Rui Hachimura vs. John Mengelt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Mengelt and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than John Mengelt, who played 10. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Mengelt had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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
Rui Hachimura	5	3	2019-20 to 2023-24
John Mengelt	10	4	1971-72 to 1980-81

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	2019-20	1971-72
Team	Washington Wizards	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
John Mengelt	78	18.4	10.0	-	-	1.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.1	3.7	7.8	.474	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Washington Wizards	Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Rui Hachimura	57	31.5	13.8	0.9	4.6	5.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	5.4	11.4	.478	0.8	2.4	.328	2.2	2.8	.770
John Mengelt	79	20.8	9.7	-	-	2.3	1.9	-	-	-	1.9	4.1	8.2	.492	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	34.6	14.8	1.0	6.2	7.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.6	5.8	9.4	.617	1.8	3.0	.600	1.4	2.4	.583
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	2021-22	1973-74
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
John Mengelt	77	20.2	8.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.1	-	2.1	3.2	7.2	.446	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	4	9.8	4.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	-	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 4
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	2022-23	1974-75
Team	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
John Mengelt	80	24.9	11.0	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.5	0.9	0.1	-	2.5	4.2	8.8	.479	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882
John Mengelt	3	21.7	8.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.0	0.3	0.3	-	3.0	3.0	7.7	.391	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	2023-24	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis
Others	In-Season Tournament 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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
John Mengelt	67	16.5	10.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	-	2.1	3.9	8.1	.489	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
John Mengelt	9	13.2	9.7	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	-	2.4	3.8	6.2	.607	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.704


Season 6
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	61	19.3	8.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	-	1.7	3.4	7.5	.456	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	3	22.3	12.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	-	1.0	4.7	8.7	.538	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 7
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	-	1977-78
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	81	21.8	10.3	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.9	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.1	4.0	8.3	.481	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	75	22.7	11.0	0.3	1.2	1.6	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	4.5	9.2	.491	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	36	10.8	6.1	0.1	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.6	.542	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rui Hachimura	John Mengelt
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rui Hachimura vs. John Mengelt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Mengelt and Rui Hachimura, 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