Tom Heinsohn vs. Chuck Person Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chuck Person 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 Chuck Person, who played 13. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Chuck Person had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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	Chuck Person
Season	1956-57	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Chuck Person	82	36.0	18.8	2.0	6.2	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	7.7	16.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.355	2.7	3.6	.747
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
Chuck Person	4	39.8	27.0	1.5	6.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	3.8	3.5	9.5	18.5	.514	0.5	2.0	.250	7.5	9.8	.769

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1958-59	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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
Chuck Person	80	37.7	21.6	1.8	4.7	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.9	3.5	8.9	18.2	.489	0.8	2.6	.307	3.0	3.8	.792
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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1959-60	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Chuck Person	77	35.2	19.7	1.6	4.1	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.9	16.1	.487	1.2	3.3	.372	2.7	3.5	.781
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
Chuck Person	3	41.0	13.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	5.7	15.0	.378	0.3	3.3	.100	1.7	4.0	.417

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1960-61	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Chuck Person	80	32.1	18.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	15.4	.504	0.9	2.5	.340	2.1	2.9	.721
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
Chuck Person	5	38.4	26.0	0.6	5.0	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.0	.533	3.4	6.2	.548	3.4	4.2	.810

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1961-62	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Chuck Person	81	36.1	18.5	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.7	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.0	7.6	15.9	.480	1.6	4.4	.373	1.6	2.4	.675
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
Chuck Person	3	39.3	17.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	3.7	6.3	15.7	.404	1.7	5.0	.333	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1962-63	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Chuck Person	78	38.3	16.8	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.433	1.5	4.3	.355	1.4	2.2	.649
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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1963-64	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Chuck Person	77	26.4	11.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.1	4.6	10.9	.422	1.3	3.5	.368	1.1	1.4	.759
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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Chuck Person
Season	1964-65	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Chuck Person	81	25.1	10.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	9.3	.423	2.1	5.5	.387	0.8	1.3	.647
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
Chuck Person	15	17.2	5.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.8	5.1	.351	0.9	3.0	.289	0.5	0.7	.727

Note: Chuck Person didn't play in 1996-97.