Muggsy Bogues vs. Hot Rod Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hot Rod Williams 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 1 more than Hot Rod Williams, who played 13. Muggsy Bogues had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Hot Rod Williams had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Muggsy Bogues	14	5	1987-88 to 2000-01
Hot Rod Williams	13	9	1986-87 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1987-88	1986-87
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	80	33.9	14.6	2.8	5.1	7.9	1.9	0.7	2.1	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.2	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.0	.745

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	-
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	79	22.2	5.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	7.8	1.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	2.3	5.3	.426	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.1	.750
Hot Rod Williams	77	27.4	10.9	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	1.4	2.6	4.1	8.6	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.6	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	26.6	9.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.6	.462


Season 3
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	82	25.9	11.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.3	0.9	1.6	1.2	2.3	4.3	8.5	.509	0.0	0.0	.250	2.9	3.8	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	32.2	11.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.6	.722


Season 4
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	82	33.9	16.8	2.7	5.4	8.1	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.7	2.6	6.4	13.0	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.4	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	34.8	19.0	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	4.6	7.8	14.0	.557	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.4	.773


Season 5
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	43	30.1	11.7	2.6	4.2	6.7	2.3	0.8	1.6	1.5	2.9	4.6	10.0	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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
Hot Rod Williams	80	30.4	11.9	2.9	4.7	7.6	2.5	0.8	2.3	1.0	2.4	4.3	8.5	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.5	.752

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
Hot Rod Williams	17	33.4	15.0	2.9	4.7	7.6	2.5	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.4	4.9	9.1	.545	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.4	.798


Season 7
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	67	30.7	11.0	1.9	4.3	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.9	8.4	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.4	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	9	26.3	9.0	1.3	3.2	4.6	1.9	0.6	1.6	1.2	2.9	3.3	8.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.750


Season 8
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1994-95	1993-94
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	78	33.7	11.1	0.7	2.6	3.3	8.7	1.3	0.0	1.7	1.9	4.5	9.4	.477	0.1	0.4	.200	2.1	2.3	.889
Hot Rod Williams	76	35.0	13.7	2.7	4.8	7.6	2.5	1.0	1.7	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.9	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	4	36.3	8.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.0	3.5	11.3	.311	0.3	0.8	.333	1.3	1.3	1.000
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1995-96	1994-95
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	74	35.7	12.6	2.3	4.5	6.9	2.6	1.1	1.4	2.0	2.9	4.9	10.9	.452	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.9	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	4	36.0	6.8	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.8	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.0	10.5	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	2.0	.375


Season 10
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1996-97	1995-96
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	65	28.9	8.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.2	1.3	0.0	1.7	1.8	3.1	6.8	.460	0.9	2.2	.417	0.8	1.0	.844
Hot Rod Williams	62	26.6	7.3	2.1	3.9	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	6.4	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	2	28.5	16.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	5.5	9.5	.579	3.0	3.5	.857	2.0	2.0	1.000
Hot Rod Williams	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	3.8	6.5	0.3	0.0	1.8	1.5	4.3	3.5	8.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 11
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1997-98	1996-97
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	61	25.7	5.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	5.4	1.1	0.0	1.7	1.0	2.3	5.3	.437	0.1	0.3	.250	1.0	1.1	.897
Hot Rod Williams	68	31.4	8.0	2.6	5.6	8.3	1.5	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.6	3.0	6.1	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	20.6	4.0	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.0	2.4	1.6	3.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.400


Season 12
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1998-99	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	36	19.8	5.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.2	0.0	1.3	1.2	2.1	4.3	.494	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.0	.861
Hot Rod Williams	71	18.8	3.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.3	2.8	.470	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	3	11.0	2.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 13
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	1999-00	1998-99
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Muggsy Bogues	80	21.6	5.1	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.8	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.0	4.5	.439	0.2	0.6	.333	1.0	1.1	.908
Hot Rod Williams	25	16.1	1.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	2.0	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	3	29.0	5.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.0	7.0	.286	1.0	3.0	.333	0.3	1.0	.333
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Muggsy Bogues	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Muggsy Bogues	3	11.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Muggsy Bogues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Muggsy Bogues vs. Hot Rod Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hot Rod Williams 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.

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