Sam Mitchell vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus 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, 8 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Sam Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Max Strus	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
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	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
Max Strus	2	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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	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
Max Strus	39	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	.455	1.3	3.8	.338	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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 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
Max Strus	68	23.3	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.3	.441	2.7	6.5	.410	0.6	0.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	18	29.1	10.9	0.8	3.2	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.1	3.8	10.1	.374	2.6	7.9	.331	0.7	1.0	.722


Season 4
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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 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
Max Strus	80	28.4	11.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.1	9.9	.410	2.5	7.0	.350	1.0	1.1	.876

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
Max Strus	23	28.2	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	8.2	.402	1.9	5.9	.319	0.9	1.1	.800


Season 5
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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	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
Max Strus	70	32.0	12.2	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.3	10.4	.418	2.4	6.8	.351	1.1	1.4	.794

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
Max Strus	12	36.2	9.5	0.7	4.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.4	3.5	8.6	.408	2.1	6.0	.347	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 6
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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	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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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	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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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	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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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	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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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	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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Sam Mitchell	Max Strus
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Mitchell vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus 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