Shaun Livingston vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Shaun Livingston, 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.

Shaun Livingston played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Shaun Livingston had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Shaun Livingston	14	7	2004-05 to 2018-19
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

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


Rookie Season
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2004-05	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shaun Livingston	30	27.1	7.4	0.7	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.7	3.0	7.2	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.746
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639


Season 2
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2005-06	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Shaun Livingston	61	25.0	5.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.6	2.4	5.7	.427	0.0	0.1	.125	0.9	1.3	.688
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	12	27.7	7.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.0	6.3	.474	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.4	1.8	.810
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 3
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2006-07	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	54	29.8	9.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.9	8.3	.463	0.1	0.3	.313	1.5	2.1	.707
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556

Note: Shaun Livingston didn't play in 2007-08.


Season 4
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2008-09	1983-84
Team	Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shaun Livingston	12	19.3	5.9	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.6	5.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	.900
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 5
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	36	22.1	6.9	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	2.9	5.6	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.3	.875
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807


Season 6
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shaun Livingston	73	17.3	6.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.5	5.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	1.7	.864
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794


Season 7
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	58	18.8	5.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.2	4.7	.469	0.0	0.1	.667	1.1	1.4	.785
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762


Season 8
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shaun Livingston	66	22.0	6.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	5.2	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.5	.867
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839


Season 9
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	76	26.0	8.3	0.9	2.4	3.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.4	.483	0.0	0.1	.167	2.1	2.5	.827
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	12	27.1	9.7	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.3	0.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	3.7	7.2	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.3	3.1	.730
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739


Season 10
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	78	18.8	5.9	0.6	1.8	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.4	2.5	5.1	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.714
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	21	17.9	5.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.8	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.840
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 11
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	78	19.5	6.3	0.5	1.6	2.2	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.8	2.6	4.9	.536	0.0	0.2	.167	1.0	1.2	.860
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	24	21.4	8.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	7.0	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.5	.865
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825


Season 12
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	76	17.7	5.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.2	.547	0.0	0.0	.333	0.6	0.8	.700
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	14	15.7	5.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.2	.576	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.714
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795


Season 13
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Shaun Livingston	71	15.9	5.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.4	4.8	.501	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.820
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	21	17.2	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	5.2	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.880
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 14
	Shaun Livingston	Kevin McHale
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Shaun Livingston	64	15.1	4.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.7	3.3	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.784
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	22	14.6	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.4	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.1	.840
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shaun Livingston vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Shaun Livingston, 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