Khris Middleton vs. Jim Paxson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Paxson and Khris Middleton, 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.

Khris Middleton played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jim Paxson, who played 11. Khris Middleton had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Jim Paxson had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Khris Middleton	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24
Jim Paxson	11	9	1979-80 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2012-13	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
Jim Paxson	72	17.6	6.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.6	6.4	.411	0.0	0.3	.045	0.9	1.3	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	3	14.7	5.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 2
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2013-14	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	82	30.0	12.1	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.0	4.6	10.4	.440	1.5	3.5	.414	1.4	1.7	.861
Jim Paxson	79	34.2	17.1	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.1	1.7	2.2	7.4	13.8	.536	0.0	0.4	.067	2.3	3.1	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
Jim Paxson	82	33.6	18.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	1.8	1.9	8.1	15.3	.526	0.1	0.4	.229	2.7	3.5	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
Jim Paxson	81	33.8	21.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.4	16.3	.515	0.0	0.3	.160	4.8	5.9	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	7	37.1	23.3	0.6	1.6	2.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	2.1	1.6	9.7	16.6	.586	0.3	0.6	.500	3.6	4.7	.758


Season 5
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
Jim Paxson	81	33.2	21.3	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.1	1.5	0.1	1.8	2.0	8.4	16.3	.514	0.2	0.7	.288	4.3	5.1	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818
Jim Paxson	5	34.4	22.8	2.2	1.6	3.8	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.8	2.6	8.0	15.6	.513	0.2	1.0	.200	6.6	8.0	.825


Season 6
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
Jim Paxson	68	33.1	17.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.9	1.5	0.1	1.6	1.7	7.5	14.5	.514	0.1	0.6	.154	2.9	3.6	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737
Jim Paxson	9	23.6	12.9	0.7	1.6	2.2	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.8	5.2	11.2	.465	0.3	1.1	.300	2.1	2.7	.792


Season 7
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
Jim Paxson	75	25.7	13.1	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.1	5.0	10.6	.470	0.3	0.8	.323	2.9	3.3	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885
Jim Paxson	4	17.8	10.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	3.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.0	3.5	9.3	.378	0.5	1.5	.333	3.0	3.8	.800


Season 8
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
Jim Paxson	72	25.0	12.1	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.7	10.2	.460	0.4	1.4	.265	2.4	3.0	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826
Jim Paxson	4	23.5	8.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	3.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	.406	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 9
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
Jim Paxson	45	17.8	7.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.0	6.6	.460	0.1	0.5	.238	1.5	1.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887
Jim Paxson	15	12.5	3.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.2	1.1	3.9	.288	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
Jim Paxson	57	20.0	8.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.7	3.5	7.8	.454	0.1	0.4	.167	1.5	1.8	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Khris Middleton	33	24.3	15.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	4.9	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.1	5.4	12.3	.436	1.5	4.9	.315	2.8	3.1	.902
Jim Paxson	72	17.8	6.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.7	5.9	.453	0.1	0.3	.250	1.0	1.3	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	5	34.6	23.8	1.4	5.0	6.4	6.2	0.6	0.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	17.2	.465	2.6	6.4	.406	5.2	6.0	.867
Jim Paxson	5	12.4	3.8	0.0	0.0	0	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 12
	Khris Middleton	Jim Paxson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Khris Middleton	55	27.0	15.1	0.7	3.9	4.7	5.3	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	5.8	11.7	.493	1.7	4.5	.381	1.8	2.2	.833
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.3	24.7	2.0	7.2	9.2	4.7	0.5	0.2	2.3	4.2	9.2	19.0	.482	1.8	5.2	.355	4.5	5.0	.900
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Khris Middleton vs. Jim Paxson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Paxson and Khris Middleton, 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