Steve Kerr vs. T.J. McConnell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.J. McConnell and Steve Kerr, 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 / Stats Rankings

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 Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than T.J. McConnell, who played 11. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while T.J. McConnell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
T.J. McConnell	11	5	2015-16 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+55	+13.8	+4.0	+0.4	+2.1	+2.4	+3.6	+0.9	+0.1	-1.5	-0.9	+1.9	+3.9	+.035	+0.1	+0.4	+.123	+0.1	+0.2	+.033
T.J. McConnell	81	19.8	6.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.5	1.2	0.1	1.7	1.4	2.7	5.7	.470	0.4	1.1	.348	0.3	0.5	.634

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Kerr nor T.J. McConnell played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863
difference:	+3	+5.0	+0.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+3.4	+1.1		-1.1	-0.9	+0.4	+0.8	+.017	+0.8	+1.1	+.307	+0.1	+0.2	+.052
T.J. McConnell	81	26.3	6.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	2.0	1.7	2.9	6.3	.461	0.1	0.7	.200	0.9	1.1	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849
difference:	+19	+6.5	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+2.4	+1.7	+0.7	+0.1	-0.8	-0.7	+1.1	+1.6	+.055	+0.1	+0.3	+.017	+0.4	+0.4	+.054
T.J. McConnell	76	22.4	6.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.8	5.5	.499	0.4	0.8	.435	0.4	0.5	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.J. McConnell	10	15.5	5.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.5	3.6	.694	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.5	.600


Season 4
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833
difference:	+28	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.1	+0.4		-0.6	-0.8	+0.4	+0.6	+.014	+0.5	+0.9	+.099	+0.5	+0.6	+.049
T.J. McConnell	76	19.3	6.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	.525	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.5	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000
difference:	+3	+4.1	+1.0		+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+.005	+0.3	+0.9		+0.4	+0.4
T.J. McConnell	9	8.3	2.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917
difference:	+19	+9.4	+3.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.8	+3.7	+0.6	+0.2	-0.9	-0.3	+2.0	+3.5	+.082		+0.3	+.063	+0.1	+0.1	+.084
T.J. McConnell	71	18.7	6.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	5.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	3.0	5.8	.516	0.1	0.2	.294	0.5	0.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.J. McConnell	3	9.3	2.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 6
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did not play

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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		%
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856
difference:	+13	+1.2		+0.5	+1.6	+2.1	+4.0	+1.0	+0.3	-1.3	-0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+.062	+0.4	+0.8	+.106	+0.5	+0.5	+.168
T.J. McConnell	69	26.0	8.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	4.0	7.1	.559	0.2	0.7	.313	0.5	0.7	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did not play

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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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778
difference:	+55	+1.7	+0.3	+0.5	+1.4	+1.8	+3.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.5	-0.6	+0.5	+1.7	+.046	+0.7	+0.9	+.221	+0.1	+0.1	+.048
T.J. McConnell	27	24.1	8.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.7	7.7	.481	0.4	1.2	.303	0.7	0.9	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929
difference:	+7	+3.1	+0.3	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+3.0	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.1	+0.8	+1.0	+.037	+1.2	+2.1	+.074	+0.2	+0.1	+.076
T.J. McConnell	75	20.3	8.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.4	3.8	6.9	.543	0.3	0.8	.441	0.8	0.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.7	8.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	0.7	0.8	.806
difference:	+11	+4.5	+2.1	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+3.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.1	+1.6	+2.7	+.023	+1.0	+2.3	+.055		+0.1	+.016
T.J. McConnell	71	18.2	10.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	5.5	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.1	4.6	8.4	.556	0.3	0.6	.409	0.7	0.9	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	19	17.9	5.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.7	0.7	.929
difference:	+2	+2.6	+6.8	+0.4	+1.7	+2.2	+4.0			-0.8	-0.2	+3.6	+6.8	+.057	+0.4	+0.7	+.112	+0.1	+0.2	+.062
T.J. McConnell	17	20.5	11.8	0.6	2.4	3.1	5.1	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.5	5.3	10.9	.486	0.4	1.5	.269	0.8	0.9	.867


Season 10
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1997-98	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Steve Kerr	50	22.4	7.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.0	.454	1.1	2.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.918
difference:	+29	+4.5	+1.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+2.5	+0.6	+0.2	-0.9	-0.4	+1.4	+1.9	+.065	+0.9	+2.0	+.132	+0.2		+.178
T.J. McConnell	79	17.9	9.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.4	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.0	4.1	7.9	.519	0.2	0.6	.306	0.7	1.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	21	19.8	4.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	.434	0.9	2.0	.463	0.9	1.0	.818
difference:	+2	+2.3	+4.6	+0.1	+2.3	+2.5	+2.3	+0.6	+0.1	-1.7	-0.1	+2.5	+4.0	+.103	+0.6	+1.2	+.042	+0.1	+0.2	+.003
T.J. McConnell	23	17.5	9.5	0.5	2.7	3.3	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.1	4.1	7.6	.537	0.3	0.8	.421	1.0	1.2	.815


Season 11
	Steve Kerr	T.J. McConnell
Season	1998-99	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Steve Kerr	44	16.7	4.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	4.0	.391	0.6	1.8	.313	0.7	0.8	.886
difference:	+24	+0.1	+5.6	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+3.5	+0.6	+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+3.2	+4.3	+.175	+0.2	+0.7	+.020	+0.4	+0.5	+.114
T.J. McConnell	20	16.8	10.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.1	4.7	8.3	.566	0.4	1.1	.333	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	11	8.7	2.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	2.7	.267	0.3	1.2	.231	0.5	0.5	.833
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Steve Kerr played 4 seasons more than T.J. McConnell in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 15, from 2000 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Steve Kerr vs. T.J. McConnell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.J. McConnell and Steve Kerr, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years