Robert Horry vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal and Robert Horry, 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.

Robert Horry played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Paul Westphal, who played 12. Robert Horry had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Paul Westphal had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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
Robert Horry	16	16	1992-93 to 2007-08
Paul Westphal	12	9	1972-73 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1992-93	1972-73
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Robert Horry	79	29.5	10.1	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.1	8.6	.474	0.2	0.6	.255	1.8	2.5	.715
Paul Westphal	60	8.0	4.1	-	-	1.1	1.2	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	3.5	.420	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	12	31.2	10.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	2.5	3.9	8.4	.465	0.8	2.5	.300	1.7	2.3	.741
Paul Westphal	11	9.9	3.9	-	-	0.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	3.5	.487	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.714


Season 2
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1993-94	1973-74
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	81	29.3	9.9	1.6	3.9	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.5	1.7	.324	1.4	1.9	.732
Paul Westphal	82	14.2	7.2	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.1	0.5	0.4	-	2.1	2.9	5.8	.501	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	33.8	11.7	1.8	4.3	6.1	3.6	1.5	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.3	9.8	.434	1.5	3.9	.382	1.7	2.2	.765
Paul Westphal	18	13.4	5.7	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	-	2.1	2.6	5.6	.460	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.733


Season 3
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1994-95	1974-75
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	64	32.4	10.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.4	1.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	3.8	8.4	.447	1.3	3.5	.379	1.3	1.8	.761
Paul Westphal	82	19.3	9.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	1.0	0.4	-	2.3	4.2	8.2	.510	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	22	38.2	13.1	1.8	5.2	7.0	3.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	9.5	.445	2.0	5.0	.400	2.6	3.5	.744
Paul Westphal	11	16.6	8.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.9	0.5	0.2	-	1.9	3.5	7.4	.469	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.667


Season 4
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1995-96	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Robert Horry	71	37.1	12.0	1.4	4.4	5.8	4.0	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	4.2	10.3	.410	2.0	5.5	.366	1.6	2.0	.776
Paul Westphal	82	36.1	20.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	-	2.7	8.0	16.2	.494	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	8	38.5	13.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	3.0	2.6	1.6	1.9	3.6	4.6	11.4	.407	2.6	6.6	.396	1.3	2.9	.435
Paul Westphal	19	36.1	21.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	-	3.2	8.7	17.0	.511	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.763


Season 5
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1996-97	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Robert Horry	54	25.8	7.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.9	2.9	.318	1.1	1.7	.667
Paul Westphal	81	32.1	21.3	0.7	1.6	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.3	-	2.1	8.4	16.3	.518	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	9	31.1	6.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.9	4.2	.447	1.3	3.1	.429	1.6	2.0	.778
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1997-98	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Robert Horry	72	30.4	7.4	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.3	1.6	1.3	1.4	3.3	2.8	5.8	.476	0.3	1.3	.204	1.6	2.3	.692
Paul Westphal	80	31.0	25.2	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	3.5	2.0	10.1	19.6	.516	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	13	32.4	8.6	2.6	3.8	6.5	3.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.4	.557	0.5	1.3	.353	2.2	3.2	.683
Paul Westphal	2	33.0	26.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	11.0	23.5	.468	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.889


Season 7
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1998-99	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Robert Horry	38	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.7	1.8	3.8	.459	0.5	1.2	.444	0.9	1.2	.739
Paul Westphal	81	32.6	24.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	9.9	18.5	.535	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	8	22.1	5.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	3.6	1.5	3.3	.462	0.6	1.5	.417	1.4	1.8	.786
Paul Westphal	15	35.6	22.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	9.5	19.1	.495	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788


Season 8
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	1999-00	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Robert Horry	76	22.2	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.1	4.8	.438	0.4	1.2	.309	1.2	1.5	.788
Paul Westphal	82	32.5	21.9	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.0	8.4	16.1	.525	0.3	1.1	.280	4.7	5.4	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	27.0	7.6	1.7	3.7	5.3	2.5	0.9	0.8	1.3	3.8	2.6	6.3	.407	0.7	2.6	.288	1.7	2.5	.702
Paul Westphal	8	31.6	20.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.9	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.5	8.6	17.8	.486	0.1	1.5	.083	3.5	4.0	.875


Season 9
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2000-01	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Robert Horry	79	20.1	5.2	1.2	2.6	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.8	.387	0.7	2.0	.346	0.7	1.1	.711
Paul Westphal	36	29.9	16.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.1	13.9	.442	0.2	0.7	.240	4.3	5.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	16	23.9	5.9	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.1	3.1	2.0	5.4	.368	1.1	2.9	.362	0.8	1.4	.591
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2001-02	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Robert Horry	81	26.4	6.8	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	2.6	2.3	5.7	.398	0.9	2.5	.374	1.3	1.7	.783
Paul Westphal	18	25.1	11.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	5.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	3.4	4.8	10.8	.443	0.1	0.4	.250	2.0	2.6	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	19	37.1	9.3	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.2	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	3.2	7.2	.449	1.3	3.3	.387	1.6	2.0	.789
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2002-03	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Robert Horry	80	29.3	6.5	2.3	4.2	6.4	2.9	1.2	0.8	1.4	3.1	2.3	6.0	.387	0.6	2.2	.288	1.3	1.7	.769
Paul Westphal	80	24.7	10.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.2	0.6	.292	1.9	2.3	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	12	31.0	5.6	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.1	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.1	2.5	7.8	.319	0.2	3.2	.053	0.4	0.8	.556
Paul Westphal	6	26.0	9.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	5.7	0.3	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.7	8.3	.440	0.5	1.3	.375	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 12
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2003-04	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Robert Horry	81	15.9	4.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.0	1.7	4.3	.405	0.5	1.3	.380	0.9	1.3	.645
Paul Westphal	59	14.7	7.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.2	2.4	5.3	.460	0.1	0.4	.269	2.0	2.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	10	20.9	6.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.3	.465	0.8	2.2	.364	1.3	1.4	.929
Paul Westphal	17	13.1	5.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.8	4.7	.375	0.1	0.5	.222	1.6	1.9	.875


Season 13
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2004-05	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Robert Horry	75	18.6	6.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.1	5.0	.419	0.7	1.8	.370	1.1	1.5	.789
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	23	27.1	9.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.1	.448	1.7	3.7	.447	1.3	1.8	.732
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2005-06	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Robert Horry	63	18.8	5.1	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.6	.384	0.8	2.3	.368	0.7	1.1	.647
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	13	17.2	4.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.4	1.2	2.8	.405	0.5	1.3	.353	1.5	2.0	.731
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2006-07	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Robert Horry	68	16.5	3.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.3	3.7	.359	0.7	2.2	.336	0.6	0.9	.594
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	18	20.1	4.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.6	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	1.4	3.3	.417	0.7	2.1	.351	0.8	0.9	.824
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Robert Horry	Paul Westphal
Season	2007-08	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Robert Horry	45	13.0	2.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	.319	0.4	1.6	.257	0.4	0.6	.643
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	15	10.3	1.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	0.5	2.4	.194	0.3	1.5	.227	0.3	0.4	.667
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Robert Horry vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal and Robert Horry, 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