Tiny Archibald vs. Caleb Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caleb Martin and Tiny Archibald, 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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Caleb Martin, who played 6. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Caleb Martin had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Caleb Martin
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
difference:	+23	+27.7	+23.2			+0.2	+7.9				-1.4	+7.9	+15.1	+.111				+8.1	+9.6	+.181
Caleb Martin	53	15.4	5.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	4.8	.375	0.6	2.4	.248	0.8	1.2	.641
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Caleb Martin played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Caleb Martin
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
difference:	+20	+23.1	+24.8			+1.0	+10.3				-0.9	+9.4	+19.5	+.019				+7.1	+8.2	+.084
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333

Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Caleb Martin
Season	1974-75	2023-24
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
difference:	+18	+12.2	+16.5	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+4.6	+0.8	+0.4		-0.3	+5.5	+11.6	+.025				+6.8	+7.6	+.094
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
difference:	+1	+5.1	+8.6	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+3.9	+0.1			-0.2	+3.0	+10.7	+.103				+4.8	+6.2	+.186
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Caleb Martin
Season	1975-76	2024-25
Team	Kansas City Kings	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
difference:	+33	+13.7	+16.9	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+5.8	+0.6	+0.3		-0.3	+6.3	+13.5	+.029				+5.0	+5.8	+.180
Caleb Martin	45	27.1	7.9	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.9	6.8	.424	0.8	2.3	.359	1.4	2.2	.622
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Caleb Martin played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Tiny Archibald played 7 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 1977 to 1984—Tiny Archibald played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Caleb Martin, Tiny Archibald got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP