Tom Heinsohn vs. Eric Montross Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Montross 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 1 more than Eric Montross, who played 8. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Eric Montross had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Tom Heinsohn	9	9	1956-57 to 1964-65
Eric Montross	8	4	1994-95 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1956-57	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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
Eric Montross	78	29.7	10.0	2.5	4.7	7.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.4	3.8	3.9	7.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.4	.635

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
Eric Montross	4	15.5	3.3	1.8	0.5	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.3	1.3	2.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500


Season 2
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1957-58	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	69	32.0	17.8	-	-	10.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	17.8	.382	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Eric Montross	61	23.5	7.2	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.2	5.7	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.376

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.7	17.5	-	-	10.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	17.6	.351	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.778
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1958-59	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets
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
Eric Montross	78	23.4	4.3	2.3	4.3	6.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.0	3.4	2.0	4.5	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.339

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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1959-60	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons
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	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Eric Montross	48	14.4	2.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	2.6	1.3	3.0	.424	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.400

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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1960-61	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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
Eric Montross	46	12.5	2.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	0.9	1.7	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.7	.344

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
Eric Montross	5	14.2	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	3.0	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1961-62	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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
Eric Montross	51	6.5	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.6	0.3	1.1	.309	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

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
Eric Montross	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1962-63	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Eric Montross	54	12.0	2.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.1	1.0	2.6	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.6	.258

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
Eric Montross	5	6.4	0.8	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1963-64	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Eric Montross	49	13.4	2.4	0.7	2.1	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	.402	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.6	.323

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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Eric Montross
Season	1964-65	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Heinsohn vs. Eric Montross Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Montross 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9