Tim Duncan vs. T.J. McConnell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.J. McConnell and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 8 more than T.J. McConnell, who played 11. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+1	+19.3	+15.0	+2.8	+6.0	+8.8	+1.8	+0.5	+2.4	-1.7	-1.7	+5.9	+10.0	+.079	+0.4	+1.0	+.348	+3.6	+5.4	+.028
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+31	+13.0	+14.8	+2.7	+5.6	+8.3	+4.2	+0.8	+2.4	-0.9	-1.2	+5.5	+10.6	+.034	+0.1	+0.6	+.057	+4.0	+6.1	+.121
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		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+2	+16.5	+16.9	+3.0	+6.4	+9.4	+0.8	+0.3	+2.0	-1.8	-1.2	+5.7	+11.8	+.009	+0.4	+0.7	+.344	+5.8	+7.6	+.034
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		%
Tim Duncan	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
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+6	+19.4	+15.8	+2.8	+7.1	+9.9	+0.4	+0.1	+2.1	-1.8	-1.6	+5.7	+11.6	+.026	+0.1	+0.3	+.074	+4.6	+7.6	+.166
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		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
difference:	+4	+32.2	+21.7	+4.1	+9.7	+13.8	+2.6	+0.9	+2.6	-3.7	-2.9	+7.9	+15.9	+.044	+0.1	+0.1		+5.8	+9.2
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
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+11	+21.9	+19.0	+2.8	+7.3	+10.0	+1.3	+0.1	+2.3	-1.8	-1.6	+6.3	+12.5	+.008	+0.1	+0.1	+.194	+6.3	+7.9	+.034
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		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+6	+32.9	+25.3	+3.1	+9.3	+12.4	+2.7	+0.7	+4.3	-3.4	-1.1	+8.1	+17.4	+.078	+0.1	+0.3		+8.9	+10.5	+.322
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
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:	+12	+13.3	+14.7	+2.4	+6.8	+9.2	+2.7	+1.2	+2.6	-1.1	-1.3	+4.8	+10.1	+.046	+0.1	+0.4	+.040	+5.1	+7.1	+.022
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		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+42	+12.5	+13.8	+2.6	+6.6	+9.1	+1.8	+0.2	+2.3	-1.6	-0.4	+4.9	+9.4	+.020	+0.4	+1.0	+.136	+4.4	+7.6	+.227
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		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+9	+13.1	+11.6	+2.5	+5.5	+8.0	+2.6	+0.4	+2.5		-0.8	+4.0	+8.9	+.047	+0.3	+0.7	+.108	+3.8	+6.0	+.183
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		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+9	+16.6	+8.4	+2.4	+5.9	+8.3	+2.3	+0.1	+1.9	-1.0	-1.6	+2.6	+6.4	+.072	+0.3	+0.5	+.009	+3.5	+5.8	+.161
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		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
difference:	+4	+17.4	+14.0	+1.9	+5.6	+7.4	+1.8	+0.1	+1.8	-1.4	-2.3	+4.0	+5.3	+.087	+0.4	+1.3	+.269	+6.4	+9.2	+.149
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
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+1	+16.2	+10.9	+2.1	+6.0	+8.2	+1.0	+0.3	+2.1	-1.4	-1.5	+3.6	+6.2	+.027	+0.2	+0.5	+.195	+3.8	+6.1	+.103
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		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
difference:	+3	+19.3	+12.7	+3.2	+5.1	+8.2	+0.7	+0.2	+3.0	-1.1	-1.9	+4.6	+9.1	+.016	+0.3	+0.8		+3.8	+6.3	+.171
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
	Tim Duncan	T.J. McConnell
Season	2007-08	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+64	+17.4	+10.2	+2.9	+6.0	+8.9	+1.5	+0.4	+1.7	-1.5	-1.1	+3.1	+6.5	+.011	+0.4	+1.0	+.313	+4.2	+5.8	+.270
T.J. McConnell	14	16.6	9.1	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.3	1.1	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.4	8.6	.508	0.4	1.1	.313	0.1	0.1	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 8 seasons more than T.J. McConnell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2009 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over T.J. McConnell, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game