Mookie Blaylock vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Mookie Blaylock, 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.

Mookie Blaylock and Kevin McHale both played 13 years in the NBA. Mookie Blaylock had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Mookie Blaylock	13	8	1989-90 to 2001-02
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1989-90	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	50	25.3	10.1	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.2	11.4	.371	0.4	1.6	.225	1.3	1.6	.778
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639


Season 2
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1990-91	1981-82
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.9	14.1	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.1	2.3	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.0	14.4	.416	0.2	1.3	.154	1.9	2.4	.790
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 3
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1991-92	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.4	13.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.8	.432	0.2	0.8	.222	1.8	2.5	.712
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	37.0	9.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	3.8	0.5	1.8	4.0	4.3	13.8	.309	0.3	1.5	.167	0.8	1.0	.750
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556


Season 4
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1992-93	1983-84
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	35.3	13.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	8.4	2.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.2	12.1	.429	1.5	3.9	.375	1.5	2.1	.728
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	33.0	9.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.0	3.0	8.3	.360	1.3	4.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.833
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 5
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1993-94	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	36.0	13.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	9.7	2.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	5.5	13.3	.411	1.4	4.2	.334	1.4	2.0	.730
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	11	37.7	13.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.9	2.2	0.5	2.9	2.0	4.4	12.8	.340	2.0	5.8	.344	2.3	2.7	.833
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807


Season 6
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1994-95	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	38.4	17.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	7.7	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.4	15.0	.425	2.5	6.9	.359	2.0	2.7	.729
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	40.3	18.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	5.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	16.3	.367	3.7	9.3	.393	2.3	3.7	.636
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794


Season 7
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1995-96	1986-87
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	35.7	15.7	1.4	2.7	4.1	5.9	2.6	0.2	2.3	1.9	5.6	13.9	.405	2.9	7.7	.371	1.6	2.1	.747
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	42.6	17.1	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.4	2.2	0.8	2.9	1.5	6.1	14.5	.421	3.3	8.4	.393	1.6	2.4	.667
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762


Season 8
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1996-97	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	78	39.2	17.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.8	6.4	14.9	.432	2.8	7.7	.366	1.7	2.2	.753
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	44.2	16.4	1.2	5.8	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.1	15.4	.396	2.8	8.5	.329	1.4	2.1	.667
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839


Season 9
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1997-98	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	70	38.6	13.2	1.2	3.7	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	5.3	13.4	.392	1.3	4.8	.269	1.4	1.9	.709
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	38.3	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.5	13.3	.415	2.0	6.8	.296	1.8	3.0	.583
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739


Season 10
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1998-99	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	48	36.7	13.3	0.9	3.7	4.7	5.8	2.1	0.2	2.4	1.3	5.1	13.6	.379	1.6	5.2	.307	1.4	1.9	.758
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	9	39.6	12.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	1.2	4.9	15.0	.326	2.0	5.7	.353	0.8	1.7	.467
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 11
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	1999-00	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	73	33.7	11.3	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.7	4.5	11.5	.391	1.4	4.1	.336	0.9	1.3	.705
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825


Season 12
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	2000-01	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	69	34.1	11.0	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	1.9	1.9	4.6	11.6	.396	1.1	3.3	.324	0.8	1.1	.697
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795


Season 13
	Mookie Blaylock	Kevin McHale
Season	2001-02	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	35	17.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.6	1.4	4.2	.342	0.4	1.2	.357	0.1	0.2	.500
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857

Mookie Blaylock vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Mookie Blaylock, 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