Spencer Haywood vs. Rashard Lewis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rashard Lewis 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, 4 less than Rashard Lewis, who played 16. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Rashard Lewis had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Rashard Lewis	16	8	1998-99 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Seattle Supersonics
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
Rashard Lewis	20	7.3	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.6	.365	0.1	0.3	.167	0.4	0.7	.571

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


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1971-72	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Rashard Lewis	82	19.2	8.2	1.5	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	6.9	.486	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.5	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	5	31.4	15.4	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.2	11.8	.441	1.8	3.8	.474	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1972-73	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Seattle Supersonics
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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Rashard Lewis	78	34.9	14.8	1.8	5.1	6.9	1.6	1.2	0.6	1.7	2.4	5.5	11.4	.480	1.6	3.7	.432	2.3	2.7	.826

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


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1973-74	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	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
Rashard Lewis	71	36.4	16.8	2.0	5.1	7.0	1.7	1.5	0.6	1.4	2.5	6.4	13.7	.468	1.7	4.5	.389	2.3	2.8	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	3	26.3	12.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.7	.375	0.3	2.0	.167	4.3	4.3	1.000


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1974-75	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Rashard Lewis	77	39.5	18.1	2.0	4.6	6.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.7	14.9	.452	1.0	2.8	.346	3.7	4.5	.820

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
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1975-76	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
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	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
Rashard Lewis	80	36.6	17.8	1.7	4.8	6.5	2.2	1.2	0.7	1.7	2.9	6.7	15.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.376	2.6	3.4	.763

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


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1976-77	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	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
Rashard Lewis	71	38.0	20.5	1.5	3.9	5.5	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	2.2	7.5	16.2	.462	2.4	6.1	.400	3.1	4.0	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	8	39.0	16.9	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.1	5.4	13.3	.406	0.6	3.1	.200	5.5	6.3	.880


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1977-78	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Rashard Lewis	78	36.9	20.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.8	.467	1.8	4.7	.384	4.5	5.5	.818

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
Rashard Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1978-79	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
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
Rashard Lewis	60	39.1	22.4	1.5	5.1	6.6	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.4	7.7	16.8	.461	2.5	6.5	.390	4.4	5.3	.841

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


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1979-80	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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	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
Rashard Lewis	81	38.0	18.2	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.6	6.4	14.0	.455	2.8	6.8	.409	2.7	3.2	.838

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
Rashard Lewis	10	41.7	19.5	2.4	4.8	7.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	2.3	1.8	7.1	16.3	.436	2.1	6.8	.309	3.2	3.9	.821

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


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1981-82	2008-09
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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	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
Rashard Lewis	79	36.2	17.7	1.2	4.6	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.5	6.1	13.8	.439	2.8	7.0	.397	2.8	3.4	.836

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
Rashard Lewis	24	41.1	19.0	1.2	5.2	6.4	2.9	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.5	.448	2.2	5.5	.394	3.8	4.8	.784


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	1982-83	2009-10
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Rashard Lewis	72	32.9	14.1	0.9	3.6	4.4	1.5	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.9	11.2	.435	2.3	5.9	.397	2.0	2.5	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	14	36.6	12.9	1.1	4.6	5.6	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.7	4.7	10.2	.462	2.0	5.4	.373	1.4	1.8	.800


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	57	32.0	11.7	1.2	3.8	5.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.8	4.4	10.2	.433	1.5	4.3	.357	1.4	1.7	.802

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


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	28	26.0	7.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	7.9	.385	0.6	2.4	.239	1.1	1.3	.838

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


Season 15
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	55	14.4	5.2	0.3	1.9	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.9	4.5	.414	0.9	2.4	.389	0.5	0.8	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	11	4.3	1.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	0.1	0.2	.500


Season 16
	Spencer Haywood	Rashard Lewis
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	60	16.2	4.5	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.6	3.9	.415	0.8	2.2	.343	0.4	0.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashard Lewis	18	17.7	5.3	0.2	1.8	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.7	.412	1.2	3.3	.373	0.2	0.2	.750

Spencer Haywood vs. Rashard Lewis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rashard Lewis 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16