Happy Hairston vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Happy Hairston, 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.

Happy Hairston played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Alonzo Mourning, who played 15. Happy Hairston had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Alonzo Mourning had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Happy Hairston	11	9	1964-65 to 1974-75
Alonzo Mourning	15	11	1992-93 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1964-65	1992-93
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hornets 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		%
Happy Hairston	61	12.1	6.1	-	-	4.8	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	5.8	.373	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.667
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	8.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	3	13.0	4.0	-	-	6.7	1.0	-	-	-	0.7	1.7	6.0	.278	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774


Season 2
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1965-66	1993-94
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Happy Hairston	72	24.9	14.1	-	-	7.6	0.6	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	11.3	.489	-	-	-	3.1	4.5	.685
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	5	30.0	15.4	-	-	7.4	0.0	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	12.4	.403	-	-	-	5.4	7.6	.711
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1966-67	1994-95
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Hornets 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		%
Happy Hairston	79	30.9	14.9	-	-	8.0	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	12.2	.479	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.660
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	4	35.0	16.0	-	-	6.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	2.0	3.8	.533
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837


Season 4
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1967-68	1995-96
Team	Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	74	34.0	17.9	-	-	8.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	13.3	.487	-	-	-	4.9	7.1	.699
Alonzo Mourning	70	38.2	23.2	3.1	7.3	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.5	8.0	15.4	.523	0.1	0.4	.300	7.0	10.2	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	6	24.8	11.7	-	-	6.2	1.2	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	11.8	.408	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	.600
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.7	18.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.3	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714


Season 5
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1968-69	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	81	35.7	18.1	-	-	11.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.5	14.0	.469	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.731
Alonzo Mourning	66	35.2	19.8	2.9	7.1	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	3.4	4.1	7.2	13.4	.534	0.0	0.1	.111	5.5	8.6	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	17	37.1	17.8	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	4.3	6.3	12.8	.491	0.2	0.5	.375	5.1	9.1	.555


Season 6
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1969-70	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	70	34.7	18.5	-	-	11.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	6.9	13.9	.496	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.789
Alonzo Mourning	58	33.4	19.2	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	3.1	3.6	6.9	12.6	.551	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.0	.665

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	16	18.5	7.4	-	-	4.8	1.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	6.8	.435	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.686
Alonzo Mourning	4	34.3	19.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.3	0.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	7.3	14.0	.518	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.3	.655


Season 7
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	80	36.5	18.6	-	-	10.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.2	7.2	15.4	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.782
Alonzo Mourning	46	38.1	20.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	3.5	7.0	13.8	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	9.2	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	12	39.3	17.0	-	-	9.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	13.7	.506	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.760
Alonzo Mourning	5	38.8	21.6	1.4	6.8	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	2.4	3.8	7.6	14.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.8	.653


Season 8
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1971-72	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	80	34.4	13.1	-	-	13.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	10.0	.461	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Alonzo Mourning	79	34.8	21.7	2.7	6.8	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.7	3.9	8.3	15.0	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.4	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	15	38.5	13.5	-	-	13.1	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	11.2	.440	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.794
Alonzo Mourning	10	37.5	21.6	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.4	4.0	7.6	15.7	.484	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	9.6	.667


Season 9
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1972-73	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	28	33.5	16.3	-	-	13.2	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	11.7	.482	-	-	-	5.0	6.4	.787
Alonzo Mourning	13	23.5	13.6	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	1.8	5.6	10.8	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	3	8.7	2.7	-	-	1.3	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	3.0	.111	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.3	11.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	6.3	.579


Season 10
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1973-74	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Happy Hairston	77	34.2	14.5	4.4	9.2	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	-	3.4	5.0	9.9	.507	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.771
Alonzo Mourning	75	32.7	15.7	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.4	3.4	6.0	11.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.333	3.8	5.7	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	5	34.4	9.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	-	1.6	3.0	7.2	.417	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Alonzo Mourning didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 11
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1974-75	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Happy Hairston	74	30.9	10.3	4.1	8.7	12.8	2.3	0.7	0.1	-	2.9	3.7	7.2	.506	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	.801
Alonzo Mourning	12	17.9	8.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.9	.465	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	2.8	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	37	19.0	7.6	1.4	3.9	5.4	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	2.2	2.7	5.7	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.582

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	15	17.1	6.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.5	3.3	2.1	2.9	.705	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.558


Season 13
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	65	20.0	7.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.8	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	21	10.8	3.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.2	1.8	.703	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 14
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	77	20.4	8.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.2	0.2	2.3	1.7	2.8	3.1	5.5	.560	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.0	.601

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	4	13.8	6.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	2.8	.909	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385


Season 15
	Happy Hairston	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Miami Heat
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		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	25	15.6	6.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.0	2.2	2.1	3.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Happy Hairston vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Happy Hairston, 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