Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. Cole Anthony Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cole Anthony and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, 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.

Mahdi Abdul-Rahman played 10 years in the NBA, 6 more than Cole Anthony, who played 4. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Cole Anthony had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 10 7 1964-65 to 1973-74
Cole Anthony 4 1 2020-21 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1964-652020-21
Team Los Angeles LakersOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost NBA FinalsDid 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 66 13.9 4.2 - - 1.7 2.1 - - - 2.0 1.8 4.6 .382 - - - 0.7 1.1 .648
Cole Anthony 47 27.1 12.9 0.8 3.9 4.7 4.1 0.6 0.4 2.3 2.1 4.7 11.7 .397 1.2 3.7 .337 2.3 2.8 .832
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 7 16.9 7.6 - - 2.6 4.3 - - - 2.6 2.7 8.1 .333 - - - 2.1 2.9 .750
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1965-662021-22
Team Los Angeles LakersOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost NBA FinalsDid 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 80 27.5 13.7 - - 2.7 4.9 - - - 2.8 5.7 12.5 .457 - - - 2.3 3.2 .708
Cole Anthony 65 31.7 16.3 0.5 4.9 5.4 5.7 0.7 0.3 2.6 2.6 5.5 14.0 .391 2.0 6.0 .338 3.3 3.9 .854
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 14 24.3 11.9 - - 2.9 3.1 - - - 2.9 5.0 10.1 .493 - - - 1.9 3.0 .619
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 3
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1966-672022-23
Team Los Angeles LakersOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Div SemisDid 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 79 20.8 9.3 - - 2.9 4.1 - - - 2.6 3.8 8.9 .426 - - - 1.6 2.2 .729
Cole Anthony 60 25.9 13.0 0.8 4.0 4.8 3.9 0.6 0.5 1.5 2.6 4.6 10.2 .454 1.3 3.4 .364 2.5 2.8 .894
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 3 28.7 6.7 - - 2.7 5.3 - - - 3.7 2.0 8.3 .240 - - - 2.7 3.3 .800
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1967-682023-24
Team Seattle SupersonicsOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayMagic 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 79 33.7 24.0 - - 4.2 6.2 - - - 3.1 9.3 21.0 .441 - - - 5.4 7.0 .774
Cole Anthony 81 22.4 11.6 0.8 3.0 3.8 2.9 0.8 0.5 1.6 2.2 4.1 9.4 .435 1.1 3.4 .338 2.2 2.7 .826
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman ------- --- ----------
Cole Anthony 7 14.7 5.1 0.3 1.9 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.7 2.3 1.9 5.9 .317 0.3 1.9 .154 1.1 1.3 .889

Season 5
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1968-69-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 80 30.3 11.2 - - 3.3 5.9 - - - 3.3 4.3 10.9 .397 - - - 2.6 3.7 .707
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 11 32.7 14.0 - - 3.0 3.9 - - - 3.5 4.8 12.3 .393 - - - 4.4 5.5 .787
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1969-70-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 82 33.6 15.3 - - 4.0 6.8 - - - 3.2 6.0 12.9 .467 - - - 3.3 4.0 .809
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 7 36.4 21.4 - - 3.4 7.7 - - - 3.3 9.3 18.6 .500 - - - 2.9 4.6 .625
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1970-71-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 82 35.1 16.5 - - 3.7 6.3 - - - 3.4 6.3 13.7 .459 - - - 3.8 5.1 .759
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 5 40.4 14.0 - - 5.0 5.4 - - - 4.4 5.0 15.2 .329 - - - 4.0 5.0 .800
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1971-72-
Team Buffalo Braves-
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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 72 33.2 15.8 - - 3.0 5.6 - - - 3.2 6.3 13.9 .451 - - - 3.3 4.2 .782
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman ------- --- ----------
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1972-73-
Team Buffalo Braves, Golden State Warriors-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Warriors 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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 55 13.9 4.7 - - 1.6 2.3 - - - 2.0 1.9 4.7 .418 - - - 0.9 1.0 .825
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 11 19.5 6.5 - - 1.8 2.5 - - - 2.2 2.7 7.6 .357 - - - 1.1 1.1 1.000
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Cole Anthony
Season 1973-74-
Team Seattle Supersonics-
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 %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 49 11.7 3.8 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.5 0.5 0.1 - 1.6 1.6 3.7 .422 - - - 0.7 0.9 .756
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman ------- --- ----------
Cole Anthony ------- --- ----------
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