Robert Parish vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Robert Parish, 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.

Robert Parish played 21 years in the NBA, 9 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Robert Parish had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1976-77	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Robert Parish	77	18.0	9.1	2.6	4.4	7.1	1.0	0.7	1.2	-	2.9	3.7	7.4	.503	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.708
difference:		+7.6	+4.3	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4			+2.1	+2.6	+.076				+0.2	+0.7	+.084
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	10	23.9	12.1	4.3	6.0	10.3	1.1	0.7	1.1	-	4.2	5.2	10.8	.481	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1978-79	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Robert Parish	76	31.7	17.2	3.5	8.6	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	3.1	4.0	7.3	14.6	.499	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.698
difference:	+4	+2.0	+0.4	+1.4	+4.3	+5.7	+1.0	+0.2	+2.1	-0.6	-1.5	+0.3	+1.3	+.073				+0.2	+0.6	+.078
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1979-80	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Robert Parish	72	29.4	17.0	3.4	7.4	10.9	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.1	3.4	7.1	14.0	.507	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.715
difference:	+3	+3.3	+3.0	+1.6	+4.1	+5.7	+1.0	+0.3	+0.6	-1.1	-0.8	+1.3	+0.5	+.072		+0.2		+0.4	+0.3	+.056
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1980-81	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
Robert Parish	82	28.0	18.9	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	2.3	3.8	7.7	14.2	.545	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.8	.710
difference:		+6.4	+0.5	+1.1	+2.7	+3.8	+1.0	+0.3	+1.6	-0.3	-1.3	+0.2	+0.5	+.006		+0.2		+0.2	+0.1	+.041
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	17	28.9	15.0	2.9	5.6	8.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	2.6	4.4	6.4	12.9	.493	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.672
difference:	+1	+8.9	+8.6	+1.2	+1.7	+3.0	+2.4	+0.4	+1.1	-0.4	-2.1	+3.4	+3.7	+.098		+0.1		+1.8	+2.0	+.081
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1981-82	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Robert Parish	80	31.7	19.9	3.6	7.2	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	3.3	8.4	15.4	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.4	.710
difference:	+5	+3.7	+0.2	+1.9	+3.9	+5.8	+2.1	+0.1	+1.7	-0.7	-1.0	+0.2	+0.1	+.011		+0.2			+0.3	+.086
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	12	35.5	21.3	3.6	7.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.3	3.9	8.5	17.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.3	.680
difference:	+12	+1.8	+0.2	+1.4	+4.1	+5.5	+2.9	+1.0	+3.2	-1.0	-1.5		+1.1	+.035		+0.4		+0.3	+1.0	+.078
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1982-83	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Robert Parish	78	31.5	19.3	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.4	2.8	7.9	14.4	.550	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.0	.698
difference:	+3	+5.0	+1.2	+1.2	+3.3	+4.6	+1.8	+0.3	+1.2	-0.2	-0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+.002		+0.3		+0.4	+1.0	+.084
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	7	35.6	14.7	3.0	7.6	10.6	1.3	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.6	6.1	12.7	.483	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.850
difference:	+8	+4.4	+10.1	+0.5	+3.3	+3.9	+1.5	+0.5	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+4.1	+5.3	+.084	+0.2	+0.5		+1.8	+2.4	+.062
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1983-84	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Robert Parish	80	35.8	19.0	3.0	7.7	10.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	2.3	3.3	7.8	14.3	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.745
difference:		+1.2	+2.1	+1.0	+3.7	+4.7	+1.9	+0.5	+0.9	-0.3	-0.9	+1.1	+1.9	+.002	+0.2	+0.6		+0.3	+0.6	+.037
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	23	37.8	14.9	3.3	7.5	10.8	1.2	1.0	1.8	2.0	4.3	6.0	12.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.646
difference:	+14	+2.9	+9.3	+2.1	+3.2	+5.2	+1.8	+0.6	+1.5	-0.4	-2.3	+4.0	+7.4	+.019	+0.2	+0.9		+1.2	+0.5	+.191
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1984-85	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Robert Parish	79	36.1	17.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.8	7.0	12.9	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
difference:	+1	+2.5	+3.8	+1.9	+4.1	+6.0	+1.9	+0.6	+0.9	-0.8	-1.3	+2.2	+5.8	+.050	+0.3	+1.2		+1.0	+1.6	+.054
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	21	38.2	17.1	2.7	7.7	10.4	1.5	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.2	6.5	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.3	.784
difference:	+3	+2.5	+4.0	+1.3	+5.0	+6.3	+2.4	+0.1	+1.5	-0.2	-1.3	+2.4	+6.1	+.028	+0.2	+1.3		+1.2	+1.3	+.048
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1985-86	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Parish	81	31.7	16.1	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	2.7	6.5	11.9	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.1	.731
difference:	+27	+7.3	+3.8	+1.2	+2.7	+3.9	+2.9	+0.6	+1.0	-0.1	-1.1	+1.8	+6.7	+.102	+0.2	+0.8		+0.1	+0.3	+.083
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	18	32.8	15.0	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.4	0.5	1.7	2.4	2.6	5.9	12.5	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.9	.652
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Robert Parish	James Worthy
Season	1986-87	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Robert Parish	80	37.4	17.5	3.2	7.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	3.3	7.4	13.2	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.735
difference:	+2	+8.6	+2.6	+2.3	+5.4	+7.6	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	-0.7	-2.2	+1.2	+0.7	+.109	+0.4	+1.4		+0.7	+1.3	+.075
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Parish	21	35.0	18.0	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.3	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.8	7.1	12.5	.567	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.9	.767
difference:	+16	+5.4	+4.2	+1.4	+4.6	+6.0	+1.3	+0.1	+1.7	-0.4	-1.6	+0.7	+4.7	+.195	+0.4	+1.6		+3.2	+3.9	+.167
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600

Additional Years
* Robert Parish played 9 seasons more than James Worthy in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 21, from 1989 to 1997—Robert Parish played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over James Worthy, Robert Parish got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game