Ron Mercer vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Ron Mercer, 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.

Ron Mercer played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Patty Mills, who played 15. Ron Mercer had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Patty Mills had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Ron Mercer	8	2	1997-98 to 2004-05
Patty Mills	15	13	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	1997-98	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ron Mercer	80	33.3	15.3	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.3	.450	0.0	0.4	.107	2.4	2.8	.839
Patty Mills	10	3.8	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.7	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	3	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Ron Mercer	41	37.8	17.0	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.0	7.4	17.2	.431	0.1	0.7	.167	2.0	2.6	.790
Patty Mills	64	12.2	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.1	5.1	.412	0.7	2.1	.353	0.6	0.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	1999-00	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Mercer	68	35.0	16.9	0.9	2.7	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	2.2	2.2	6.8	15.9	.426	0.2	0.7	.313	3.1	4.0	.789
Patty Mills	16	16.3	10.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.9	3.9	8.1	.485	1.5	3.5	.429	0.9	0.9	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	8	3.9	1.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	.545	0.4	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	2000-01	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Ron Mercer	61	41.6	19.7	1.2	2.7	3.9	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.1	2.4	8.2	18.4	.446	0.2	0.8	.304	3.1	3.7	.825
Patty Mills	58	11.3	5.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	4.2	.469	0.9	2.2	.400	0.3	0.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	9	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.1	.500	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ron Mercer	53	32.4	13.9	0.9	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.0	5.9	14.8	.397	0.3	1.2	.290	1.8	2.2	.798
Patty Mills	81	18.9	10.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.464	1.7	3.9	.425	0.9	1.0	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	5	23.4	7.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.8	3.6	7.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Patty Mills	23	15.3	7.3	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.7	6.1	.447	1.4	3.4	.405	0.4	0.6	.769


Season 6
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ron Mercer	72	23.2	7.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.4	8.3	.409	0.0	0.2	.188	0.9	1.1	.802
Patty Mills	51	15.7	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.5	6.6	.381	1.2	3.6	.341	0.6	0.8	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	6	22.3	6.5	0.3	1.8	2.2	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	8.2	.327	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.3	.875
Patty Mills	7	16.0	10.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.1	3.0	6.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.571	1.9	1.9	1.000


Season 7
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Mercer	39	13.2	5.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	2.3	5.4	.427	0.1	0.2	.286	0.3	0.4	.765
Patty Mills	81	20.5	8.5	0.3	1.6	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	7.6	.425	1.5	4.0	.384	0.6	0.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	10	16.7	6.6	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.3	.434	1.3	3.6	.361	0.7	1.1	.636


Season 8
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ron Mercer	18	21.7	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.1	3.6	8.8	.411	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.700
Patty Mills	80	21.9	9.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.4	7.8	.440	1.8	4.4	.414	0.8	1.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	16	26.0	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.8	.407	2.0	5.6	.360	1.2	1.4	.864


Season 9
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	82	25.7	10.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.3	.411	1.9	5.0	.372	1.3	1.4	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	5	33.0	13.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	5.0	11.4	.439	2.6	7.0	.371	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 10
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	82	23.3	9.9	0.3	1.9	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.6	3.4	8.1	.425	1.9	4.9	.394	1.1	1.3	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	7	21.7	5.3	0.1	2.0	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.0	6.1	.326	0.4	3.1	.136	0.9	1.4	.600


Season 11
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	66	22.5	11.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.9	9.1	.431	2.3	6.1	.382	1.5	1.7	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	68	24.8	10.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.7	9.0	.412	2.4	6.3	.375	1.0	1.1	.910

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	81	29.0	11.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.4	4.0	9.8	.408	2.8	7.0	.400	0.6	0.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	4	18.0	6.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.3	4.0	.563	1.8	3.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	40	14.2	6.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.8	2.2	5.2	.411	1.2	3.4	.366	0.6	0.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Ron Mercer	Patty Mills
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	32	13.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.4	4.1	.351	0.8	2.7	.276	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patty Mills	3	17.3	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.0	5.7	.353	1.0	3.7	.273	1.0	1.3	.750

Ron Mercer vs. Patty Mills Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Patty Mills and Ron Mercer, 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