Spencer Haywood vs. Mike Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Miller 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, 5 less than Mike Miller, who played 17. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Mike Miller had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Mike Miller	82	29.1	11.9	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	4.5	10.3	.436	1.8	4.4	.407	1.1	1.6	.711
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	28.0	12.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.0	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1971-72	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Mike Miller	63	33.7	15.2	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.3	5.6	12.7	.438	1.8	4.8	.383	2.2	2.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	18.0	4.8	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	5.3	.333	0.3	2.0	.125	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Mike Miller	65	33.6	15.6	0.7	4.5	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	5.7	13.2	.434	1.7	4.6	.363	2.4	2.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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
Mike Miller	65	27.2	11.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.5	4.2	9.5	.438	1.2	3.3	.372	1.6	2.2	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	24.5	7.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	1.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	3.0	8.5	.353	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.8	.333

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1974-75	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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
Mike Miller	76	30.0	13.4	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.6	5.1	10.1	.505	1.8	4.3	.433	1.4	2.0	.720
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
Mike Miller	4	27.3	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.5	9.3	.486	2.0	4.3	.471	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1975-76	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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	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
Mike Miller	74	30.6	13.7	0.6	4.8	5.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.8	10.3	.466	1.9	4.6	.407	2.3	2.8	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	26.8	8.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.3	2.0	.125	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1979-80	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
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
Mike Miller	54	33.4	10.9	1.0	5.2	6.2	3.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.4	4.0	8.0	.501	1.5	3.2	.480	1.3	1.6	.824
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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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	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
Mike Miller	39	19.3	6.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.4	.435	1.4	3.0	.453	0.1	0.1	.400
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	23	16.0	5.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.7	4.3	.404	1.3	3.3	.413	0.4	0.5	.818

Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Mike Miller
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	59	15.3	4.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.9	.433	1.2	3.0	.417	0.1	0.2	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	17	13.6	3.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	2.6	.467	0.9	2.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-