Tom Heinsohn vs. Evan Mobley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Mobley 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, 5 more than Evan Mobley, who played 4. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Evan Mobley had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Evan Mobley
Season	1956-57	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+3.9	+1.2			+1.5	+0.9				-2.1	+0.1	+3.6	+.111				+1.4	+1.1	+.127
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
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
Evan Mobley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tom Heinsohn	Evan Mobley
Season	1957-58	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	69	32.0	17.8	-	-	10.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	17.8	.382	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
difference:	+10	+2.4	+1.6			+1.2	+1.0				-1.2	+0.2	+5.8	+.172				+1.7	+1.9	+.072
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
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
difference:	+6	+5.9	+7.7			+0.8	+0.4				-2.1	+1.8	+8.0	+.107				+4.1	+4.9	+.153
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Evan Mobley
Season	1958-59	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
difference:	+16	+1.1	+3.1			+0.3	+0.7				-1.4	+0.6	+7.1	+.190				+2.2	+2.5	+.079
Evan Mobley	50	30.6	15.7	2.2	7.1	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.4	11.0	.580	0.4	1.2	.373	2.5	3.4	.719
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
difference:	+1	+3.6	+3.9			+0.4	+0.6				-0.9	+1.5	+7.8	+.141				+1.3	+2.1	+.033
Evan Mobley	12	35.2	16.0	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	1.8	2.8	6.8	12.2	.555	0.4	1.5	.278	2.1	3.0	.694

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Evan Mobley
Season	1959-60	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+4	+1.8	+3.2			+1.3	+0.9				-1.7	+1.9	+8.4	+.134				+0.7	+0.8	+.008
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
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
difference:	+5	+0.4	+4.7			+1.6	+0.5				-2.8	+2.2	+9.6	+.167				+2.0	+3.1	+.090
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840

Additional Years
* Tom Heinsohn played 5 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 1961 to 1965—Tom Heinsohn played in 5 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Evan Mobley, Tom Heinsohn got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game