Sam Mitchell vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Sam Mitchell, 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 Mitchell played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. Sam Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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 Mitchell	13	9	1989-90 to 2001-02
Amar'e Stoudemire	14	10	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1989-90	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sam Mitchell	80	30.2	12.7	2.3	3.5	5.8	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.2	3.8	4.7	10.4	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.4	.768
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 2
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1990-91	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Sam Mitchell	82	38.1	14.6	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.3	4.1	5.4	12.3	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	4.8	.775
Amar'e Stoudemire	55	36.8	20.6	2.9	6.2	9.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.5	15.7	.475	0.0	0.1	.200	5.6	7.9	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1991-92	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sam Mitchell	82	26.2	10.1	1.9	3.8	5.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.7	8.8	.423	0.0	0.1	.182	2.5	3.2	.786
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781


Season 4
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1992-93	2005-06
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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 Mitchell	81	17.3	7.2	1.1	1.9	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	2.6	2.7	6.0	.445	0.0	0.3	.174	1.9	2.3	.811
Amar'e Stoudemire	3	16.7	8.7	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	9.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	3.0	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	4	6.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.0	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1993-94	2006-07
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Sam Mitchell	75	14.5	4.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.9	4.1	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.745
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	5.6	7.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	15	6.6	1.4	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	0.6	1.7	.346	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.750
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769


Season 6
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1994-95	2007-08
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Sam Mitchell	81	17.0	6.5	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.5	2.5	5.1	.487	0.0	0.1	.100	1.6	2.1	.724
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	17	13.1	4.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.4	1.4	3.8	.359	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.786
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633


Season 7
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1995-96	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Sam Mitchell	78	27.5	10.8	1.4	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.8	3.9	7.9	.490	0.0	0.2	.056	3.0	3.7	.814
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sam Mitchell	82	24.9	9.3	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	3.3	7.4	.446	0.0	0.3	.160	2.7	3.6	.759
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	3	15.7	5.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754


Season 9
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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 Mitchell	81	27.6	12.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.6	9.9	.464	0.2	0.5	.349	3.0	3.6	.832
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	5	35.8	14.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	3.6	5.2	11.6	.448	0.6	2.8	.214	3.4	3.8	.895
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 10
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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 Mitchell	50	26.9	11.2	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.2	4.3	10.4	.408	0.2	0.8	.237	2.5	3.3	.764
Amar'e Stoudemire	47	32.8	17.5	2.3	5.6	7.8	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.9	6.7	13.9	.483	0.1	0.4	.238	4.0	5.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	4	32.8	10.0	1.3	2.3	3.5	1.5	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.3	3.8	10.0	.375	0.3	1.5	.167	2.3	3.0	.750
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	34.8	15.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.0	.750


Season 11
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sam Mitchell	66	18.6	6.5	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.7	.447	0.2	0.3	.435	1.2	1.4	.880
Amar'e Stoudemire	29	23.5	14.2	2.1	2.9	5.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.7	3.1	5.3	9.2	.577	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	4	17.0	5.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	.500	0.5	1.3	.400	0.8	0.8	1.000
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	8.3	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 12
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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 Mitchell	82	12.0	3.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.4	3.5	.408	0.1	0.5	.209	0.5	0.7	.727
Amar'e Stoudemire	65	22.6	11.9	1.7	3.2	4.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.4	4.8	8.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	4	12.5	1.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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 Mitchell	74	9.8	3.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.3	3.1	.432	0.1	0.5	.286	0.5	0.7	.776
Amar'e Stoudemire	59	21.1	11.5	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.7	4.6	8.3	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.2	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	3	11.3	2.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	15.0	7.8	1.4	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.2	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 14
	Sam Mitchell	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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 Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	52	14.7	5.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.4	4.3	.566	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	9	9.1	3.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	0.9	1.000

Sam Mitchell vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Sam Mitchell, 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