Steve Colter vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper and Steve Colter, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Steve Colter played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Ron Harper, who played 15. Steve Colter had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Ron Harper had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Steve Colter	8	5	1984-85 to 1994-95
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steve Colter	78	18.7	7.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.8	2.8	6.1	.453	0.3	0.9	.351	1.3	1.7	.754
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	9	18.4	8.9	0.4	1.3	1.8	4.1	0.6	0.0	1.1	2.7	4.0	8.3	.480	0.3	1.2	.273	0.6	0.9	.625
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Steve Colter	81	23.1	8.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.1	1.4	2.3	3.4	7.4	.456	0.3	1.0	.325	1.7	2.0	.823
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	4	26.0	6.5	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	3.0	6.5	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 3
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Steve Colter	70	18.9	6.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	5.7	.426	0.1	0.2	.235	1.2	1.5	.766
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	2	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 4
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Steve Colter	68	22.3	7.1	0.9	1.7	2.5	3.8	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.9	3.0	6.5	.460	0.0	0.1	.300	1.1	1.4	.789
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	5	17.2	6.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.6	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.571
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Washington Bullets	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		%
Steve Colter	80	17.8	6.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.8	0.9	0.2	0.8	2.0	2.5	5.7	.444	0.0	0.3	.120	1.6	2.1	.749
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Steve Colter	73	13.4	4.9	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	4.1	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.811
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 7
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Steve Colter	19	13.2	3.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	.411	0.3	0.7	.357	0.4	0.5	.700
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647

Note: Steve Colter didn't play in 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94.


Season 8
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	1994-95	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Steve Colter	57	13.2	3.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.0	.396	0.1	0.6	.229	0.9	1.2	.761
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	4	10.8	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690


Season 11
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750


Season 12
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615


Season 13
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	1998-99
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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	35	31.6	11.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.3	1.7	1.0	1.9	2.3	4.2	11.1	.377	0.8	2.4	.318	2.0	2.9	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	23	28.0	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702


Season 15
	Steve Colter	Ron Harper
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Colter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667

Steve Colter vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper and Steve Colter, 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