Ron Harper vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Ron Harper, 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 / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Ron Harper played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Myles Turner, who played 11. Ron Harper had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Myles Turner had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01
Myles Turner	11	7	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
difference:	+22	+14.6	+12.6	+1.0	+1.7	+0.7	+4.1	+2.1	+0.4	-3.1	-0.4	+4.6	+10.9	+.043	+0.1	+0.9	+.001	+3.2	+4.9	+.043
Myles Turner	60	22.8	10.3	1.1	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.6	4.4	8.8	.498	0.1	0.2	.214	1.5	2.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	7	28.1	10.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.4	0.3	3.3	1.7	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.3	.667


Season 2
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705
difference:	+24	+0.7	+0.9	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+3.6	+1.2	+1.2	-1.5	-0.4	+0.5	+2.1	+.047	+0.4	+1.0	+.198	+0.4	+1.2	+.104
Myles Turner	81	31.4	14.5	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	1.3	3.2	5.5	10.7	.511	0.5	1.4	.348	3.0	3.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688
difference:		+0.2	+7.0	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+3.0	+1.0	+0.3	-1.3	-1.5	+2.7	+4.8	+.044		+1.0		+1.5	+2.0	+.063
Myles Turner	4	33.3	10.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	0.8	1.8	1.3	1.5	3.8	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	1.5	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751
difference:	+17	+6.6	+5.9	+0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+4.0	+1.7	+0.9	-1.3	-0.2	+2.5	+4.2	+.032	+0.5	+1.0	+.107	+1.4	+2.0	+.026
Myles Turner	65	28.2	12.7	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.5	2.9	4.7	9.8	.479	0.9	2.4	.357	2.5	3.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769
difference:	+2	+9.8	+7.2	+0.5	+1.5	+0.9	+3.4	+1.9	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+3.1	+6.1	+.046	+0.9	+1.5	+.462	+1.9	+2.5	+.020
Myles Turner	7	28.0	12.4	0.9	4.3	5.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.6	4.7	7.7	.611	0.9	1.9	.462	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 4
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did not play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788
difference:	+39	+10.5	+9.5	+0.7	+2.0	+1.3	+3.6	+1.5	+1.5	-1.5	-0.4	+3.5	+7.7	+.014	+0.6	+1.1	+.113	+3.2	+3.9	+.052
Myles Turner	74	28.6	13.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	10.5	.487	1.0	2.6	.388	2.0	2.7	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	4	31.5	9.8	1.0	5.3	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	8.8	.400	0.8	3.5	.214	2.0	3.3	.615


Season 5
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668
difference:	+23	+6.0	+7.5	+0.1	+1.9	+1.8	+4.2	+1.0	+1.2	-1.9	-0.1	+3.0	+9.2	+.066	+0.2	+0.2	+.020	+1.7	+2.9	+.083
Myles Turner	62	29.5	12.1	1.4	5.2	6.6	1.2	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	4.3	9.5	.457	1.4	4.0	.344	2.0	2.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	4	36.5	15.8	2.8	8.0	10.8	0.8	0.5	4.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	11.0	.568	1.5	3.5	.429	1.8	4.0	.438


Season 6
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736
difference:	+35	+7.3	+5.6	+0.2	+1.2	+1.0	+4.1	+1.0	+2.5	-1.7	-1.1	+2.5	+6.6	+.037	+0.7	+1.8	+.032	+1.2	+1.9	+.046
Myles Turner	47	31.0	12.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	1.4	3.5	4.4	9.2	.477	1.5	4.4	.335	2.4	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769
difference:	+38	+7.7	+5.1		+1.6	+1.8	+3.5	+1.5	+1.9	-1.5	-0.1	+2.0	+5.6	+.058	+0.8	+2.1	+.053	+1.9	+2.5	+.017
Myles Turner	42	29.4	12.9	1.5	5.5	7.1	1.0	0.7	2.8	1.3	2.8	4.8	9.4	.509	1.5	4.4	.333	1.9	2.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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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		%
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715
difference:	+13	+8.7	+2.1	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+3.2	+1.3	+1.6	-1.5	-1.3	+1.1	+6.0	+.122	+0.6	+0.9	+.072	+0.5	+1.1	+.068
Myles Turner	62	29.4	18.0	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	2.3	1.7	3.5	6.5	11.8	.548	1.5	4.0	.373	3.5	4.5	.783

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ron Harper nor Myles Turner played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618
difference:		+7.1	+10.2	+0.8	+3.8	+4.6	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	-0.1	-1.3	+3.5	+5.4	+.098	+1.1	+2.8	+.076	+2.1	+2.4	+.155
Myles Turner	77	27.0	17.1	1.5	5.5	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.0	6.2	11.8	.524	1.5	4.2	.358	3.2	4.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+11	+25.7	+15.0	+1.2	+4.4	+5.6	+1.4		+1.3	-1.7	-1.6	+5.2	+9.8	+.088	+2.3	+4.8	+.453	+2.2	+2.9
Myles Turner	17	32.4	17.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	2.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.6	6.2	12.1	.517	2.3	5.1	.453	2.2	2.9	.760


Season 10
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705
difference:	+8	+6.6	+8.2	+0.4	+3.6	+3.8	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	-0.8	-0.8	+2.5	+5.0	+.014	+1.8	+4.2	+.127	+1.4	+1.6	+.068
Myles Turner	72	30.2	15.6	1.3	5.3	6.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.3	.481	2.2	5.5	.396	2.6	3.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690
difference:	+5	+1.9	+5.0	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+1.1	+0.9	+1.6	-0.7	-0.9	+1.4	+2.1	+.059	+0.5	+1.3	+.025	+1.6	+1.9	+.081
Myles Turner	23	29.3	13.8	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.4	0.5	2.0	1.7	3.0	4.6	9.5	.484	1.3	3.9	.344	3.2	4.2	.771


Season 11
	Ron Harper	Myles Turner
Season	1996-97	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707
difference:	+43	+6.0	+6.3	+0.5	+2.4	+2.9	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	-0.3	-0.8	+1.8	+4.4	+.015	+1.3	+3.4	+.010	+1.4	+1.9	+.048
Myles Turner	33	28.9	12.6	1.1	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.7	1.5	1.0	2.6	4.1	9.7	.421	2.2	5.9	.372	2.2	3.0	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750
Myles Turner	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Ron Harper played 4 seasons more than Myles Turner in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 15, from 1998 to 2001—Ron Harper played in 3 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships.

Ron Harper vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Ron Harper, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years