Tom Heinsohn vs. Andrei Kirilenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrei Kirilenko and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 4 less than Andrei Kirilenko, who played 13. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Andrei Kirilenko had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1956-57	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Andrei Kirilenko	82	26.2	10.7	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.450	0.3	1.2	.250	3.5	4.5	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
Andrei Kirilenko	4	30.3	8.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.0	1.8	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1958-59	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Andrei Kirilenko	78	37.1	16.5	2.9	5.2	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	2.8	2.2	5.3	11.9	.443	0.9	2.6	.338	5.0	6.4	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1959-60	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Andrei Kirilenko	41	32.9	15.6	2.2	4.0	6.2	3.2	1.6	3.3	2.2	2.5	5.0	10.2	.493	0.6	1.9	.299	5.0	6.3	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1960-61	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Andrei Kirilenko	69	37.7	15.3	2.3	5.7	8.0	4.3	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.3	4.9	10.6	.460	0.5	1.7	.308	5.0	7.2	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1961-62	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Andrei Kirilenko	70	29.3	8.3	1.3	3.4	4.7	2.9	1.1	2.1	1.9	2.5	2.8	6.0	.471	0.2	1.1	.213	2.5	3.4	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
Andrei Kirilenko	17	31.0	9.6	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.6	0.9	2.4	2.1	3.1	3.2	7.2	.447	0.2	0.5	.333	3.0	3.8	.785

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1962-63	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Andrei Kirilenko	72	30.8	11.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.0	1.2	1.5	1.9	2.3	3.8	7.6	.506	0.6	1.6	.379	2.8	3.6	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
Andrei Kirilenko	12	32.3	11.0	1.3	2.2	3.4	2.5	1.5	1.7	1.5	3.8	4.3	9.5	.447	0.4	1.8	.227	2.1	2.9	.714

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1963-64	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Andrei Kirilenko	67	27.3	11.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.6	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.9	3.8	8.5	.449	0.3	1.1	.274	3.6	4.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Andrei Kirilenko	5	27.2	11.0	1.4	1.4	2.8	2.0	2.2	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.4	9.4	.468	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1964-65	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Andrei Kirilenko	58	29.0	11.9	1.3	3.2	4.6	2.7	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	4.2	8.3	.506	0.4	1.5	.292	3.0	4.0	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Andrei Kirilenko	2	15.0	5.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Note: Andrei Kirilenko didn't play in 2011-12.