Spencer Haywood vs. Sam Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Perkins 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 Sam Perkins, who played 17. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Sam Perkins had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Sam Perkins	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01

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	Sam Perkins
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Sam Perkins	82	28.3	11.0	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.6	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	9.0	.471	0.1	0.4	.250	2.4	3.0	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	4	42.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.3	6.0	12.3	.490	0.3	1.0	.250	6.5	8.5	.765


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Sam Perkins	80	32.8	15.4	2.4	6.1	8.6	1.9	0.9	1.2	1.8	2.7	5.7	11.4	.503	0.1	0.4	.333	3.8	4.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	10	34.7	14.9	3.0	5.3	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.2	5.7	13.3	.429	0.2	0.8	.250	3.3	4.3	.767


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Sam Perkins	80	33.6	14.8	2.5	5.2	7.7	1.8	1.4	1.0	1.7	3.4	5.8	12.0	.482	0.2	0.7	.352	3.1	3.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	4	33.3	17.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	4.0	6.5	13.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.8	.696


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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	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
Sam Perkins	75	33.3	14.2	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	5.3	11.7	.450	0.1	0.4	.167	3.6	4.4	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	17	33.6	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.6	1.8	1.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.2	11.5	.451	0.1	0.4	.143	3.1	3.9	.803


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1974-75	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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	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
Sam Perkins	78	36.7	15.0	3.0	5.8	8.8	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.8	2.9	5.7	12.3	.464	0.1	0.5	.184	3.5	4.2	.833

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
Sam Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Sam Perkins	76	35.1	15.9	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.3	1.2	0.8	1.9	3.0	5.7	11.6	.493	0.1	0.4	.214	4.3	5.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	3	39.3	15.0	3.3	4.0	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.3	5.7	5.3	12.0	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	4.3	5.7	.765


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1976-77	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Sam Perkins	73	34.3	13.5	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.5	0.9	1.1	1.4	3.4	5.0	10.2	.495	0.2	0.9	.281	3.1	3.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	19	39.6	17.7	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	1.9	3.6	6.4	11.6	.548	0.6	1.6	.367	4.4	5.7	.761


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1977-78	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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	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
Sam Perkins	63	37.0	16.5	3.0	5.8	8.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.0	5.7	12.7	.450	0.2	1.1	.217	4.8	5.9	.817

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
Sam Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1978-79	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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	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
Sam Perkins	79	29.8	13.1	2.1	4.6	6.6	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.338	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	19	32.9	14.4	1.7	5.3	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	1.1	2.9	5.2	11.8	.436	1.6	4.2	.380	2.5	2.9	.873


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	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
Sam Perkins	81	26.8	12.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.2	9.6	.438	1.2	3.3	.367	2.7	3.4	.801

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
Sam Perkins	5	28.2	9.8	1.2	6.0	7.2	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	3.0	2.8	8.4	.333	1.2	2.8	.429	3.0	3.4	.882

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


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1981-82	1994-95
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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	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
Sam Perkins	82	28.7	12.7	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.3	4.2	9.0	.466	1.7	4.2	.397	2.6	3.3	.799

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
Sam Perkins	4	35.3	13.5	1.5	6.3	7.8	3.3	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	5.3	12.0	.438	2.5	5.5	.455	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	1982-83	1995-96
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	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
Sam Perkins	82	26.5	11.8	1.2	3.2	4.5	1.5	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.0	9.7	.408	1.6	4.4	.355	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	21	31.1	12.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.3	9.3	.459	1.5	4.1	.368	2.2	2.9	.754


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	24.4	11.0	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.7	3.6	8.2	.439	1.5	3.8	.395	2.3	2.8	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	12	28.3	8.4	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.8	2.6	7.7	.337	1.2	3.8	.311	2.1	2.4	.862


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	20.7	7.2	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.4	5.8	.416	1.1	2.7	.392	1.2	1.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	10	21.0	5.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	1.6	4.2	.381	1.0	2.4	.417	1.2	2.0	.600


Season 15
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	48	16.4	5.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.7	4.2	.400	0.7	1.9	.389	0.9	1.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	13	11.2	4.1	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.7	.514	0.8	1.8	.458	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 16
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	20.0	6.6	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.3	5.4	.417	1.1	2.7	.408	1.0	1.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	23	18.2	4.8	0.7	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.5	4.6	.324	1.0	2.9	.348	0.8	0.9	.905


Season 17
	Spencer Haywood	Sam Perkins
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	64	15.6	3.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.5	.381	0.6	1.7	.345	0.5	0.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	3	6.7	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Spencer Haywood vs. Sam Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Perkins 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.

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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