Richard Hamilton vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell and Richard Hamilton, 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.

Richard Hamilton played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Richard Hamilton had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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.

Rookie Season
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1999-00	1992-93
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Richard Hamilton	71	19.3	9.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	3.6	8.5	.420	0.4	1.1	.364	1.5	1.9	.774
difference:	+6	+16.3	+6.4	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+2.3	+1.2	+0.6	-1.4	-0.2	+2.2	+4.1	+.044	+0.5	+1.5	+.005	+1.2	+1.8	+.028
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Richard Hamilton nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Richard Hamilton	78	32.3	18.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	7.0	16.0	.438	0.5	1.9	.274	3.6	4.1	.868
difference:	+4	+10.8	+2.9		+1.8	+1.8	+1.8	+1.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.7	+0.5	+1.3	+.005	+1.2	+2.9	+.087	+0.7	+1.5	+.094
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Richard Hamilton	63	35.0	20.0	1.2	2.3	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.2	7.5	17.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.381	4.8	5.3	.890
difference:	+6	+5.2	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+0.5	-1.2	-0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+.017	+1.0	+4.0	+.105	+0.3	+1.2	+.109
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Richard Hamilton nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868
difference:	+2	+6.4	+6.6	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.3	-0.9	+1.3	+3.2	+.006	+1.6	+4.3	+.089	+2.4	+2.9	+.025
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845
difference:	+43	+2.0	+3.7		+0.9	+1.0	+0.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+2.3	+2.5	+.076	+0.1	+0.6	+.185	+1.0	+1.4	+.033
Latrell Sprewell	37	33.3	16.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.8	14.0	.415	0.6	2.1	.273	4.2	5.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851
difference:	+2	+1.2		+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1		-0.7	-1.3	+0.2	+0.1	+.006	+0.6	+0.9	+.190	+0.3	+0.4	+.001
Latrell Sprewell	20	37.1	20.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.9	2.0	7.3	17.3	.419	0.2	1.3	.160	5.7	6.7	.850

Season 8
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Richard Hamilton	75	36.8	19.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	15.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.341	4.6	5.4	.861
difference:	+7	+3.2	+1.2	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+0.4	+0.3	+.033	+0.1	+0.2	+.005	+0.4	+0.6	+.005
Latrell Sprewell	82	40.0	18.6	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.2	6.9	15.9	.435	0.5	1.5	.346	4.2	4.8	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	16	39.9	18.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.8	6.8	15.8	.429	0.5	1.3	.400	4.8	5.6	.865
difference:		+3.9	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-2.0	+0.1	+0.8	+.015	+0.1	+0.6	+.067	+0.5	+0.1	+.081
Latrell Sprewell	16	43.8	18.7	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.9	16.6	.414	0.6	1.9	.333	4.3	5.5	.784

Season 9
	Richard Hamilton	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Richard Hamilton	72	33.7	17.3	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.3	.484	0.9	2.0	.440	2.6	3.1	.833
difference:	+5	+5.5	+0.4	+0.4	+1.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	-1.0	-0.3	+0.1	+1.5	+.054	+0.4	+0.2	+.136	+1.0	+1.5	+.050
Latrell Sprewell	77	39.2	17.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.5	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	6.8	15.8	.430	0.5	1.8	.304	3.6	4.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Hamilton	17	38.6	21.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.8	.470	0.5	1.5	.308	5.4	5.9	.911
difference:	+12	+3.8	+3.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	-1.2	-0.6	+0.9	+0.4	+.063	+0.1	+1.3	+.094	+1.6	+0.9	+.151
Latrell Sprewell	5	42.4	18.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.0	3.4	7.0	17.2	.407	0.6	2.8	.214	3.8	5.0	.760