Patty Mills vs. Arnie Risen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arnie Risen and Patty Mills, 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.

Patty Mills played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than Arnie Risen, who played 10. Patty Mills had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2009-10	1948-49
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Patty Mills	10	3.8	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.7	.571
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		%
Patty Mills	3	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Arnie Risen	4	-	16.5	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.3	.415	-	-	-	5.5	8.3	.667

Season 3
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2011-12	1950-51
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Patty Mills	16	16.3	10.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.9	3.9	8.1	.485	1.5	3.5	.429	0.9	0.9	1.000
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		%
Patty Mills	8	3.9	1.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	.545	0.4	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-
Arnie Risen	14	-	19.5	-	-	14.0	2.4	-	-	-	4.2	6.6	17.1	.389	-	-	-	6.2	9.6	.644

Season 4
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2012-13	1951-52
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Patty Mills	58	11.3	5.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	4.2	.469	0.9	2.2	.400	0.3	0.3	.842
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		%
Patty Mills	9	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.1	.500	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2013-14	1952-53
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Patty Mills	81	18.9	10.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.464	1.7	3.9	.425	0.9	1.0	.890
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		%
Patty Mills	23	15.3	7.3	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.7	6.1	.447	1.4	3.4	.405	0.4	0.6	.769
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
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2014-15	1953-54
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Patty Mills	51	15.7	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.5	6.6	.381	1.2	3.6	.341	0.6	0.8	.825
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		%
Patty Mills	7	16.0	10.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.1	3.0	6.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.571	1.9	1.9	1.000
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
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2015-16	1954-55
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Patty Mills	81	20.5	8.5	0.3	1.6	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	7.6	.425	1.5	4.0	.384	0.6	0.7	.810
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		%
Patty Mills	10	16.7	6.6	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.3	.434	1.3	3.6	.361	0.7	1.1	.636
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
	Patty Mills	Arnie Risen
Season	2017-18	1956-57
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patty Mills	82	25.7	10.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.3	.411	1.9	5.0	.372	1.3	1.4	.890
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		%
Patty Mills	5	33.0	13.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	5.0	11.4	.439	2.6	7.0	.371	0.8	1.0	.800
Arnie Risen	10	15.2	7.5	-	-	5.8	0.8	-	-	-	4.8	2.8	6.3	.444	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.655