Rod Higgins vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Rod Higgins, 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

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.

Rod Higgins played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Allen Iverson, who played 14. Rod Higgins had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Rod Higgins	13	6	1982-83 to 1994-95
Allen Iverson	14	8	1996-97 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rod Higgins	82	26.8	10.3	1.9	2.5	4.5	2.1	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	3.8	8.5	.448	0.2	0.5	.317	2.5	3.2	.792
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rod Higgins	78	20.2	6.4	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	2.5	5.5	.447	0.0	0.3	.045	1.4	2.0	.724
Allen Iverson	80	39.4	22.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	3.1	2.5	8.1	17.6	.461	0.9	2.9	.298	4.9	6.7	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Rod Higgins	68	13.9	4.5	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.8	4.0	.441	0.1	0.5	.270	0.9	1.3	.667
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712


Season 4
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Rod Higgins	30	11.1	3.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.3	3.5	.368	0.0	0.3	.111	0.6	0.9	.704
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739


Season 5
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Rod Higgins	73	20.5	8.6	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.9	5.6	.519	0.0	0.2	.176	2.7	3.3	.833
Allen Iverson	71	42.0	31.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	2.1	10.7	25.5	.420	1.4	4.3	.320	8.2	10.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	10	17.7	4.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.2	2.0	1.8	4.6	.391	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.6	0.9	.667
Allen Iverson	22	46.5	32.9	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.1	2.4	0.3	2.9	2.5	11.7	30.0	.389	2.2	6.5	.338	7.3	9.5	.774


Season 6
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Rod Higgins	68	32.2	15.5	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.8	5.6	10.7	.526	0.3	0.6	.487	4.0	4.7	.848
Allen Iverson	60	43.7	31.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	4.0	1.7	11.1	27.8	.398	1.3	4.5	.291	7.9	9.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	5	42.0	30.0	0.2	3.4	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.0	2.4	1.6	9.0	23.6	.381	1.8	5.4	.333	10.2	12.6	.810


Season 7
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Rod Higgins	81	23.3	10.6	1.4	3.3	4.6	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.8	.476	0.8	2.1	.393	2.3	2.8	.821
Allen Iverson	82	42.5	27.6	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	1.8	9.8	23.7	.414	1.0	3.7	.277	7.0	9.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	8	33.4	14.9	2.9	4.5	7.4	2.5	1.6	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.0	10.3	.488	1.3	4.4	.286	3.6	4.3	.853
Allen Iverson	12	46.4	31.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	7.4	2.4	0.1	3.9	2.1	11.4	27.4	.416	1.6	4.6	.345	7.3	9.8	.737


Season 8
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rod Higgins	82	24.3	11.1	1.5	3.7	5.1	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.7	7.7	.481	0.8	2.4	.347	2.9	3.5	.821
Allen Iverson	48	42.5	26.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.1	4.4	1.8	9.1	23.4	.387	1.2	4.1	.286	7.1	9.5	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Rod Higgins	82	24.7	9.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	6.8	.463	0.9	2.7	.332	2.3	2.8	.819
Allen Iverson	75	42.3	30.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.9	2.4	0.1	4.6	1.9	10.3	24.2	.424	1.4	4.5	.308	8.7	10.5	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	9	23.8	9.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.0	0.2	0.9	0.8	3.1	2.9	6.8	.426	0.9	2.9	.308	2.6	3.1	.821
Allen Iverson	5	47.6	31.2	0.0	2.2	2.2	10.0	2.0	0.4	4.2	2.4	11.8	25.2	.468	2.4	5.8	.414	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 10
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rod Higgins	25	21.4	10.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	3.0	3.5	8.4	.412	1.3	3.8	.347	1.9	2.4	.814
Allen Iverson	72	43.1	33.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	3.4	1.7	11.3	25.3	.447	1.0	3.1	.323	9.4	11.5	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	2	8.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1992-93	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Rod Higgins	69	20.7	8.3	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.412	0.6	1.9	.323	1.9	2.2	.861
Allen Iverson	65	42.5	26.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.2	1.9	0.2	4.1	1.5	8.9	20.2	.442	1.0	3.0	.315	7.5	9.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	5	44.6	22.8	0.0	0.6	0.6	5.8	1.4	0.0	3.0	2.2	8.4	22.8	.368	1.0	3.4	.294	5.0	6.2	.806


Season 12
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1993-94	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Rod Higgins	36	15.2	5.4	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.0	4.5	.436	0.6	1.4	.440	0.9	1.2	.738
Allen Iverson	82	41.8	26.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	3.0	1.3	8.7	19.0	.458	1.2	3.4	.345	7.9	9.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	3	19.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	1.3	3.7	.364	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	0.7	.500
Allen Iverson	4	39.5	24.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	9.0	20.8	.434	0.8	3.5	.214	5.8	8.3	.697


Season 13
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	1994-95	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rod Higgins	5	9.2	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.4	.250	0.2	1.2	.167	0.6	0.8	.750
Allen Iverson	57	36.7	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	1.5	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.1	14.6	.417	0.5	1.7	.283	4.8	6.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rod Higgins	Allen Iverson
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	28	30.9	13.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.9	11.3	.430	0.3	0.9	.360	3.7	4.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rod Higgins vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Rod Higgins, 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