Kevin McHale vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Rose and Kevin McHale, 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.

Kevin McHale and Malik Rose both played 13 years in the NBA. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Malik Rose had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93
Malik Rose	13	8	1996-97 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1980-81	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679
Malik Rose	54	9.7	3.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.1	1.1	2.4	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639
Malik Rose	2	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1981-82	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754
Malik Rose	53	8.1	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.1	2.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.333	0.7	1.2	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Malik Rose	5	3.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 3
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1982-83	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717
Malik Rose	47	12.9	6.0	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.0	4.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.1	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556
Malik Rose	17	11.5	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.1	0.8	2.2	.368	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.692


Season 4
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1983-84	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765
Malik Rose	74	18.1	6.7	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.3	3.1	2.4	5.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.7	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777
Malik Rose	4	20.8	5.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.0	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556


Season 5
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1984-85	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760
Malik Rose	57	21.4	7.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.8	6.5	.435	0.1	0.3	.176	2.0	2.8	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807
Malik Rose	13	16.6	4.9	1.2	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.9	1.8	4.2	.418	0.1	0.2	.333	1.3	1.5	.850


Season 6
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1985-86	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776
Malik Rose	82	21.0	9.4	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.5	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.1	.083	2.3	3.1	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794
Malik Rose	10	29.2	12.9	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.6	9.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.740


Season 7
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1986-87	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836
Malik Rose	79	24.5	10.4	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.400	3.1	3.9	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762
Malik Rose	24	23.3	9.3	2.0	3.7	5.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	3.0	3.1	7.5	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.9	.766


Season 8
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1987-88	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797
Malik Rose	67	18.7	7.9	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.7	2.4	2.6	6.0	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.4	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839
Malik Rose	7	8.1	1.4	1.7	0.7	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.6	2.3	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 9
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1988-89	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818
Malik Rose	76	19.4	7.0	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.7	2.6	5.8	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	1.8	2.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893
Malik Rose	72	15.5	4.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.0	1.5	3.9	.374	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.5	1.9	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1990-91	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829
Malik Rose	65	12.5	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	1.1	2.9	.398	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.8	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1991-92	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
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		%
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822
Malik Rose	49	10.1	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.3	3.7	.367	0.0	0.1	.286	0.8	1.0	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kevin McHale	Malik Rose
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841
Malik Rose	38	12.4	3.4	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.9	1.2	3.4	.344	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kevin McHale vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Rose and Kevin McHale, 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