Patrick Beverley vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short and Patrick Beverley, 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

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.

Patrick Beverley and Purvis Short both played 12 years in the NBA. Patrick Beverley had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Purvis Short had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Patrick Beverley	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24
Purvis Short	12	3	1978-79 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2012-13	1978-79
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	41	17.4	5.6	1.1	1.6	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.0	1.9	4.6	.418	0.9	2.3	.375	0.8	1.0	.829
Purvis Short	75	22.7	10.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	4.9	10.3	.479	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	6	33.3	11.8	1.8	3.7	5.5	2.8	1.2	0.7	1.0	4.0	4.7	10.8	.431	1.3	4.0	.333	1.2	1.2	1.000
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2013-14	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	56	31.3	10.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.2	3.1	3.6	8.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.361	1.5	1.8	.814
Purvis Short	62	26.4	17.0	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.1	2.0	3.0	7.4	14.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.7	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	6	33.7	8.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.5	3.2	8.3	.380	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.7	.700
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Patrick Beverley	56	30.8	10.1	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.6	9.5	.383	2.1	5.8	.356	0.8	1.1	.750
Purvis Short	79	29.2	16.1	1.9	3.0	4.9	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.1	6.9	14.6	.475	0.0	0.2	.176	2.1	2.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	71	28.7	9.9	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.3	3.6	8.4	.434	1.7	4.4	.400	0.8	1.2	.682
Purvis Short	76	23.4	14.4	1.6	1.9	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.9	6.0	12.3	.488	0.1	0.4	.214	2.3	2.9	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	5	25.8	5.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.4	2.0	7.4	.270	0.6	2.8	.214	1.2	1.2	1.000
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	67	30.7	9.5	1.4	4.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.4	8.1	.420	1.6	4.3	.382	1.1	1.4	.768
Purvis Short	67	35.8	21.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.6	8.8	18.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.267	3.8	4.6	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	11	29.5	11.1	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.0	1.5	0.2	1.6	3.5	4.1	9.9	.413	1.9	4.7	.404	1.0	1.3	.786
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Patrick Beverley	11	30.4	12.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	2.9	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.1	4.4	10.8	.403	2.2	5.5	.400	1.3	1.5	.824
Purvis Short	79	37.3	22.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.9	3.2	9.0	19.1	.473	0.3	0.9	.306	4.5	5.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	78	27.4	7.6	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	0.9	0.6	1.1	3.4	2.5	6.1	.407	1.4	3.6	.397	1.2	1.6	.780
Purvis Short	78	39.5	28.0	2.0	3.1	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.5	22.8	.460	0.6	1.9	.313	6.4	7.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	6	32.5	9.8	1.3	6.7	8.0	4.7	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.5	3.3	7.8	.426	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	1.3	.750
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	51	26.3	7.9	1.1	4.1	5.2	3.6	1.1	0.5	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.7	.431	1.6	4.0	.388	0.6	0.9	.660
Purvis Short	64	37.9	25.5	2.0	3.2	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	9.9	20.5	.482	0.2	0.8	.306	5.5	6.3	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	8	20.8	6.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	3.9	2.5	4.9	.513	1.0	2.8	.364	0.3	0.5	.500
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	37	22.5	7.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.9	2.9	2.5	5.9	.423	1.5	3.8	.397	1.0	1.2	.800
Purvis Short	34	27.9	18.3	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.3	0.2	2.0	3.0	7.1	14.7	.479	0.1	0.5	.235	4.0	4.7	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	17	19.0	4.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.1	1.7	4.0	.426	0.8	2.2	.351	0.7	0.8	.857
Purvis Short	10	25.3	14.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	5.7	12.3	.463	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 10
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Patrick Beverley	58	25.4	9.2	1.1	3.1	4.1	4.6	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.1	7.5	.406	1.4	4.2	.343	1.7	2.3	.722
Purvis Short	81	24.1	14.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.9	12.2	.481	0.1	0.3	.238	2.5	3.0	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	6	32.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.8	1.2	1.2	2.0	4.7	3.5	8.2	.429	1.5	4.3	.346	2.5	3.7	.682
Purvis Short	4	17.8	5.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	6.5	.269	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 11
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Patrick Beverley	67	27.1	6.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.8	2.1	5.4	.400	1.2	3.6	.335	0.7	1.0	.723
Purvis Short	65	17.8	7.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.0	7.4	.413	0.1	0.5	.273	1.2	1.4	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	4	9.3	4.8	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.3	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 12
	Patrick Beverley	Purvis Short
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Patrick Beverley	73	20.0	6.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.9	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.2	.417	0.8	2.5	.337	1.0	1.2	.822
Purvis Short	82	27.0	13.1	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.5	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.4	.286	2.4	2.9	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	6	35.0	8.2	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.5	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.5	.410	0.7	1.8	.364	2.2	2.5	.867
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Patrick Beverley vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short and Patrick Beverley, 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