Mike Conley vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson and Mike Conley, 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.

Mike Conley played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ralph Sampson, who played 9. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Ralph Sampson had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Mike Conley	17	11	2007-08 to 2023-24
Ralph Sampson	9	4	1983-84 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2007-08	1983-84
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Mike Conley	53	26.1	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.6	3.6	8.3	.428	0.6	1.7	.330	1.7	2.3	.732
Ralph Sampson	82	32.8	21.0	3.6	7.6	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.6	4.1	8.7	16.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.250	3.5	5.3	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2008-09	1984-85
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Mike Conley	82	30.6	10.9	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	3.9	8.9	.442	1.1	2.6	.406	2.0	2.4	.817
Ralph Sampson	82	37.6	22.1	2.8	7.6	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	4.0	3.7	9.2	18.3	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.5	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	5	38.6	21.2	5.0	11.6	16.6	1.4	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.6	8.6	20.0	.430	0.2	0.2	1.000	3.8	7.4	.514


Season 3
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2009-10	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Mike Conley	80	32.1	12.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.1	2.2	4.6	10.4	.445	1.0	2.7	.387	1.7	2.3	.743
Ralph Sampson	79	36.3	18.9	3.3	7.9	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	3.6	3.9	7.9	16.2	.488	0.0	0.2	.133	3.1	4.8	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	20	37.1	20.0	3.3	7.5	10.8	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.6	4.0	7.8	15.1	.518	0.1	0.1	1.000	4.3	5.9	.729


Season 4
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2010-11	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Mike Conley	81	35.5	13.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	6.5	1.8	0.2	2.2	2.2	5.2	11.8	.444	1.0	2.7	.369	2.2	3.0	.733
Ralph Sampson	43	30.8	15.6	2.0	6.6	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.9	6.4	13.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.4	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	13	39.0	15.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	5.5	14.1	.388	0.8	2.8	.297	3.4	4.1	.830
Ralph Sampson	10	33.0	18.6	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	3.1	4.7	7.5	14.6	.514	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.3	.814


Season 5
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2011-12	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Mike Conley	62	35.1	12.7	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.5	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.1	4.8	11.0	.433	1.0	2.6	.377	2.2	2.5	.861
Ralph Sampson	48	34.6	15.6	2.9	6.7	9.6	2.5	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	39.6	14.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.1	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.7	4.6	10.9	.421	1.6	3.1	.500	3.4	4.6	.750
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2012-13	1988-89
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Mike Conley	80	34.5	14.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.2	11.8	.440	1.3	3.7	.362	2.9	3.5	.830
Ralph Sampson	61	17.8	6.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	2.8	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.375	1.0	1.6	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	15	38.3	17.0	0.8	3.9	4.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.5	14.4	.384	1.2	4.3	.281	4.7	6.2	.763
Ralph Sampson	3	14.3	6.7	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.7	3.0	7.3	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 7
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2013-14	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Mike Conley	73	33.5	17.2	0.6	2.4	2.9	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.1	1.9	6.3	14.1	.450	1.4	4.0	.361	3.1	3.8	.815
Ralph Sampson	26	16.0	4.2	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.5	1.8	5.0	.372	0.0	0.2	.250	0.5	0.9	.522

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	38.1	15.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	7.9	2.0	0.1	2.1	2.0	6.3	14.6	.431	0.4	3.9	.111	2.9	3.7	.769
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2014-15	1990-91
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Mike Conley	70	31.8	15.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	12.6	.446	1.5	4.0	.386	3.1	3.6	.859
Ralph Sampson	25	13.9	3.0	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	1.4	3.7	.366	0.0	0.2	.200	0.2	0.8	.263

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	8	30.4	14.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	5.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	1.3	5.1	12.0	.427	1.3	4.1	.303	2.9	3.5	.821
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2015-16	1991-92
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mike Conley	56	31.4	15.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.4	.422	1.4	3.8	.363	3.4	4.1	.834
Ralph Sampson	10	10.8	2.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.9	.310	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Mike Conley	69	33.2	20.5	0.4	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.7	14.6	.460	2.5	6.1	.408	4.6	5.3	.859
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	37.3	24.7	0.2	3.2	3.3	7.0	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.2	.485	2.8	6.3	.447	5.2	6.2	.838
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Mike Conley	12	31.1	17.1	0.0	2.3	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.3	14.0	.381	2.0	6.4	.312	4.4	5.5	.803
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Mike Conley	70	33.5	21.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	1.8	7.0	16.0	.438	2.2	6.1	.364	4.9	5.8	.845
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Mike Conley	47	29.0	14.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	12.1	.409	2.0	5.4	.375	2.4	3.0	.827
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	5	33.0	19.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.6	0.2	1.0	2.0	6.2	12.8	.484	3.6	6.8	.529	3.8	4.4	.864
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Mike Conley	51	29.4	16.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.6	12.5	.444	2.7	6.6	.412	2.4	2.8	.852
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.3	15.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.7	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.3	.426	3.0	6.2	.486	2.7	2.7	1.000
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Mike Conley	72	28.6	13.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.8	11.0	.435	2.3	5.8	.408	1.8	2.3	.796
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.0	9.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	3.2	3.2	9.5	.333	0.8	4.2	.200	2.0	2.5	.800
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Mike Conley	67	30.3	11.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.7	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	3.9	9.1	.428	2.0	5.2	.385	2.1	2.5	.834
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	5	36.6	12.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.4	0.6	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.4	.476	2.0	4.4	.455	2.0	2.2	.909
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Mike Conley	Ralph Sampson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	76	28.9	11.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	8.5	.457	2.4	5.3	.442	1.3	1.5	.911
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	9	31.7	11.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.1	9.9	.416	2.0	5.1	.391	1.2	1.4	.846
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Conley vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson and Mike Conley, 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

Season 16

Season 17