Maurice Cheeks vs. Mitch Richmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mitch Richmond and Maurice Cheeks, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Maurice Cheeks played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Mitch Richmond, who played 14. Maurice Cheeks had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Mitch Richmond had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Maurice Cheeks	15	13	1978-79 to 1992-93
Mitch Richmond	14	4	1988-89 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1978-79	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	29.4	8.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	3.6	7.0	.510	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.721
Mitch Richmond	79	34.4	22.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	2.8	8.2	17.5	.468	0.4	1.1	.367	5.2	6.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	9	36.7	18.8	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	7.3	13.4	.545	-	-	-	4.1	6.2	.661
Mitch Richmond	8	39.3	20.1	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.1	7.8	16.9	.459	0.4	2.0	.188	4.3	4.8	.895


Season 2
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1979-80	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	33.2	11.4	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	4.5	8.4	.540	0.1	0.1	.444	2.3	2.9	.779
Mitch Richmond	78	35.9	22.1	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.6	2.7	8.2	16.5	.497	0.4	1.2	.358	5.2	6.0	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	18	37.5	11.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	4.9	9.7	.511	0.1	0.3	.200	1.6	2.3	.707
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1980-81	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	29.8	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	2.9	3.8	7.2	.534	0.0	0.1	.375	1.7	2.2	.787
Mitch Richmond	77	39.3	23.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.7	9.1	18.5	.494	0.5	1.5	.348	5.1	6.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	16	32.1	10.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.4	4.3	7.8	.544	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.6	.762
Mitch Richmond	9	41.3	22.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.9	3.1	9.4	18.8	.503	0.9	2.7	.333	2.6	2.7	.958


Season 4
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1981-82	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.6	11.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	2.3	3.1	4.5	8.6	.521	0.1	0.3	.273	2.2	2.8	.777
Mitch Richmond	80	38.7	22.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.9	8.6	18.3	.468	1.3	3.4	.384	4.1	5.1	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	21	36.4	14.3	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	12.6	.472	0.0	0.4	.111	2.4	3.1	.769
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1982-83	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.2	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3	5.1	9.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	3.0	.754
Mitch Richmond	45	38.4	21.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	3.0	8.2	17.4	.474	1.1	2.9	.369	4.4	5.2	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	16.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.4	12.7	.503	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.9	.703
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1983-84	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	75	33.3	12.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.1	9.4	.550	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	3.1	.733
Mitch Richmond	78	37.1	23.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	18.3	.445	1.6	4.0	.407	5.5	6.6	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	34.2	16.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	2.0	3.6	7.0	13.4	.522	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.0	.867
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1984-85	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	78	33.5	13.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.4	9.5	.570	0.1	0.3	.231	2.2	2.6	.879
Mitch Richmond	82	38.7	22.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.8	8.1	18.3	.446	1.9	5.2	.368	4.6	5.4	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	15.2	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.2	11.8	.529	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.2	.857
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1985-86	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	82	39.9	15.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	2.9	2.0	6.0	11.1	.537	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.1	.842
Mitch Richmond	81	36.4	23.1	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.9	7.5	16.9	.447	2.8	6.4	.437	5.2	6.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	12	43.3	20.8	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	1.5	7.8	15.2	.516	0.0	0.6	.000	5.2	6.1	.849
Mitch Richmond	4	36.5	21.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	2.0	5.8	.348	7.0	8.8	.800


Season 9
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1986-87	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	68	38.6	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	2.5	1.6	6.1	11.6	.527	0.1	0.3	.235	3.3	4.3	.777
Mitch Richmond	81	38.6	25.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.5	.454	2.5	5.9	.428	5.6	6.6	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	42.0	17.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.8	7.0	13.2	.530	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.2	.857
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1987-88	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Maurice Cheeks	79	36.3	13.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.5	5.4	10.9	.495	0.0	0.3	.136	2.9	3.5	.825
Mitch Richmond	70	36.7	23.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.8	17.4	.445	1.9	4.8	.389	5.8	6.7	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1988-89	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	71	32.4	11.6	0.5	2.0	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.077	2.1	2.7	.774
Mitch Richmond	50	38.2	19.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.4	6.6	16.1	.412	1.4	4.4	.317	5.0	5.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	42.7	17.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	7.0	13.7	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	4.3	.846
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1989-90	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	81	31.1	9.7	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.0	3.8	7.5	.504	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.5	.847
Mitch Richmond	74	32.4	17.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.6	6.0	14.2	.426	1.3	3.3	.386	4.0	4.6	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	10	38.8	12.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	10.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.1	.903
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1990-91	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	76	28.3	7.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.814
Mitch Richmond	37	32.9	16.2	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.3	5.5	13.6	.407	1.2	3.6	.338	3.9	4.3	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	3	33.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.7	7.7	.609	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1991-92	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Maurice Cheeks	56	19.4	4.6	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.4	.462	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.605
Mitch Richmond	64	11.1	4.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	3.9	.405	0.3	1.0	.290	0.7	0.7	.955

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Richmond	2	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 15
	Maurice Cheeks	Mitch Richmond
Season	1992-93	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Maurice Cheeks	35	14.6	3.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.889
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maurice Cheeks	5	16.4	4.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	4.6	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Maurice Cheeks vs. Mitch Richmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mitch Richmond and Maurice Cheeks, 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

Season 14

Season 15