Chris Mullin vs. Bob Thornton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Thornton and Chris Mullin, 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.

Chris Mullin played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Bob Thornton, who played 8. Chris Mullin had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Bob Thornton 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
Chris Mullin	16	8	1985-86 to 2000-01
Bob Thornton	8	2	1985-86 to 1995-96

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


Rookie Season
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1985-86	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
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		%
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
Bob Thornton	71	18.6	4.7	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.9	1.8	3.9	.456	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.531

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1986-87	1986-87
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825
Bob Thornton	33	8.5	2.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.5	0.9	2.0	.433	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1987-88	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks, 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		%
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885
Bob Thornton	48	12.4	3.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1988-89	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
Bob Thornton	54	8.3	2.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	.423	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	1.1	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1989-90	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889
Bob Thornton	56	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.9	0.9	2.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.510

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	9	9.9	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.4	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.500


Season 6
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1990-91	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884
Bob Thornton	12	9.2	1.3	0.1	1.2	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1991-92	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833
Bob Thornton	2	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929
Bob Thornton	7	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750

Note: Bob Thornton didn't play in 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.


Season 8
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1992-93	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Chris Mullin	46	41.3	25.9	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	1.7	10.3	20.2	.510	1.3	2.9	.451	4.0	4.9	.810
Bob Thornton	7	4.4	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Chris Mullin	62	37.5	16.8	1.0	4.5	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	6.6	14.0	.472	0.9	2.4	.364	2.7	3.5	.753
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	3	45.0	25.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.3	10.0	17.0	.588	2.0	4.0	.500	3.3	3.7	.909
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1994-95	-
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		%
Chris Mullin	25	35.6	19.0	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	6.8	13.9	.489	1.7	3.7	.452	3.8	4.3	.879
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1995-96	-
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		%
Chris Mullin	55	29.4	13.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.5	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.9	9.8	.499	1.1	2.7	.393	2.5	2.9	.856
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1996-97	-
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		%
Chris Mullin	79	34.6	14.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	5.5	10.0	.553	1.1	2.6	.411	2.3	2.7	.864
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Chris Mullin	82	26.5	11.3	0.5	2.6	3.0	2.3	1.2	0.5	1.4	2.3	4.1	8.4	.481	1.3	3.0	.440	1.9	2.0	.939
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	16	25.8	8.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.3	7.1	.460	1.3	3.3	.385	1.1	1.3	.857
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Chris Mullin	50	23.6	10.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.5	7.4	.477	1.5	3.1	.465	1.6	1.8	.870
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	13	21.8	9.5	0.2	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.2	7.7	.410	1.7	4.2	.400	1.5	1.8	.870
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Chris Mullin	47	12.4	5.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.7	4.0	.428	1.0	2.3	.409	0.8	0.9	.902
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	9	10.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.6	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.3	.476	0.2	0.9	.250	1.0	1.2	.818
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Chris Mullin	Bob Thornton
Season	2000-01	-
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		%
Chris Mullin	20	18.7	5.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.4	1.8	5.3	.340	1.0	2.6	.365	1.2	1.4	.857
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Mullin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chris Mullin vs. Bob Thornton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Thornton and Chris Mullin, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16