Tyler Herro vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 7 years in the NBA, 12 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Karl Malone 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 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
	Tyler Herro	Karl Malone
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
difference:	+26	+3.2	+1.4	+1.8	+2.9	+4.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	-1.8	-2.2	+1.3	+1.0	+.068	+2.1	+5.4		+0.8	+3.2	+.389
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
difference:	+17	+2.3	+5.8	+1.2	+1.2	+2.4	+2.7	+1.6	+0.1	-0.5	-3.0	+3.8	+4.8	+.095	+2.3	+6.1		+0.6	+3.9	+.447
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423

Season 3
	Tyler Herro	Karl Malone
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
difference:	+16	+6.4	+7.0	+2.9	+4.1	+7.0	+1.6	+0.7	+0.5	-1.4	-2.2	+2.9	+3.1	+.073	+2.7	+6.6	+.399	+3.8	+6.3	+.168
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
difference:	+4	+19.5	+17.1	+2.5	+5.4	+7.9	+1.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.7	-1.8	+6.3	+11.1	+.073	+1.1	+4.6	+.229	+5.7	+8.4	+.203
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723

Season 4
	Tyler Herro	Karl Malone
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
difference:	+13	+4.2	+9.0	+2.8	+2.4	+5.3	+1.5	+1.0	+0.7	-1.2	-2.1	+2.8	+2.9	+.080	+2.9	+7.8	+.065	+6.3	+8.8	+.168
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+26.3	+18.7	+7.3	+7.0	+14.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.7	-3.3	-4.3	+6.0	+13.0	+.056	+2.0	+4.0		+8.7	+10.7
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813

Season 5
	Tyler Herro	Karl Malone
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
difference:	+40	+4.6	+10.2	+2.3	+3.5	+5.8	+1.7	+0.8	+0.5	-1.5	-1.7	+3.4	+2.3	+.121	+2.9	+7.4	+.024	+6.2	+8.5	+.094
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
difference:		+3.6	+8.4	+3.2	+3.4	+6.6	+3.2	+1.8	+1.0	-0.4	-2.4	+3.2	+5.4	+.053	+3.0	+8.4	+.349	+5.0	+7.0	+.144
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756

Season 6
	Tyler Herro	Karl Malone
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
difference:	+5	+4.9	+5.1	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+2.2	+0.2	+0.8	-0.4	-2.2	+1.8	+1.7	+.055	+3.3	+8.5	+.089	+4.6	+6.6	+.108
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+5	+6.6	+11.9	+2.6	+7.3	+9.8	+0.4	+0.5	+1.2	-0.6	-0.9	+3.8	+6.9	+.040	+2.3	+6.4	+.310	+6.6	+7.6	+.046
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846

Season 7
	Tyler Herro	Karl Malone
Season	2025-26	1991-92
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	6	31.8	23.2	0.5	4.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.5	8.3	16.5	.505	2.5	6.2	.405	4.0	4.3	.923
difference:	+75	+5.9	+4.8	+2.3	+3.9	+6.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-1.9	-1.3	+1.6	+2.2	+.021	+2.5	+6.0	+.229	+4.3	+6.4	+.145
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805

Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 12 seasons more than Tyler Herro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 1993 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 12 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Tyler Herro, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP