Danny Ainge vs. Mike Conley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Conley and Danny Ainge, 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.

Danny Ainge played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Mike Conley, who played 17. Danny Ainge had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Mike Conley had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Danny Ainge	14	12	1981-82 to 1994-95
Mike Conley	17	11	2007-08 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
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1981-82	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Danny Ainge	53	10.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	1.5	4.2	.357	0.1	0.3	.294	1.1	1.2	.862
Mike Conley	53	26.1	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.6	3.6	8.3	.428	0.6	1.7	.330	1.7	2.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	12.9	5.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.1	1.9	4.5	.422	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	1.3	.769
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1982-83	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	25.6	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.7	3.1	1.4	0.1	1.2	3.2	4.5	9.0	.496	0.1	0.4	.172	0.9	1.2	.742
Mike Conley	82	30.6	10.9	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	3.9	8.9	.442	1.1	2.6	.406	2.0	2.4	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	7	28.7	9.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.4	4.0	10.3	.389	0.3	0.7	.400	1.1	1.6	.727
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1983-84	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Danny Ainge	71	16.3	5.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.273	0.6	0.8	.821
Mike Conley	80	32.1	12.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.1	2.2	4.6	10.4	.445	1.0	2.7	.387	1.7	2.3	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	19	13.3	4.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.2	4.7	.456	0.1	0.5	.222	0.4	0.5	.700
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Danny Ainge	75	34.2	12.9	1.0	2.6	3.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.0	5.6	10.6	.529	0.2	0.7	.268	1.6	1.8	.868
Mike Conley	81	35.5	13.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	6.5	1.8	0.2	2.2	2.2	5.2	11.8	.444	1.0	2.7	.369	2.2	3.0	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	21	32.7	11.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	3.6	4.6	9.9	.466	0.3	0.8	.438	1.4	1.9	.769
Mike Conley	13	39.0	15.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	5.5	14.1	.388	0.8	2.8	.297	3.4	4.1	.830


Season 5
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	30.1	10.7	0.6	2.4	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.1	1.6	2.6	4.4	8.8	.504	0.3	0.9	.356	1.5	1.7	.904
Mike Conley	62	35.1	12.7	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.5	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.1	4.8	11.0	.433	1.0	2.6	.377	2.2	2.5	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	18	36.2	15.6	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.2	2.3	0.1	1.7	3.2	5.9	10.7	.554	0.8	1.9	.412	2.9	3.3	.867
Mike Conley	7	39.6	14.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.1	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.7	4.6	10.9	.421	1.6	3.1	.500	3.4	4.6	.750


Season 6
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1986-87	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Danny Ainge	71	35.2	14.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	11.9	.486	1.2	2.7	.443	2.1	2.3	.897
Mike Conley	80	34.5	14.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.2	11.8	.440	1.3	3.7	.362	2.9	3.5	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	20	38.1	14.8	0.7	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.1	5.8	11.9	.487	1.6	3.7	.438	1.6	1.8	.861
Mike Conley	15	38.3	17.0	0.8	3.9	4.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.5	14.4	.384	1.2	4.3	.281	4.7	6.2	.763


Season 7
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Danny Ainge	81	37.3	15.7	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	6.0	12.1	.491	1.8	4.4	.415	2.0	2.2	.878
Mike Conley	73	33.5	17.2	0.6	2.4	2.9	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.1	1.9	6.3	14.1	.450	1.4	4.0	.361	3.1	3.8	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	17	39.4	11.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.4	0.5	0.1	2.4	3.8	4.2	10.8	.386	1.1	3.4	.328	2.2	2.5	.881
Mike Conley	7	38.1	15.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	7.9	2.0	0.1	2.1	2.0	6.3	14.6	.431	0.4	3.9	.111	2.9	3.7	.769


Season 8
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Danny Ainge	73	32.6	17.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	1.3	0.1	2.0	2.5	6.6	14.4	.457	1.6	4.2	.380	2.8	3.3	.854
Mike Conley	70	31.8	15.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	12.6	.446	1.5	4.0	.386	3.1	3.6	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	8	30.4	14.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	5.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	1.3	5.1	12.0	.427	1.3	4.1	.303	2.9	3.5	.821


Season 9
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Danny Ainge	75	36.4	17.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.5	3.2	6.7	15.4	.438	1.4	3.9	.374	3.0	3.6	.831
Mike Conley	56	31.4	15.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.4	.422	1.4	3.8	.363	3.4	4.1	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	21.4	11.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.9	.472	1.3	3.1	.406	1.4	1.7	.826
Mike Conley	69	33.2	20.5	0.4	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.7	14.6	.460	2.5	6.1	.408	4.6	5.3	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	16	17.3	8.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	.448	0.7	2.3	.306	1.4	1.8	.821
Mike Conley	6	37.3	24.7	0.2	3.2	3.3	7.0	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.2	.485	2.8	6.3	.447	5.2	6.2	.838


Season 11
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Danny Ainge	81	19.7	9.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.7	8.3	.442	1.0	2.8	.339	1.3	1.6	.824
Mike Conley	12	31.1	17.1	0.0	2.3	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.3	14.0	.381	2.0	6.4	.312	4.4	5.5	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	21	21.4	10.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	2.8	3.9	8.0	.479	1.0	2.5	.404	1.9	2.2	.830
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	27.0	11.8	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.2	4.2	9.1	.462	1.9	4.7	.403	1.5	1.8	.848
Mike Conley	70	33.5	21.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	1.8	7.0	16.0	.438	2.2	6.1	.364	4.9	5.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	24	24.6	8.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.5	2.7	7.1	.376	1.4	3.3	.413	1.4	1.6	.872
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Danny Ainge	68	22.9	8.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	7.9	.417	1.2	3.6	.328	1.1	1.4	.830
Mike Conley	47	29.0	14.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	12.1	.409	2.0	5.4	.375	2.4	3.0	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	23.0	8.6	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.6	2.7	5.9	.458	1.7	4.0	.425	1.5	2.1	.714
Mike Conley	5	33.0	19.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.6	0.2	1.0	2.0	6.2	12.8	.484	3.6	6.8	.529	3.8	4.4	.864


Season 14
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Danny Ainge	74	18.6	7.7	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.7	.460	1.1	2.9	.364	1.4	1.8	.808
Mike Conley	51	29.4	16.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.6	12.5	.444	2.7	6.6	.412	2.4	2.8	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	13.7	6.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.8	.500	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.1	.909
Mike Conley	6	29.3	15.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.7	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.3	.426	3.0	6.2	.486	2.7	2.7	1.000


Season 15
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	72	28.6	13.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.8	11.0	.435	2.3	5.8	.408	1.8	2.3	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	6	29.0	9.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	3.2	3.2	9.5	.333	0.8	4.2	.200	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 16
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Utah Jazz, 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		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	67	30.3	11.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.7	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	3.9	9.1	.428	2.0	5.2	.385	2.1	2.5	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	5	36.6	12.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.4	0.6	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.4	.476	2.0	4.4	.455	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 17
	Danny Ainge	Mike Conley
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves 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		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	76	28.9	11.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	8.5	.457	2.4	5.3	.442	1.3	1.5	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Conley	9	31.7	11.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.1	9.9	.416	2.0	5.1	.391	1.2	1.4	.846

Danny Ainge vs. Mike Conley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Conley and Danny Ainge, 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

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Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

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Season 10

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Season 12

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Season 17