Spencer Haywood vs. Cory Joseph Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cory Joseph and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Cory Joseph, who played 13. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Cory Joseph had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Cory Joseph	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1970-71	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Cory Joseph	29	9.2	2.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	.314	0.1	0.5	.200	0.4	0.6	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1971-72	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Cory Joseph	28	13.9	4.5	0.4	1.4	1.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.9	.464	0.2	0.8	.286	0.6	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	20	9.6	3.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.8	.464	0.1	0.6	.182	0.3	0.6	.455


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1972-73	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Cory Joseph	68	13.8	5.0	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.9	3.9	.475	0.2	0.6	.316	1.2	1.4	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	17	5.1	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.1	.486	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.1	.778


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1973-74	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Cory Joseph	79	18.3	6.8	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.2	.504	0.2	0.6	.364	1.3	1.8	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	4	5.5	2.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	.833	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1974-75	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Cory Joseph	80	25.6	8.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.2	7.3	.439	0.4	1.4	.273	1.7	2.2	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Cory Joseph	20	22.6	8.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	7.4	.466	0.4	1.2	.333	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1975-76	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Cory Joseph	80	25.0	9.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.7	8.3	.452	0.6	1.7	.356	1.2	1.5	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	10	21.2	7.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.1	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.1	7.1	.437	0.9	2.2	.409	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1976-77	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Cory Joseph	82	27.0	7.9	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.1	1.7	3.1	7.4	.424	0.8	2.3	.353	0.9	1.1	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	7	20.4	4.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.7	4.7	.364	0.4	1.6	.273	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Cory Joseph	82	25.2	6.5	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	1.1	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.8	6.7	.412	0.7	2.1	.322	0.4	0.5	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Cory Joseph	4	21.3	7.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.0	6.0	.500	1.0	2.3	.444	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
Cory Joseph	72	24.4	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.4	5.7	.415	0.8	2.2	.352	0.8	1.0	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings, Detroit Pistons
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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Cory Joseph	63	23.0	8.2	0.6	2.0	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.2	3.2	6.8	.469	0.7	2.1	.341	1.1	1.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Cory Joseph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Cory Joseph	65	24.6	8.0	0.4	2.2	2.7	3.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.3	2.7	6.2	.445	1.0	2.4	.414	1.5	1.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Cory Joseph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Cory Joseph	62	19.8	6.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.7	.427	1.1	2.9	.389	0.9	1.2	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Cory Joseph
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	26	11.4	2.4	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	.359	0.5	1.6	.310	0.2	0.3	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Joseph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Spencer Haywood vs. Cory Joseph Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cory Joseph and Spencer Haywood, 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