Robert Horry vs. John Paxson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Paxson and Robert Horry, 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.

Robert Horry played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than John Paxson, who played 11. Robert Horry had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while John Paxson had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Robert Horry	16	16	1992-93 to 2007-08
John Paxson	11	10	1983-84 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1992-93	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Robert Horry	79	29.5	10.1	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.1	8.6	.474	0.2	0.6	.255	1.8	2.5	.715
John Paxson	49	9.3	2.9	0.1	0.6	0.7	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.182	0.3	0.5	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	12	31.2	10.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	2.5	3.9	8.4	.465	0.8	2.5	.300	1.7	2.3	.741
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1993-94	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Robert Horry	81	29.3	9.9	1.6	3.9	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.5	1.7	.324	1.4	1.9	.732
John Paxson	78	16.1	6.2	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.9	.509	0.1	0.4	.294	1.1	1.3	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	33.8	11.7	1.8	4.3	6.1	3.6	1.5	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.3	9.8	.434	1.5	3.9	.382	1.7	2.2	.765
John Paxson	5	22.8	10.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.2	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.2	8.4	.500	0.4	1.8	.222	1.4	1.8	.778


Season 3
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1994-95	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Robert Horry	64	32.4	10.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.4	1.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	3.8	8.4	.447	1.3	3.5	.379	1.3	1.8	.761
John Paxson	75	20.9	5.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.0	4.4	.466	0.2	0.7	.300	1.0	1.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	22	38.2	13.1	1.8	5.2	7.0	3.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	9.5	.445	2.0	5.0	.400	2.6	3.5	.744
John Paxson	3	26.7	9.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.765


Season 4
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1995-96	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Robert Horry	71	37.1	12.0	1.4	4.4	5.8	4.0	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	4.2	10.3	.410	2.0	5.5	.366	1.6	2.0	.776
John Paxson	82	32.8	11.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	5.7	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.5	4.7	9.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.371	1.3	1.6	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	8	38.5	13.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	3.0	2.6	1.6	1.9	3.6	4.6	11.4	.407	2.6	6.6	.396	1.3	2.9	.435
John Paxson	3	29.0	8.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.0	3.7	7.3	.500	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 5
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1996-97	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Robert Horry	54	25.8	7.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.9	2.9	.318	1.1	1.7	.667
John Paxson	81	23.3	7.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.9	3.5	7.2	.493	0.4	1.2	.347	0.4	0.6	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	9	31.1	6.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.9	4.2	.447	1.3	3.1	.429	1.6	2.0	.778
John Paxson	10	16.5	4.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	2.4	2.0	5.3	.377	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 6
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1997-98	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Robert Horry	72	30.4	7.4	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.3	1.6	1.3	1.4	3.3	2.8	5.8	.476	0.3	1.3	.204	1.6	2.3	.692
John Paxson	78	22.3	7.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.9	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.2	6.6	.480	0.6	1.7	.331	0.4	0.5	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	13	32.4	8.6	2.6	3.8	6.5	3.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.4	.557	0.5	1.3	.353	2.2	3.2	.683
John Paxson	16	18.9	5.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.2	2.3	4.9	.474	0.3	1.2	.263	0.9	1.0	.875


Season 7
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1998-99	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Robert Horry	38	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.7	1.8	3.8	.459	0.5	1.2	.444	0.9	1.2	.739
John Paxson	82	28.8	10.0	0.3	1.1	1.5	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.0	2.1	4.5	8.6	.516	0.4	1.1	.359	0.7	0.8	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	8	22.1	5.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	3.6	1.5	3.3	.462	0.6	1.5	.417	1.4	1.8	.786
John Paxson	15	26.3	6.1	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.8	2.5	5.8	.425	0.3	0.6	.444	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 8
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	1999-00	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	76	22.2	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.1	4.8	.438	0.4	1.2	.309	1.2	1.5	.788
John Paxson	82	24.0	8.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	3.6	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.7	3.9	7.0	.548	0.5	1.2	.438	0.4	0.5	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	27.0	7.6	1.7	3.7	5.3	2.5	0.9	0.8	1.3	3.8	2.6	6.3	.407	0.7	2.6	.288	1.7	2.5	.702
John Paxson	17	28.6	8.2	0.1	1.2	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.9	3.6	6.9	.530	0.1	0.8	.143	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 9
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2000-01	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	79	20.1	5.2	1.2	2.6	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.8	.387	0.7	2.0	.346	0.7	1.1	.711
John Paxson	79	24.6	7.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.3	6.2	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	0.4	0.5	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	16	23.9	5.9	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.1	3.1	2.0	5.4	.368	1.1	2.9	.362	0.8	1.4	.591
John Paxson	22	27.2	7.9	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.4	3.3	6.3	.525	0.5	1.2	.444	0.7	0.9	.842


Season 10
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2001-02	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	81	26.4	6.8	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	2.6	2.3	5.7	.398	0.9	2.5	.374	1.3	1.7	.783
John Paxson	59	17.5	4.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.7	1.8	3.9	.451	0.3	0.7	.463	0.3	0.3	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	19	37.1	9.3	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.2	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	3.2	7.2	.449	1.3	3.3	.387	1.6	2.0	.789
John Paxson	19	17.4	4.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.2	.583	0.8	1.3	.625	0.4	0.6	.727


Season 11
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2002-03	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Robert Horry	80	29.3	6.5	2.3	4.2	6.4	2.9	1.2	0.8	1.4	3.1	2.3	6.0	.387	0.6	2.2	.288	1.3	1.7	.769
John Paxson	27	12.7	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.1	2.5	.441	0.3	0.8	.409	0.0	0.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	12	31.0	5.6	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.1	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.1	2.5	7.8	.319	0.2	3.2	.053	0.4	0.8	.556
John Paxson	9	6.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Robert Horry	81	15.9	4.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.0	1.7	4.3	.405	0.5	1.3	.380	0.9	1.3	.645
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	10	20.9	6.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.3	.465	0.8	2.2	.364	1.3	1.4	.929
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2004-05	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Robert Horry	75	18.6	6.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.1	5.0	.419	0.7	1.8	.370	1.1	1.5	.789
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	27.1	9.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.1	.448	1.7	3.7	.447	1.3	1.8	.732
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2005-06	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Robert Horry	63	18.8	5.1	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.6	.384	0.8	2.3	.368	0.7	1.1	.647
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	13	17.2	4.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.4	1.2	2.8	.405	0.5	1.3	.353	1.5	2.0	.731
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Robert Horry	68	16.5	3.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.3	3.7	.359	0.7	2.2	.336	0.6	0.9	.594
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	18	20.1	4.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.6	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	1.4	3.3	.417	0.7	2.1	.351	0.8	0.9	.824
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Robert Horry	John Paxson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Robert Horry	45	13.0	2.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	.319	0.4	1.6	.257	0.4	0.6	.643
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	15	10.3	1.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	0.5	2.4	.194	0.3	1.5	.227	0.3	0.4	.667
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Robert Horry vs. John Paxson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Paxson and Robert Horry, 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

Season 15

Season 16