Tyrese Maxey vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short and Tyrese Maxey, 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.

Tyrese Maxey played 4 years in the NBA, 8 less than Purvis Short, who played 12. Tyrese Maxey had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Purvis Short had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Tyrese Maxey	4	4	2020-21 to 2023-24
Purvis Short	12	3	1978-79 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871
Purvis Short	75	22.7	10.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	4.9	10.3	.479	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tyrese Maxey	75	35.3	17.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.1	6.4	13.3	.485	1.8	4.1	.427	2.8	3.3	.866
Purvis Short	62	26.4	17.0	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.1	2.0	3.0	7.4	14.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.7	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	12	40.4	20.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.3	15.2	.484	2.2	5.8	.377	3.9	4.2	.940
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tyrese Maxey	60	33.6	20.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.3	15.2	.481	2.7	6.2	.434	3.0	3.6	.845
Purvis Short	79	29.2	16.1	1.9	3.0	4.9	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.1	6.9	14.6	.475	0.0	0.2	.176	2.1	2.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	11	38.5	20.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	2.4	7.5	17.5	.427	3.1	7.7	.400	2.5	2.8	.903
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
Purvis Short	76	23.4	14.4	1.6	1.9	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.9	6.0	12.3	.488	0.1	0.4	.214	2.3	2.9	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1982-83
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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	67	35.8	21.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.6	8.8	18.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.267	3.8	4.6	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1983-84
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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	79	37.3	22.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.9	3.2	9.0	19.1	.473	0.3	0.9	.306	4.5	5.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1984-85
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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	78	39.5	28.0	2.0	3.1	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.5	22.8	.460	0.6	1.9	.313	6.4	7.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1985-86
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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	64	37.9	25.5	2.0	3.2	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	9.9	20.5	.482	0.2	0.8	.306	5.5	6.3	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	34	27.9	18.3	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.3	0.2	2.0	3.0	7.1	14.7	.479	0.1	0.5	.235	4.0	4.7	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	10	25.3	14.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	5.7	12.3	.463	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 10
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	81	24.1	14.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.9	12.2	.481	0.1	0.3	.238	2.5	3.0	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	4	17.8	5.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	6.5	.269	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 11
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	65	17.8	7.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.0	7.4	.413	0.1	0.5	.273	1.2	1.4	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	4	9.3	4.8	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.3	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 12
	Tyrese Maxey	Purvis Short
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	82	27.0	13.1	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.5	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.4	.286	2.4	2.9	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tyrese Maxey vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short and Tyrese Maxey, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12