Mitch Richmond vs. Dick Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Van Arsdale and Mitch Richmond, 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.

Mitch Richmond played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Dick Van Arsdale, who played 12. Mitch Richmond had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Dick Van Arsdale had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
Mitch Richmond	14	4	1988-89 to 2001-02
Dick Van Arsdale	12	4	1965-66 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1988-89	1965-66
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	79	29.0	12.3	-	-	4.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	10.6	.428	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.715

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

Season 2
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1989-90	1966-67
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	79	36.6	15.1	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	11.6	.449	-	-	-	4.7	6.4	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	4	38.3	11.5	-	-	6.3	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	3.8	11.8	.319	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.727

Season 3
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1990-91	1967-68
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	78	30.1	11.0	-	-	5.4	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	9.3	.436	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	4	22.0	3.3	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	5.5	.227	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 4
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1991-92	1968-69
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	80	42.4	21.0	-	-	6.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.7	17.3	.442	-	-	-	5.7	8.1	.705

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

Season 5
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1992-93	1969-70
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	77	38.5	21.3	-	-	3.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.7	15.1	.508	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	7	36.4	16.4	-	-	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	14.3	.430	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.879

Season 6
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1993-94	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	81	39.0	21.9	-	-	3.9	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	7.5	16.6	.452	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.811

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

Season 7
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1994-95	1971-72
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	82	37.8	19.7	-	-	4.1	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	14.4	.463	-	-	-	6.5	7.6	.845

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

Season 8
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1995-96	1972-73
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	81	36.8	18.4	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.6	13.8	.476	-	-	-	5.3	6.1	.859

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

Season 9
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1996-97	1973-74
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	78	36.3	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.2	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.500	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.853

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

Season 10
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1997-98	1974-75
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	70	34.6	16.1	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.2	-	2.5	6.0	12.8	.470	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.832

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

Season 11
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1998-99	1975-76
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	58	32.2	12.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	-	1.9	4.8	9.8	.484	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	19	24.8	8.5	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	-	2.2	3.2	6.6	.488	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.870

Season 12
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1999-00	1976-77
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	78	19.7	7.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	-	1.2	2.9	6.4	.456	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	.873

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

Season 13
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 14
	Mitch Richmond	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Mitch Richmond vs. Dick Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Van Arsdale and Mitch Richmond, 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