Spencer Haywood vs. Cedric Maxwell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cedric Maxwell 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.

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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Cedric Maxwell, who played 11. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Cedric Maxwell had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Cedric Maxwell	11	8	1977-78 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1970-71	1977-78
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Cedric Maxwell	72	16.8	7.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.1	2.4	4.4	.538	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1971-72	1978-79
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Cedric Maxwell	80	37.1	19.0	3.4	6.5	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	3.4	3.3	5.9	10.1	.584	-	-	-	7.2	9.0	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1972-73	1979-80
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Cedric Maxwell	80	34.3	16.9	3.6	5.3	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.9	3.3	5.7	9.4	.609	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	9	35.6	18.2	3.4	6.6	10.0	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.8	6.6	10.3	.634	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.8	.754


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1973-74	1980-81
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	81	33.7	15.2	2.7	3.7	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	5.4	9.3	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.6	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	17	35.2	16.1	3.6	3.8	7.4	2.7	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.9	10.2	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.2	.818


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1974-75	1981-82
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	78	33.2	14.8	2.8	3.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.1	.747

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
Cedric Maxwell	12	32.1	14.5	3.1	4.2	7.3	2.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	10.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.714


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1975-76	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	79	28.5	11.9	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	8.4	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	7	35.1	12.9	3.3	4.0	7.3	3.3	0.6	0.6	2.7	2.6	4.1	7.9	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.4	.842


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	80	31.3	11.9	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.0	7.5	.532	0.0	0.1	.167	4.0	5.3	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	23	32.7	11.9	2.3	2.9	5.2	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.7	7.3	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	5.9	.779


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	57	26.2	11.1	1.7	2.5	4.2	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.5	3.5	6.6	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	4.9	.831

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
Cedric Maxwell	20	11.9	3.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.791


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	76	32.3	14.1	3.2	5.0	8.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	2.7	3.3	4.1	8.7	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	5.9	7.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	81	24.3	10.0	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.1	5.9	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	4.8	.775

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
Cedric Maxwell	10	17.7	6.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.7	1.8	3.4	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.743

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


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1981-82	1987-88
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
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	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Cedric Maxwell	71	11.9	3.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.1	2.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.769

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
Cedric Maxwell	4	3.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Cedric Maxwell
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
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		%
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	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Spencer Haywood vs. Cedric Maxwell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cedric Maxwell 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.

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