Tom Heinsohn vs. Terry Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terry Porter 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 Terry Porter, who played 17. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Terry Porter had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Terry Porter	17	16	1985-86 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1956-57	1985-86
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 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
Terry Porter	79	15.4	7.1	0.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.7	5.7	.474	0.2	0.5	.310	1.6	2.0	.806

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
Terry Porter	4	17.0	6.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.0	6.8	.444	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 2
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1957-58	1986-87
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
Terry Porter	80	33.9	13.1	0.9	3.3	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	3.2	2.4	4.7	9.6	.488	0.2	0.8	.217	3.5	4.2	.838

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
Terry Porter	4	37.5	17.0	0.3	4.5	4.8	10.0	2.5	0.5	3.3	3.5	6.0	12.5	.480	0.5	1.3	.400	4.5	5.0	.900


Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1958-59	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	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Terry Porter	82	36.5	14.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	10.1	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.6	10.9	.519	0.3	0.8	.348	3.3	4.0	.846

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
Terry Porter	4	37.3	17.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.3	13.0	.558	0.3	0.8	.333	2.3	3.3	.692


Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1959-60	1988-89
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
Terry Porter	81	38.3	17.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	9.5	1.8	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.1	.471	1.0	2.7	.361	3.4	4.0	.840

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
Terry Porter	3	41.3	22.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	8.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.7	17.3	.500	1.3	3.7	.364	3.3	4.0	.833


Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1960-61	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	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Terry Porter	80	34.8	17.6	0.7	2.7	3.4	9.1	1.9	0.1	3.1	1.9	5.6	12.1	.462	1.1	3.0	.374	5.3	5.9	.892

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
Terry Porter	21	38.8	20.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.0	13.0	.464	1.9	4.9	.392	6.6	7.9	.842


Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1961-62	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Terry Porter	81	32.9	17.0	0.6	2.8	3.5	8.0	2.0	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.0	11.7	.515	1.6	3.9	.415	3.4	4.2	.823

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
Terry Porter	16	37.2	18.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.6	1.5	0.1	2.0	2.0	6.4	12.8	.500	1.1	2.9	.362	4.3	4.9	.861


Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1962-63	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	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Terry Porter	82	34.0	18.1	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.8	1.5	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.4	13.8	.461	1.6	4.0	.395	3.8	4.5	.856

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
Terry Porter	21	41.4	21.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.0	13.6	.516	1.8	3.7	.474	5.7	6.8	.832


Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1963-64	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Terry Porter	81	35.6	18.2	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.5	6.2	13.7	.454	1.8	4.3	.414	4.0	4.8	.843

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
Terry Porter	4	38.0	16.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	6.8	17.0	.397	0.8	4.8	.158	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	1964-65	1993-94
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
Terry Porter	77	26.9	13.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.7	4.5	10.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.390	2.6	3.0	.872

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
Terry Porter	4	19.0	10.3	0.3	2.8	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.0	8.8	.343	1.5	3.5	.429	2.8	3.5	.786


Season 10
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	35	22.0	8.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.0	7.6	.393	1.3	3.3	.386	1.7	2.3	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	3	7.0	6.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.3	.538	0.7	1.7	.400	1.0	1.7	.600


Season 11
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	82	25.3	9.4	0.4	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	3.3	7.4	.442	0.9	2.8	.314	2.0	2.5	.785

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


Season 12
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	82	19.1	6.9	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	5.5	.416	0.8	2.4	.335	1.5	2.0	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	3	15.3	5.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 13
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	82	21.8	9.5	0.5	1.6	2.0	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.3	3.2	7.0	.449	1.1	2.8	.395	2.0	2.4	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	5	37.6	15.8	1.4	3.6	5.0	3.2	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	3.0	3.6	.833


Season 14
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	50	27.3	10.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.9	3.4	7.4	.465	1.2	2.8	.411	2.5	3.0	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	5	28.2	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.0	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	6.4	.469	0.6	2.4	.250	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 15
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	68	23.7	9.4	0.4	2.5	2.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.2	3.0	6.8	.447	1.3	3.0	.435	2.0	2.5	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	4	22.3	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	7.8	.258	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	80	21.0	7.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.1	2.5	5.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.424	1.2	1.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	13	25.1	8.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	3.4	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.2	3.0	6.6	.453	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	1.7	.773


Season 17
	Tom Heinsohn	Terry Porter
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	72	18.0	5.5	0.2	2.1	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.9	4.5	.424	0.8	2.0	.415	0.9	1.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Porter	10	13.0	3.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.5	.371	0.5	1.7	.294	0.2	0.4	.500

Tom Heinsohn vs. Terry Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terry Porter 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