Tiny Archibald vs. Rod Higgins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Higgins 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.

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.

Tiny Archibald and Rod Higgins both played 13 years in the NBA. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Rod Higgins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Tiny Archibald	13	5	1970-71 to 1983-84
Rod Higgins	13	6	1982-83 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
Rod Higgins	82	26.8	10.3	1.9	2.5	4.5	2.1	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	3.8	8.5	.448	0.2	0.5	.317	2.5	3.2	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
Rod Higgins	78	20.2	6.4	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	2.5	5.5	.447	0.0	0.3	.045	1.4	2.0	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1972-73	1984-85
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
Rod Higgins	68	13.9	4.5	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.8	4.0	.441	0.1	0.5	.270	0.9	1.3	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1973-74	1985-86
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Seattle Supersonics, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls
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		%
Tiny Archibald	35	36.3	17.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	6.3	14.1	.451	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.820
Rod Higgins	30	11.1	3.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.3	3.5	.368	0.0	0.3	.111	0.6	0.9	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1974-75	1986-87
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
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
Rod Higgins	73	20.5	8.6	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.9	5.6	.519	0.0	0.2	.176	2.7	3.3	.833

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
Rod Higgins	10	17.7	4.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.2	2.0	1.8	4.6	.391	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1975-76	1987-88
Team	Kansas City Kings	Golden State Warriors
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		%
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
Rod Higgins	68	32.2	15.5	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.8	5.6	10.7	.526	0.3	0.6	.487	4.0	4.7	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	New York Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785
Rod Higgins	81	23.3	10.6	1.4	3.3	4.6	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.8	.476	0.8	2.1	.393	2.3	2.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	8	33.4	14.9	2.9	4.5	7.4	2.5	1.6	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.0	10.3	.488	1.3	4.4	.286	3.6	4.3	.853

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.


Season 8
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1978-79	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Tiny Archibald	69	24.1	11.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	3.8	8.3	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788
Rod Higgins	82	24.3	11.1	1.5	3.7	5.1	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.7	7.7	.481	0.8	2.4	.347	2.9	3.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1979-80	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830
Rod Higgins	82	24.7	9.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	6.8	.463	0.9	2.7	.332	2.3	2.8	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881
Rod Higgins	9	23.8	9.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.0	0.2	0.9	0.8	3.1	2.9	6.8	.426	0.9	2.9	.308	2.6	3.1	.821


Season 10
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1980-81	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.3	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.2	.816
Rod Higgins	25	21.4	10.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	3.0	3.5	8.4	.412	1.3	3.8	.347	1.9	2.4	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	17	37.1	15.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.5	.809
Rod Higgins	2	8.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 11
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1981-82	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tiny Archibald	68	31.9	12.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	3.5	4.6	.747
Rod Higgins	69	20.7	8.3	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.412	0.6	1.9	.323	1.9	2.2	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	8	34.6	10.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.1	3.5	.893
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1982-83	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tiny Archibald	66	27.4	10.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.7	3.6	8.4	.425	0.1	0.4	.208	3.3	4.5	.743
Rod Higgins	36	15.2	5.4	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.0	4.5	.436	0.6	1.4	.440	0.9	1.2	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	7	23.0	9.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.7	3.1	9.7	.324	0.1	0.9	.167	3.1	4.1	.759
Rod Higgins	3	19.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	1.3	3.7	.364	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 13
	Tiny Archibald	Rod Higgins
Season	1983-84	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Tiny Archibald	46	22.6	7.4	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	6.1	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.2	.634
Rod Higgins	5	9.2	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.4	.250	0.2	1.2	.167	0.6	0.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tiny Archibald vs. Rod Higgins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Higgins 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.

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