Tom Heinsohn vs. Lindsey Hunter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lindsey Hunter 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, 8 less than Lindsey Hunter, who played 17. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Lindsey Hunter had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1956-57	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie 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	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Lindsey Hunter	82	26.5	10.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.1	4.1	10.9	.375	0.8	2.5	.333	1.3	1.7	.732
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
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1958-59	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Lindsey Hunter	80	26.7	8.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.0	7.9	.381	1.5	3.6	.405	1.1	1.5	.700
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
Lindsey Hunter	2	18.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1959-60	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
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	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Lindsey Hunter	82	36.9	14.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.5	5.1	12.7	.404	2.0	5.7	.355	1.9	2.5	.778
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
Lindsey Hunter	5	40.2	15.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	5.8	13.2	.439	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.714

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1960-61	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
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	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Lindsey Hunter	71	35.3	12.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	1.5	2.5	4.5	11.6	.383	1.2	3.7	.321	2.0	2.8	.740
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
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1961-62	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Lindsey Hunter	49	35.8	11.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	1.8	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.7	10.7	.435	1.2	3.1	.386	1.4	1.8	.753
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
Lindsey Hunter	5	36.2	7.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.2	2.8	10.6	.264	0.6	2.2	.273	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1962-63	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Lindsey Hunter	82	35.6	12.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.6	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.6	10.9	.425	2.0	4.7	.432	1.4	1.9	.760
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
Lindsey Hunter	3	31.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.3	10.7	.313	0.3	3.0	.111	1.3	2.0	.667

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1963-64	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East 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	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Lindsey Hunter	82	24.4	10.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	9.5	.381	1.9	5.0	.373	0.9	1.2	.802
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
Lindsey Hunter	18	16.2	3.6	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.3	5.5	.242	0.4	2.9	.151	0.4	0.6	.727

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	1964-65	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
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
Lindsey Hunter	82	19.7	5.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.3	6.0	.382	1.0	2.5	.380	0.2	0.5	.500
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
Lindsey Hunter	18	7.3	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.5	.311	0.4	1.6	.276	0.0	0.0	-

Season 11
	Tom Heinsohn	Lindsey Hunter
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsey Hunter	33	20.0	3.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.5	4.3	.343	0.4	1.5	.280	0.2	0.2	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsey Hunter	23	11.6	2.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.8	2.8	.292	0.3	1.3	.233	0.5	0.5	.917