Kirk Hinrich vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Kirk Hinrich, 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.

Kirk Hinrich and Kevin McHale both played 13 years in the NBA. Kirk Hinrich had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Kirk Hinrich	13	11	2003-04 to 2015-16
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2003-04	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	76	35.6	12.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	2.7	3.6	4.2	10.8	.386	1.9	4.9	.390	1.8	2.2	.804
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2004-05	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	77	36.4	15.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	6.4	1.6	0.3	2.3	3.2	5.8	14.6	.397	1.9	5.3	.355	2.2	2.8	.792
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	35.8	21.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.8	2.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	7.5	16.7	.450	2.8	5.5	.515	3.3	4.8	.690
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


Season 3
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	81	36.5	15.9	0.4	3.2	3.6	6.3	1.2	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.6	13.3	.418	1.6	4.2	.370	3.2	3.9	.815
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	39.0	20.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.7	1.3	0.3	4.0	3.7	6.5	15.7	.415	1.5	4.3	.346	6.0	7.0	.857
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


Season 4
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2006-07	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	80	35.5	16.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	13.3	.448	1.8	4.2	.415	3.0	3.6	.835
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	10	36.2	12.1	0.4	3.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.4	11.7	.376	1.3	4.3	.302	2.0	2.6	.769
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


Season 5
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2007-08	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	75	31.7	11.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.0	1.2	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.4	10.6	.414	1.1	3.2	.350	1.6	1.9	.831
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2008-09	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	51	26.3	9.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.6	8.2	.437	1.4	3.3	.408	1.3	1.7	.791
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	7	30.0	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.9	.468	1.9	4.3	.433	2.4	3.6	.680
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


Season 7
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2009-10	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	74	33.5	10.9	0.3	3.2	3.5	4.5	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.8	4.2	10.2	.409	1.4	3.8	.371	1.1	1.5	.752
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	5	39.2	12.4	0.2	4.2	4.4	4.0	1.4	0.0	0.4	2.8	4.4	10.4	.423	1.6	3.2	.500	2.0	2.8	.714
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


Season 8
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2010-11	1987-88
Team	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	72	30.0	10.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.0	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.9	8.7	.446	1.0	2.6	.399	1.5	1.8	.841
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	28.8	10.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	3.5	4.3	8.7	.500	1.3	3.2	.421	0.2	0.2	1.000
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


Season 9
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2011-12	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	48	25.8	6.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.8	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.1	.414	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.7	.781
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	23.5	5.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
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


Season 10
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2012-13	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	60	29.4	7.7	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	1.7	3.2	2.7	7.0	.377	1.2	3.0	.390	1.2	1.6	.714
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	4	40.5	11.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	5.8	2.0	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.0	9.3	.432	1.0	2.8	.364	2.3	3.5	.643
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


Season 11
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2013-14	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	73	29.0	9.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	8.5	.393	1.2	3.3	.351	1.3	1.7	.760
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	5	33.4	11.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.4	4.6	11.2	.411	1.4	3.8	.368	0.4	0.8	.500
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


Season 12
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2014-15	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	66	24.4	5.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.2	2.2	5.8	.373	0.9	2.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.700
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	10	12.6	2.6	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.9	1.9	.474	0.6	1.0	.600	0.2	0.3	.667
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


Season 13
	Kirk Hinrich	Kevin McHale
Season	2015-16	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	46	13.7	3.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.8	.380	0.5	1.3	.387	0.3	0.3	.938
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	4.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	.286	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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

Kirk Hinrich vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Kirk Hinrich, 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