Tom Heinsohn vs. Jerome Kersey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerome Kersey 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, 8 less than Jerome Kersey, who played 17. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Jerome Kersey had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Jerome Kersey	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1956-57	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Jerome Kersey	77	12.4	6.1	1.2	1.4	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	2.3	4.8	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.4	.646

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
Jerome Kersey	8	7.5	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.0	3.9	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 2
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1957-58	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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	69	32.0	17.8	-	-	10.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	17.8	.382	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Jerome Kersey	79	15.4	8.5	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.3	5.9	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.681

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
Jerome Kersey	4	14.0	5.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.3	2.3	5.5	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1958-59	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Jerome Kersey	82	25.5	12.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.3	.043	3.2	4.4	.720

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
Jerome Kersey	4	15.0	6.0	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1959-60	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Jerome Kersey	79	36.6	19.2	2.7	5.6	8.3	3.1	1.6	0.8	2.0	3.8	7.7	15.5	.499	0.0	0.2	.200	3.7	5.0	.735

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
Jerome Kersey	4	31.8	19.8	4.3	3.3	7.5	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.3	4.3	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	5.3	.714

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1960-61	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Jerome Kersey	76	35.7	17.5	3.2	5.0	8.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	2.2	3.6	7.0	15.0	.469	0.1	0.3	.286	3.4	4.9	.694

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
Jerome Kersey	3	39.0	20.3	3.7	4.3	8.0	2.3	3.3	0.3	1.3	4.0	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	0.7	.000	5.0	6.3	.789

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1961-62	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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
Jerome Kersey	82	34.7	16.0	3.1	5.4	8.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	3.7	6.3	13.2	.478	0.0	0.2	.150	3.3	4.8	.690

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
Jerome Kersey	21	39.6	20.7	3.1	5.1	8.3	2.1	1.6	1.0	2.1	4.1	7.9	17.2	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.9	.715

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1962-63	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Jerome Kersey	73	32.3	14.8	2.3	4.3	6.6	3.1	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	5.8	12.2	.478	0.1	0.2	.308	3.2	4.5	.709

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
Jerome Kersey	16	36.8	17.9	3.3	3.7	6.9	3.1	1.8	0.4	1.1	4.3	6.6	14.1	.465	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.3	.752

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1963-64	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Jerome Kersey	77	33.2	12.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	11.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.125	2.3	3.4	.664

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
Jerome Kersey	21	36.0	16.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	3.6	2.0	0.9	2.5	4.0	6.2	12.2	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	5.4	.693

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	1964-65	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Jerome Kersey	65	26.4	10.6	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.9	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.3	9.9	.438	0.1	0.4	.286	1.8	2.8	.634

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
Jerome Kersey	4	24.5	14.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	3.8	5.5	10.5	.524	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	4.3	.706

Season 10
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	78	16.4	6.5	1.7	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.7	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	3	12.7	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.7	.200

Season 11
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	63	18.1	8.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	3.2	7.8	.415	0.1	0.4	.259	1.5	2.0	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	3	21.0	12.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	5.3	9.3	.571	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 12
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	76	21.3	6.7	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.6	.410	0.0	0.2	.176	1.3	1.9	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	70	25.2	6.8	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	2.8	6.4	.432	0.2	0.9	.262	1.0	1.7	.602

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	9	23.2	5.4	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.9	3.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.789

Season 14
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	37	19.4	6.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.6	6.3	.416	0.0	0.3	.100	1.1	1.8	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	10	21.3	7.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.1	7.2	.431	0.0	0.3	.000	1.6	1.9	.842

Season 15
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	45	15.5	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	1.5	4.4	.340	0.1	0.3	.214	0.1	0.3	.429

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	14	10.9	2.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.1	3.1	.349	0.1	0.3	.250	0.4	0.5	.714

Season 16
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	72	18.2	4.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.9	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	2	12.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 17
	Tom Heinsohn	Jerome Kersey
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	22	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.5	3.1	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Heinsohn vs. Jerome Kersey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerome Kersey 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17