8	1.0	3.1	4.1	10.1	1.7	0.0	2.2	1.9	4.6	9.8	.471	0.0	0.2	.167	1.6	2.0	.806
Arnie Risen	69	28.6	11.6	-	-	10.2	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	3.8	10.1	.371	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	3	25.7	16.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	12.7	.447	-	-	-	4.7	6.3	.737

Season 9
	Muggsy Bogues	Arnie Risen
Season	1995-96	1956-57
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
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		%
Muggsy Bogues	6	12.8	2.3	1.0	0.2	1.2	3.2	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Arnie Risen	43	21.7	8.0	-	-	6.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.8	2.8	7.1	.388	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Risen	10	15.2	7.5	-	-	5.8	0.8	-	-	-	4.8	2.8	6.3	.444	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.655