Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. Jalen Duren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Duren 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, 8 more than Jalen Duren, who played 2. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Jalen Duren had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
Jalen Duren 2 0 2022-23 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
Season 1964-652022-23
Team Los Angeles LakersDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
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
Jalen Duren 67 24.9 9.1 3.4 5.5 8.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.9 5.9 .648 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.3 .611
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
Season 1965-662023-24
Team Los Angeles LakersDetroit Pistons
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
Jalen Duren 61 29.1 13.8 3.1 8.5 11.6 2.4 0.5 0.8 2.1 3.1 5.7 9.2 .619 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .790
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 3
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
Season 1966-67-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Div 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 79 20.8 9.3 - - 2.9 4.1 - - - 2.6 3.8 8.9 .426 - - - 1.6 2.2 .729
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
Season 1967-68-
Team Seattle Supersonics-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
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 79 33.7 24.0 - - 4.2 6.2 - - - 3.1 9.3 21.0 .441 - - - 5.4 7.0 .774
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman ------- --- ----------
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman ------- --- ----------
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman Jalen Duren
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
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman ------- --- ----------
Jalen Duren ------- --- ----------
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