Patrick Ewing vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston and Patrick Ewing, 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 / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Allan Houston, who played 12. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Allan Houston had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Patrick Ewing	17	14	1985-86 to 2001-02
Allan Houston	12	6	1993-94 to 2004-05

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


Rookie Season
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1985-86	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+29	+16.2	+11.5	+2.3	+5.2	+7.5	+0.7	+0.7	+1.9	-2.1	-1.7	+4.3	+7.8	+.069	+0.4	+1.4	+.299	+3.4	+4.7	+.085
Allan Houston	79	19.2	8.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	8.5	.405	0.4	1.5	.299	1.1	1.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1986-87	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	63	35.0	21.5	2.5	6.3	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.9	8.4	16.7	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.6	.713
difference:	+13	+8.7	+7.0	+2.1	+4.5	+6.6	+0.5	+0.6	+2.1	-2.1	-1.5	+3.2	+5.4	+.040	+2.1	+4.8	+.424	+2.8	+4.3	+.147
Allan Houston	76	26.3	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	2.1	4.9	.424	1.9	2.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1987-88	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:		+6.5	+0.5	+2.3	+2.3	+4.5	+1.5	+0.6	+2.8	-0.7	-1.2	+1.1	+0.8	+.102	+2.3	+5.5		+0.6	+1.4	+.107
Allan Houston	82	37.5	19.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.8	6.9	15.2	.453	2.3	5.5	.427	3.6	4.4	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
difference:	+1	+7.0	+6.2	+3.7	+6.5	+10.1	+0.5	+1.5	+3.0	-0.9	-0.6	+1.3	+5.0	+.060	+2.3	+6.7	+.333	+1.2	+1.2	+.036
Allan Houston	3	45.3	25.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.7	3.7	8.3	19.3	.431	2.3	7.0	.333	6.0	6.7	.900


Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1988-89	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:	+1	+3.1	+7.9	+2.2	+4.2	+6.3	+0.2	+1.0	+3.3	-1.2	-1.0	+3.7	+3.3	+.144	+1.8	+4.6	+.385	+2.3	+3.4	+.057
Allan Houston	81	33.1	14.8	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	2.2	2.7	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
difference:		+2.2	+0.7	+2.3	+5.2	+7.4	+0.1	+0.3	+1.7	-1.0	-2.3	+1.4	+1.2	+.050	+2.9	+5.8		+0.9	+1.9	+.136
Allan Houston	9	40.0	19.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.4	3.9	.886


Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1989-90	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:		+3.9	+10.2	+2.4	+5.2	+7.6	+0.4	+0.2	+3.7	-1.0	-1.5	+4.2	+4.8	+.104	+1.0	+2.6		+2.6	+3.8	+.076
Allan Houston	82	34.7	18.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.6	.385	3.5	4.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
difference:		+0.9	+8.3	+1.5	+5.2	+6.7	+0.3	+0.8	+1.9	-0.5	-1.4	+3.8	+4.4	+.087	+0.8	+2.1	+.109	+1.5	+2.1	+.039
Allan Houston	10	40.4	21.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	7.6	17.5	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1990-91	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+31	+2.0	+10.3	+2.0	+6.2	+8.2	+0.3	+0.3	+3.0	-1.0	-1.2	+4.5	+6.2	+.096	+1.1	+2.7	+.407	+2.3	+3.8	+.117
Allan Houston	50	36.3	16.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	3.4	3.9	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
difference:	+17	+2.6	+1.8	+0.4	+6.9	+7.3	+0.6	+0.1	+1.6	-1.2	-2.0	+0.8	+0.3	+.043	+0.5	+1.8		+0.1	+0.8	+.105
Allan Houston	20	39.3	18.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	4.6	5.2	.883


Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1991-92	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
difference:		+0.2	+4.3	+2.3	+5.7	+7.9	+0.8	+0.3	+2.8	-0.2	-0.7	+2.2	+3.1	+.039	+1.3	+2.9	+.269	+1.2	+2.1	+.100
Allan Houston	82	38.6	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.7	7.5	15.5	.483	1.3	3.0	.436	3.4	4.1	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
difference:	+4	+0.6	+5.1	+2.6	+5.2	+7.8	+0.7	+0.6	+2.4	-0.4	-1.5	+2.7	+5.2	+.018	+1.2	+2.3	+.500	+1.0	+2.0	+.122
Allan Houston	16	40.8	17.6	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.7	.438	1.2	2.4	.500	3.5	4.1	.862


Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1992-93	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
difference:	+3	+0.5	+5.5	+2.1	+6.3	+8.5	+0.3	+0.2	+1.9	-1.2	-1.1	+2.7	+3.6	+.054	+1.2	+3.1	+.238	+1.3	+3.0	+.190
Allan Houston	78	36.6	18.7	0.3	3.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.9	15.5	.449	1.2	3.2	.381	3.6	3.9	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
difference:	+10	+2.3	+4.7	+2.9	+6.3	+9.1	+1.0	+0.1	+1.9	-0.6	-0.6	+3.4	+8.7	+.082	+1.1	+2.1	+.455	+1.0	+0.9	+.362
Allan Houston	5	38.0	20.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	7.6	12.8	.594	1.2	2.2	.545	4.4	4.4	1.000


Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1993-94	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
difference:	+2	+0.2	+4.1	+2.3	+5.6	+7.9	+0.2	+0.4	+2.6	-1.1	-1.1	+2.0	+2.1	+.059	+1.7	+4.3	+.107	+1.8	+3.0	+.105
Allan Houston	77	37.8	20.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	16.9	.437	1.8	4.5	.393	3.8	4.4	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1994-95	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.0	23.9	2.0	9.0	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	3.4	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.3	.286	5.3	7.1	.750
difference:	+3	+0.9	+1.4	+1.7	+6.5	+8.2		+0.2	+1.9	-1.0	-1.1	+1.2	+0.5	+.058	+2.1	+5.2	+.110	+0.9	+2.3	+.169
Allan Houston	82	37.9	22.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	8.0	17.9	.445	2.2	5.5	.396	4.4	4.8	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	36.3	19.0	1.5	8.1	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	7.3	14.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.333	4.4	6.4	.686
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1995-96	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	76	36.6	22.5	2.1	8.5	10.6	2.1	0.9	2.4	2.9	3.3	8.9	19.2	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	4.6	6.1	.761
difference:	+26	+0.6	+4.0	+1.7	+6.5	+8.2	+0.1	+0.1	+2.4	-0.9	-1.2	+2.1	+3.6	+.031	+1.6	+3.6	+.288	+1.5	+2.7	+.152
Allan Houston	50	36.0	18.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.6	.435	1.7	4.0	.431	3.1	3.4	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	8	41.0	21.5	1.4	9.3	10.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	3.8	2.8	8.1	17.1	.474	0.1	0.3	.500	5.1	7.9	.651
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Patrick Ewing	Allan Houston
Season	1996-97	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	78	37.0	22.4	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	8.4	17.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.222	5.6	7.5	.754
difference:	+58	+10.4	+10.5	+2.0	+7.4	+9.5	+0.1	+0.5	+2.3	-2.3	-1.2	+4.1	+6.9	+.073	+1.6	+3.9	+.166	+3.8	+5.3	+.083
Allan Houston	20	26.6	11.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.3	.415	1.6	4.0	.388	1.8	2.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	39.7	22.6	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	9.8	18.6	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.7	.643
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Patrick Ewing played 5 seasons more than Allan Houston in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 1998 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 4 Playoffs.

Patrick Ewing vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston and Patrick Ewing, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years