Spencer Haywood vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Allen Iverson, who played 14. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, 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 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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1970-71	1996-97
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
difference:	+43	+4.9	+2.9			+7.9	+6.0				-0.6	+0.3	+2.3	+.033				+0.2	+0.6	+.032
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
* Neiher Spencer Haywood nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1971-72	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
difference:	+7	+4.0	+4.2			+9.0	+4.2				-0.3	+1.7	+3.7					+1.7	+1.3	+.090
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
* Neiher Spencer Haywood nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1972-73	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
difference:	+29	+0.8	+2.4			+8.0	+2.1				-0.8	+2.4	+2.3	+.064				+1.3	+2.6	+.088
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		%
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1973-74	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
difference:	+5	+0.3	+4.9	+3.2	+6.4	+9.6	+1.5	+1.2	+1.3		-0.3	+1.1	+4.5	+.036				+1.3	+2.8	+.101
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		%
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1974-75	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
difference:	+3	+4.8	+8.7	+2.2	+3.3	+5.5	+2.6	+1.7	+1.3		-0.4	+1.8	+6.0	+.039				+3.7	+4.5	+.003
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		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
difference:	+13	+9.1	+17.2	+1.5	+2.8	+4.3	+4.1	+1.6	+0.9		-0.7	+6.5	+15.4	+.030				+2.1	+2.7	+.004
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1975-76	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	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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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
difference:	+18	+6.6	+11.5	+2.3	+4.5	+6.8	+4.3	+2.1	+0.8		-1.6	+3.3	+10.4	+.047				+3.6	+4.1	+.055
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		%
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1976-77	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
difference:	+51	+9.6	+11.1	+1.7	+3.1	+4.8	+3.9	+2.2	+0.7		-0.5	+3.3	+9.2	+.036				+3.5	+4.8	+.058
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		%
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1977-78	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
difference:	+19	+16.2	+12.7	+1.4	+1.5	+2.9	+4.9	+1.8	+1.0	-2.3	-1.0	+3.0	+10.7	+.097				+5.7	+7.5	+.034
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		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1978-79	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
difference:	+7	+7.6	+9.8	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8	+6.0	+1.8	+1.1	-1.7	-1.6	+1.5	+6.5	+.070				+5.3	+6.2	+.044
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		%
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1979-80	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
difference:	+4	+22.8	+23.3	+1.1	+0.2	+1.4	+6.2	+1.4	+0.7	-1.6	-0.9	+7.5	+17.5	+.040	+1.0	+3.0	+.073	+7.3	+8.8	+.042
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		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.

Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	Washington Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.4	.842
difference:	+11	+15.1	+13.0	+1.5	+1.1	+2.6	+6.4	+1.3	+0.7	-1.8	-1.8	+3.7	+9.3	+.034	+1.0	+3.0		+4.6	+6.0	+.047
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		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
difference:	+2	+11.6	+2.8	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+4.8	+0.8	+2.0	-0.9	-1.8	+0.3	+6.4	+.128	+1.0	+3.4		+1.3	+1.2	+.063
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
	Spencer Haywood	Allen Iverson
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.724
difference:	+44	+21.4	+18.2	+1.4	+0.4	+1.8	+6.3	+1.7	+0.6	-1.2	-1.2	+5.4	+10.8	+.057	+1.2	+3.4		+6.2	+7.4	+.085
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		%
Spencer Haywood	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 2 seasons more than Spencer Haywood in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2009 to 2010—Allen Iverson didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Spencer Haywood, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game