Spencer Haywood vs. Rod Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Strickland 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, 5 less than Rod Strickland, who played 17. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Rod Strickland had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Rod Strickland	17	11	1988-89 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1970-71	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Rod Strickland	81	16.8	8.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.3	7.0	.467	0.2	0.7	.322	2.1	2.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	9	12.3	6.0	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.4	5.4	.449	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.9	.529


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1971-72	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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
Rod Strickland	82	26.1	10.6	1.1	2.1	3.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.0	4.2	9.2	.454	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	3.4	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	10	38.4	12.3	2.2	3.1	5.3	11.2	1.4	0.0	3.4	3.0	5.4	12.7	.425	0.0	0.7	.000	1.5	2.7	.556


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1972-73	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Rod Strickland	58	35.8	13.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.2	5.4	11.2	.482	0.2	0.6	.333	2.8	3.6	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	4	42.0	18.8	1.3	4.0	5.3	8.8	2.3	0.0	3.3	3.5	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	1.5	.000	4.3	5.3	.810


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1973-74	1991-92
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
Rod Strickland	57	36.0	13.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.3	.333	3.2	4.6	.687

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	2	40.0	15.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.5	11.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1974-75	1992-93
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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
Rod Strickland	78	31.7	13.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.0	5.1	10.5	.485	0.1	0.4	.133	3.5	4.9	.717

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
Rod Strickland	4	39.0	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.5	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1975-76	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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
Rod Strickland	82	35.2	17.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	9.0	1.8	0.3	3.1	2.1	6.4	13.3	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	4.3	5.7	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	4	38.5	23.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.3	9.0	18.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1976-77	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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	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
Rod Strickland	64	35.4	18.9	1.1	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.9	0.1	3.3	1.8	6.9	14.8	.466	0.7	1.9	.374	4.4	5.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	3	42.0	23.3	0.3	3.7	4.0	12.3	1.0	0.7	3.3	3.7	9.0	21.7	.415	0.7	1.7	.400	4.7	6.0	.778


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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	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
Rod Strickland	67	37.7	18.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	3.8	2.0	7.0	15.3	.460	0.6	1.7	.342	4.1	6.3	.652

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
Rod Strickland	5	40.4	20.6	2.4	3.8	6.2	8.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	7.4	16.8	.440	1.2	2.4	.500	4.6	7.2	.639


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Rod Strickland	82	36.5	17.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	0.2	0.9	.169	4.5	6.1	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	3	41.3	19.7	1.7	4.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	3.7	2.7	7.3	17.3	.423	0.3	0.7	.500	4.7	6.3	.737


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
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
Rod Strickland	76	39.7	17.8	1.5	3.9	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	3.5	2.4	6.4	14.9	.434	0.2	0.6	.250	4.7	6.5	.726

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
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1981-82	1998-99
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
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
Rod Strickland	44	37.1	15.7	1.3	3.5	4.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	3.2	2.1	5.7	13.7	.416	0.3	1.0	.286	4.0	5.4	.746

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
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	1982-83	1999-00
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
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
Rod Strickland	69	31.7	12.6	1.1	2.7	3.8	7.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.7	11.0	.429	0.0	0.3	.048	3.1	4.4	.702

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


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	54	25.4	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.4	3.4	7.9	.424	0.1	0.3	.235	2.4	3.2	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	2	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Miami Heat
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	76	30.2	10.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.308	2.0	2.6	.766

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


Season 15
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2002-03
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	47	20.3	6.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.6	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.9	.432	0.0	0.2	.091	1.7	2.3	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	6	12.3	4.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 16
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	61	19.6	6.3	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	2.5	5.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.278	1.2	1.6	.735

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


Season 17
	Spencer Haywood	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Houston Rockets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	16	12.3	1.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	2.7	.209	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.900

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

Spencer Haywood vs. Rod Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Strickland 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17