Spencer Haywood vs. Kevin Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Porter 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.

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, 2 more than Kevin Porter, who played 10. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Kevin Porter had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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.

Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1971-72	1973-74
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Kevin Porter	81	28.9	14.0	1.0	1.2	2.2	5.8	1.2	0.1	-	3.9	5.9	12.3	.478	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	7	27.9	10.7	1.4	1.0	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.0	-	4.3	4.7	12.1	.388	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.643

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1972-73	1974-75
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Kevin Porter	81	32.0	11.6	0.7	1.2	1.9	8.0	1.9	0.1	-	4.0	5.0	10.2	.491	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	17	36.8	14.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	7.3	1.2	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	11.6	.503	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.667

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1973-74	1975-76
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
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
Kevin Porter	19	36.2	12.6	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.2	1.8	0.2	-	4.4	5.2	12.4	.421	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1974-75	1976-77
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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	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
Kevin Porter	81	26.1	8.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.3	1.1	0.1	-	3.3	3.8	7.5	.512	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.729
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
Kevin Porter	3	20.3	5.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.7	0.3	0.0	-	2.3	1.7	4.7	.357	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1975-76	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
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	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
Kevin Porter	82	34.3	15.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	10.2	1.5	0.2	4.4	3.5	6.0	12.9	.469	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1976-77	1978-79
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
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	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
Kevin Porter	82	37.4	15.4	0.8	1.8	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	4.1	3.7	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1978-79	1980-81
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
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
Kevin Porter	81	31.8	13.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	9.1	1.4	0.1	3.1	3.2	5.5	10.6	.519	0.0	0.1	.250	2.4	3.0	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kevin Porter didn't play in 1981-82.

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Kevin Porter
Season	1979-80	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
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
Kevin Porter	11	19.1	4.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	4.2	0.9	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.9	3.6	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	.833
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
Kevin Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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