Tom Heinsohn vs. Cliff Levingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cliff Levingston 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, 2 less than Cliff Levingston, who played 11. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Cliff Levingston 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1956-57	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Cliff Levingston	62	14.2	5.6	1.7	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	4.4	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.571
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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1958-59	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
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
Cliff Levingston	74	27.3	9.8	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	3.1	3.9	7.5	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.653
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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1959-60	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Cliff Levingston	81	24.0	9.3	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.2	3.6	6.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.678
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
Cliff Levingston	9	20.0	5.8	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.1	.595	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	1.0	.778

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1960-61	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Cliff Levingston	82	22.5	8.0	2.7	3.8	6.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.9	3.2	3.1	6.0	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
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
Cliff Levingston	9	12.0	3.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.778

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1961-62	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Cliff Levingston	82	26.0	10.0	2.8	3.4	6.1	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.5	3.8	6.9	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	3.0	.772
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
Cliff Levingston	12	13.6	5.0	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1962-63	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Cliff Levingston	80	27.3	9.2	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.4	3.8	7.1	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.4	.696
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
Cliff Levingston	5	15.4	3.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.2	.273	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.8	2.0	.900

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1963-64	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
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
Cliff Levingston	75	22.7	6.9	1.5	2.7	4.3	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.9	2.9	5.7	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	1.1	1.6	.680
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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	1964-65	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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
Cliff Levingston	78	13.0	4.0	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.6	3.6	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.648
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
Cliff Levingston	17	11.3	2.6	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 10
	Tom Heinsohn	Cliff Levingston
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliff Levingston	79	12.9	3.9	1.4	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.6	3.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.167	0.8	1.2	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliff Levingston	22	8.7	2.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.6	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	.500

Note: Cliff Levingston didn't play in 1992-93 and 1993-94.