Al Horford vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Al Horford, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Al Horford played 17 years in the NBA, 1 more than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Al Horford	17	15	2007-08 to 2023-24
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

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
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Al Horford	67	33.5	11.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.8	4.7	8.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.727
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	9	28.0	6.9	1.3	4.4	5.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.667
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2009-10	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.6	3.3	.789
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.9	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538


Season 5
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.4	2.4	.591

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389


Season 6
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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		%
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333


Season 9
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.4	.505

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722


Season 10
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 11
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783
JaVale McGee	75	22.3	12.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.8	5.3	8.5	.624	0.0	0.2	.083	1.3	2.0	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Al Horford	68	29.0	13.6	1.8	5.0	6.7	4.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.7	10.6	.535	1.1	3.0	.360	1.1	1.4	.821
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	9	34.4	13.9	1.4	7.6	9.0	4.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.1	12.2	.418	2.0	4.9	.409	1.7	2.0	.833
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500


Season 13
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Al Horford	67	30.2	11.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	10.6	.450	1.5	4.2	.350	0.9	1.2	.763
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	4	32.3	7.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.0	6.3	.480	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.571
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333


Season 14
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Al Horford	28	27.9	14.2	1.0	5.7	6.7	3.4	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	12.9	.450	2.0	5.4	.368	0.6	0.8	.818
JaVale McGee	74	15.8	9.2	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	6.2	.629	0.0	0.1	.222	1.4	2.0	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	12	11.1	6.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.2	.700	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.846


Season 15
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Al Horford	69	29.1	10.2	1.6	6.1	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.9	3.9	8.2	.467	1.3	3.8	.336	1.2	1.4	.842
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	23	35.4	12.0	1.5	7.8	9.3	3.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	2.8	4.4	8.4	.523	2.0	4.3	.480	1.2	1.6	.778
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Al Horford	63	30.5	9.8	1.2	5.0	6.2	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.6	7.6	.476	2.3	5.2	.446	0.2	0.3	.714
JaVale McGee	46	7.4	4.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.598	0.0	0.2	.143	0.6	1.0	.578

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	20	30.9	6.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.6	.386	1.4	4.7	.298	0.2	0.2	.750
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Al Horford	JaVale McGee
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	65	26.8	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	6.4	.511	1.7	4.0	.419	0.4	0.5	.867
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	10	28.6	8.8	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.3	3.5	7.4	.473	1.6	5.0	.320	0.2	0.4	.500
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Al Horford vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Al Horford, 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