Phil Chenier vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George and Phil Chenier, 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.

Phil Chenier played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Paul George, who played 14. Phil Chenier had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while Paul George had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Phil Chenier	10	7	1971-72 to 1980-81
Paul George	14	11	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Phil Chenier	81	30.6	12.3	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.737
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	6	25.5	9.0	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	9.8	.373	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.833
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 2
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Phil Chenier	71	39.1	19.7	-	-	4.1	4.2	-	-	-	2.3	8.5	18.8	.452	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	5	42.2	17.8	-	-	4.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.6	17.0	.506	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786


Season 3
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1973-74	2012-13
Team	Capital Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Phil Chenier	76	38.7	21.9	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	-	1.8	9.2	21.1	.434	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.820
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	7	44.3	22.4	0.9	5.3	6.1	1.7	1.9	1.1	-	2.7	8.9	19.6	.453	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.892
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727


Season 4
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1974-75	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
Phil Chenier	77	37.3	21.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.2	2.3	0.8	-	2.1	9.0	19.9	.450	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.825
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	17	40.7	24.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.2	1.3	0.6	-	2.6	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.895
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789


Season 5
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1975-76	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Phil Chenier	80	36.9	19.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.6	-	2.3	8.2	16.9	.483	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.827
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	7	37.9	18.0	0.9	2.9	3.7	1.6	0.9	0.4	-	3.9	8.0	18.3	.438	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.824
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Phil Chenier	78	36.4	20.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	-	2.1	8.4	18.9	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.841
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	9	40.0	25.0	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.6	1.7	0.4	-	1.8	10.0	21.0	.476	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.804
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953


Season 7
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Phil Chenier	36	26.0	14.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.5	5.6	12.5	.443	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.790
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867


Season 8
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Thunder 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		%
Phil Chenier	27	14.3	5.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.0	2.6	5.9	.437	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.643
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	9	10.8	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	1.1	5.1	.217	-	-	-	0.6	1.2	.455
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861


Season 9
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets, Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Phil Chenier	43	19.8	7.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.2	8.1	.390	0.1	0.3	.417	1.1	1.6	.731
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816


Season 10
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Phil Chenier	9	9.1	3.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.7	.333	0.1	0.3	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909


Season 11
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844


Season 12
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	31	34.7	24.3	0.4	6.5	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	4.1	2.4	8.6	20.5	.421	2.9	8.3	.354	4.1	4.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	56	34.6	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	2.8	8.2	17.9	.457	2.8	7.6	.371	4.6	5.3	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Phil Chenier	Paul George
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	74	33.8	22.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.9	16.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.413	3.6	3.9	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	6	37.0	19.5	0.5	6.3	6.8	4.8	1.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	6.5	15.8	.411	3.0	8.2	.367	3.5	4.2	.840

Phil Chenier vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George and Phil Chenier, 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