Sam Bowie vs. Kyle Korver Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Korver and Sam Bowie, 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.

Sam Bowie played 10 years in the NBA, 7 less than Kyle Korver, who played 17. Sam Bowie had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Kyle Korver had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Sam Bowie	10	5	1984-85 to 1994-95
Kyle Korver	17	14	2003-04 to 2019-20

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
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1984-85	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Bowie	76	29.2	10.0	2.7	5.9	8.6	2.8	0.7	2.7	2.3	3.7	3.9	7.3	.537	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.0	.711
Kyle Korver	74	11.9	4.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.4	.352	1.1	2.8	.391	0.3	0.3	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	9	28.8	7.3	1.8	6.7	8.4	2.3	0.4	2.3	1.3	4.0	2.9	6.6	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.8	.560
Kyle Korver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1985-86	2004-05
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Sam Bowie	38	29.8	11.8	2.4	6.2	8.6	2.6	0.6	2.5	2.3	3.7	4.4	9.1	.484	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.2	.708
Kyle Korver	82	32.5	11.5	0.5	4.1	4.6	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.2	3.9	9.3	.418	2.8	6.8	.405	1.0	1.2	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	5	28.8	5.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	1.6	5.6	.286	1.4	4.8	.292	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 3
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Sam Bowie	5	32.6	16.0	2.8	3.8	6.6	1.8	0.2	2.0	3.0	3.8	6.0	13.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667
Kyle Korver	82	31.3	11.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.7	4.0	9.3	.430	2.2	5.3	.420	1.2	1.5	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Sam Bowie didn't play in 1987-88.


Season 4
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1988-89	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Bowie	20	20.6	8.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.8	0.4	1.7	1.7	2.2	3.5	7.7	.451	0.3	0.4	.714	1.4	2.5	.571
Kyle Korver	74	30.9	14.4	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.5	5.0	11.4	.440	1.8	4.1	.430	2.6	2.8	.914

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	3	22.3	10.3	3.3	3.3	6.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	1.0	2.7	4.0	9.3	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	2.7	.750
Kyle Korver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1989-90	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sam Bowie	68	32.5	14.7	3.0	7.1	10.1	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.1	12.3	.416	0.1	0.5	.323	4.3	5.6	.776
Kyle Korver	75	23.1	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.6	3.4	7.7	.443	1.5	3.9	.375	1.6	1.7	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	12	21.6	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.1	.411	0.9	3.2	.289	1.9	2.1	.920


Season 6
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1990-91	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sam Bowie	62	30.9	12.9	2.8	4.9	7.7	2.4	0.7	1.5	2.3	2.8	5.1	11.7	.434	0.1	0.4	.182	2.7	3.7	.732
Kyle Korver	78	24.0	9.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.1	7.2	.438	1.3	3.4	.386	1.4	1.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	5	27.2	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.8	3.6	9.2	.391	2.4	5.2	.462	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 7
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1991-92	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sam Bowie	71	30.7	15.0	2.9	5.3	8.1	2.6	0.6	1.7	2.1	3.0	5.9	13.3	.445	0.1	0.4	.320	3.0	3.9	.757
Kyle Korver	52	18.3	7.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.7	5.4	.493	1.1	2.1	.536	0.8	0.9	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	4	28.0	9.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.3	4.8	3.5	8.3	.424	0.3	0.5	.500	2.0	3.0	.667
Kyle Korver	10	21.0	8.3	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.2	6.1	.525	1.1	2.3	.478	0.8	0.9	.889


Season 8
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1992-93	2010-11
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Sam Bowie	79	26.5	9.1	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.6	0.4	1.6	1.5	2.9	3.6	8.1	.450	0.0	0.1	.333	1.8	2.3	.779
Kyle Korver	82	20.1	8.3	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.8	.434	1.5	3.5	.415	0.9	1.1	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	3	23.7	3.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	0.7	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Kyle Korver	16	17.3	6.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.2	2.4	6.1	.388	1.4	3.3	.423	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 9
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Sam Bowie	25	22.2	8.9	1.1	4.2	5.2	1.9	0.2	1.1	1.7	2.6	3.0	6.9	.436	0.0	0.2	.250	2.9	3.3	.867
Kyle Korver	65	22.6	8.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.7	6.3	.432	1.8	4.2	.435	0.8	1.0	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	6	15.7	3.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.7	1.5	3.7	.409	0.7	2.2	.308	0.2	0.3	.500


Season 10
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Sam Bowie	67	18.3	4.6	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	0.3	1.2	1.4	2.7	1.8	4.0	.442	0.0	0.2	.182	1.0	1.3	.764
Kyle Korver	74	30.5	10.9	0.3	3.6	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.3	3.7	8.1	.461	2.6	5.6	.457	0.9	1.1	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	10	13.5	2.1	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.6	2.5	0.8	3.0	.267	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Kyle Korver	6	29.5	10.2	0.0	3.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	8.2	.388	2.0	5.7	.353	1.8	2.0	.917


Season 11
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	71	33.9	12.0	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.9	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.1	8.6	.475	2.6	5.5	.472	1.2	1.3	.926

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	7	35.7	13.4	0.3	5.0	5.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.3	9.4	.455	3.3	7.7	.426	1.6	1.7	.917


Season 12
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	75	32.2	12.1	0.2	3.9	4.1	2.6	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.9	8.0	.487	2.9	6.0	.492	1.4	1.6	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	14	37.6	11.1	0.1	4.9	5.0	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	3.7	9.5	.391	2.8	7.9	.355	0.9	1.1	.813


Season 13
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	80	30.0	9.2	0.2	3.1	3.3	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	7.7	.434	2.0	5.0	.398	0.6	0.7	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	10	31.6	10.3	0.3	4.5	4.8	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.3	3.5	7.5	.467	2.4	5.4	.444	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 14
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	67	26.2	10.1	0.1	2.7	2.8	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.6	7.7	.464	2.4	5.4	.451	0.6	0.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	18	18.1	5.8	0.1	1.6	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.4	.425	1.5	3.8	.391	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 15
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	73	21.6	9.2	0.1	2.1	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.0	6.6	.459	2.2	5.2	.436	0.9	1.0	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	22	23.0	8.3	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.4	.418	2.0	5.0	.413	0.9	1.0	.864


Season 16
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers, 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	70	19.1	8.6	0.1	2.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.9	.416	2.0	5.0	.397	0.9	1.0	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	4	7.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 17
	Sam Bowie	Kyle Korver
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	58	16.6	6.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.1	.430	1.7	4.1	.418	0.6	0.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Bowie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Korver	10	11.9	6.2	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.0	4.7	.426	1.5	3.7	.405	0.7	0.7	1.000

Sam Bowie vs. Kyle Korver Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Korver and Sam Bowie, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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