Tiny Archibald vs. Spencer Dinwiddie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Dinwiddie 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, 2 more than Spencer Dinwiddie, who played 11. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Spencer Dinwiddie had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+64	+29.8	+23.4			+1.5	+7.4				-0.9	+8.1	+15.4	+.134				+7.3	+8.0	+.246
Spencer Dinwiddie	12	13.3	4.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.5	.352	0.1	0.8	.100	1.6	2.8	.576
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Dinwiddie	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1972-73	2016-17
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+21	+23.4	+26.7				+8.3				-0.6	+10.6	+21.2	+.044				+6.2	+7.1	+.055
Spencer Dinwiddie	59	22.6	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.6	1.7	.376	2.1	2.7	.792
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Spencer Dinwiddie played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1974-75	2018-19
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Nets 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:	+14	+11.5	+9.7	+0.2		+0.3	+2.2	+0.9	+0.2		-0.5	+3.9	+8.1	+.014				+3.8	+3.9	+.066
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
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	+14.1	+5.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+3.7	+0.3			-1.0	+1.8	+7.3	+.071				+3.8	+4.4	+.100
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Kansas City Kings	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+14	+9.6	+4.2	+0.4	+1.1	+0.8	+1.1	+1.0	+0.1		-0.6	+2.6	+4.3	+.038				+1.0	+1.0	+.024
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Spencer Dinwiddie played in the postseason in their season 6

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

Season 9
	Tiny Archibald	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.3	+3.2	+0.3	+1.4	+0.9	+1.9	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.3	+1.0	+3.4	+.044	+2.2	+6.0	+.147	+1.1	+1.2	+.018
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
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
difference:	+5	+2.9	+2.3		+2.1	+2.1	+1.4	+0.2	+0.3	-1.2	-1.3	+0.5	+2.9	+.075	+1.7	+4.3	+.111	+0.3	+0.8	+.199
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682

Season 10
	Tiny Archibald	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+7.0	+3.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+3.0	+0.2	+0.1	-2.1	-0.7	+1.5	+1.2	+.107	+1.6	+4.7	+.337	+2.1	+2.4	+.011
Spencer Dinwiddie	76	28.3	10.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.8	3.3	8.4	.392	1.6	4.8	.337	2.2	2.8	.805
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
difference:	+12	+22.5	+12.6	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+4.7	+0.4	+0.2	-2.7	-0.9	+4.6	+9.6	+.093	+0.4	+1.3	+.250	+3.9	+4.3	+.309
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	14.6	3.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.8	.357	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.2	.500

Season 11
	Tiny Archibald	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1981-82	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+11	+4.9	+1.6	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+3.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+0.9	+1.0	+.056	+1.3	+3.9	+.041	+1.0	+1.5	+.055
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	27.0	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.6	8.6	.416	1.4	4.1	.334	2.5	3.1	.802
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
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-