Elvin Hayes vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu and Elvin Hayes, 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.

Elvin Hayes played 16 years in the NBA, 1 more than Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Hedo Turkoglu had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Elvin Hayes	16	10	1968-69 to 1983-84
Hedo Turkoglu	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1968-69	2000-01
Team	San Diego Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Kings 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
Hedo Turkoglu	74	16.8	5.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.5	.412	0.4	1.2	.326	1.2	1.5	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	6	46.3	25.8	-	-	13.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	10.0	19.0	.526	-	-	-	5.8	8.8	.660
Hedo Turkoglu	8	17.6	7.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	1.0	1.8	.571	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1969-70	2001-02
Team	San Diego Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
Hedo Turkoglu	80	24.6	10.1	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.6	8.6	.422	0.8	2.1	.368	2.1	2.9	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	16	27.8	8.6	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.4	8.6	.401	0.8	2.1	.353	1.0	1.9	.516


Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1970-71	2002-03
Team	San Diego Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
Hedo Turkoglu	67	17.5	6.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.8	.422	0.4	1.2	.372	1.3	1.6	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	10	17.3	5.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.0	.360	0.4	1.4	.286	1.3	1.8	.722


Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1971-72	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
Hedo Turkoglu	80	25.9	9.2	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.1	.406	1.3	3.0	.419	1.4	2.0	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	10	27.2	7.7	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.6	8.1	.321	1.4	4.2	.333	1.1	1.8	.611


Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1972-73	2004-05
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
Hedo Turkoglu	67	26.2	14.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.9	11.7	.419	1.4	3.7	.380	2.8	3.4	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	5	45.6	25.8	-	-	11.4	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	21.0	.505	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.697
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1973-74	2005-06
Team	Capital Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	44.5	21.4	4.4	13.7	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	-	3.1	8.5	20.1	.423	-	-	-	4.4	6.1	.721
Hedo Turkoglu	78	33.5	14.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.7	3.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.5	3.6	.403	3.3	3.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	46.1	25.9	4.4	11.4	15.9	3.0	0.7	2.1	-	3.3	10.9	20.4	.531	-	-	-	4.1	5.9	.707
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1974-75	2006-07
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.3	23.0	2.7	9.5	12.2	2.5	1.9	2.3	-	2.9	9.0	20.3	.443	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.766
Hedo Turkoglu	73	31.1	13.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.0	4.7	11.3	.419	1.5	3.8	.388	2.3	3.0	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	17	44.2	25.5	2.7	8.2	10.9	2.2	1.5	2.3	-	4.1	10.2	21.9	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.677
Hedo Turkoglu	4	39.0	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	1.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	6.3	12.5	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1975-76	2007-08
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Elvin Hayes	80	37.2	19.8	2.6	8.4	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	-	3.7	8.1	17.3	.470	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	.628
Hedo Turkoglu	82	36.9	19.5	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	14.9	.456	2.0	5.1	.400	4.0	4.8	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	43.6	20.0	2.3	10.3	12.6	1.4	0.7	4.0	-	3.4	7.7	17.4	.443	-	-	-	4.6	7.9	.582
Hedo Turkoglu	10	39.9	17.5	1.4	5.0	6.4	5.5	0.8	0.2	3.8	3.5	6.3	14.1	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.9	4.6	.848


Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	41.0	23.7	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	-	3.8	9.3	18.5	.501	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.687
Hedo Turkoglu	77	36.6	16.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	5.5	13.3	.413	1.7	4.9	.356	4.1	5.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	9	45.0	21.0	3.2	10.3	13.6	1.9	1.1	2.4	-	4.3	8.2	19.2	.428	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.695
Hedo Turkoglu	24	38.9	15.8	0.4	4.2	4.5	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	5.3	12.3	.427	1.3	3.5	.386	3.9	4.8	.817


Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	Washington Bullets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	40.1	19.7	4.1	9.1	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	3.9	7.9	17.4	.451	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	.634
Hedo Turkoglu	74	30.7	11.3	0.6	4.1	4.6	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.0	3.7	9.1	.409	1.5	3.9	.374	2.4	3.1	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	21	41.3	21.8	4.9	8.4	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	4.1	9.0	18.3	.491	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.594
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	Washington Bullets	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	37.9	21.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	3.8	8.8	18.0	.487	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.654
Hedo Turkoglu	81	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.8	4.4	4.2	0.9	0.4	1.6	3.0	4.0	8.9	.446	1.6	3.8	.410	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	19	41.4	22.5	4.9	9.1	14.0	2.0	0.9	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.9	20.8	.429	-	-	-	4.6	6.8	.669
Hedo Turkoglu	6	34.8	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.3	11.3	.294	1.2	5.0	.233	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	39.3	23.0	3.3	7.7	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	2.7	3.8	9.4	20.7	.454	0.0	0.2	.231	4.1	5.9	.699
Hedo Turkoglu	53	31.2	10.9	0.5	3.3	3.8	4.4	0.8	0.3	2.7	2.6	3.9	9.5	.415	1.7	4.9	.353	1.3	1.8	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	2	46.0	20.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	20.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Hedo Turkoglu	5	32.4	8.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	3.0	8.2	.366	1.0	2.4	.417	1.4	2.2	.636


Season 13
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	36.2	17.8	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.7	7.2	16.0	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.4	.617
Hedo Turkoglu	11	17.2	2.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.3	4.8	.264	0.1	2.2	.042	0.3	0.5	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	37.0	16.1	3.3	5.9	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.5	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	5.1	.664
Hedo Turkoglu	38	10.3	3.0	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.9	.385	0.6	1.3	.440	0.2	0.5	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	3	41.3	14.0	2.3	7.7	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	2.0	4.0	5.7	16.7	.340	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.0	.533
Hedo Turkoglu	5	8.2	3.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	.462	0.8	2.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	28.4	12.9	2.5	5.1	7.6	2.0	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.2	11.0	.476	0.0	0.0	.500	2.4	3.5	.683
Hedo Turkoglu	62	11.4	3.7	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	.441	1.0	2.2	.432	0.1	0.2	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	5.0	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	.235	0.2	1.2	.154	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Elvin Hayes	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	12.3	5.0	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.8	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.652
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elvin Hayes vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu and Elvin Hayes, 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

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