Tom Heinsohn vs. John Henson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Henson 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 John Henson, who played 8. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while John Henson had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
John Henson	8	4	2012-13 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1956-57	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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
John Henson	63	13.1	6.0	1.8	2.9	4.7	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.6	5.3	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.7	.533

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
John Henson	4	8.3	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.8	.273	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1957-58	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
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
John Henson	70	26.5	11.1	2.4	4.7	7.1	1.6	0.6	1.7	1.6	2.6	4.9	9.1	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.5	.514

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
John Henson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1958-59	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
John Henson	67	18.3	7.0	1.9	2.8	4.7	0.9	0.4	2.0	1.3	2.3	2.9	5.2	.566	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.569

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
John Henson	6	25.5	8.8	3.5	4.5	8.0	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	6.8	.585	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	2.3	.357


Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1959-60	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
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
John Henson	57	16.8	7.0	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.3	1.9	1.1	2.3	2.9	5.1	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.1	.590

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
John Henson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1960-61	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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
John Henson	58	19.4	6.8	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.0	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.6	2.7	5.3	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.692

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
John Henson	2	6.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1961-62	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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
John Henson	76	25.9	8.8	2.0	4.8	6.8	1.5	0.6	1.4	1.1	2.7	3.8	6.6	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	2.1	.570

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
John Henson	2	37.0	9.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.5	6.5	.692	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1962-63	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
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	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
John Henson	14	13.4	5.6	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.2	4.8	.463	0.8	2.2	.355	0.4	0.7	.600

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
John Henson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
Season	1963-64	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons
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
John Henson	40	15.0	5.5	1.2	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.0	2.4	4.3	.556	0.2	0.9	.222	0.6	1.2	.500

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
John Henson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	John Henson
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
John Henson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
John Henson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Heinsohn vs. John Henson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Henson 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