Steve Kerr vs. Wes Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Matthews and Steve Kerr, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Steve Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Wes Matthews, who played 9. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Wes Matthews had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Wes Matthews	9	7	1980-81 to 1989-90

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


Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1988-89	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667
Wes Matthews	79	28.7	12.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	3.3	3.1	4.9	9.9	.494	0.1	0.3	.238	2.6	3.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863
Wes Matthews	47	17.8	6.9	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.7	2.8	6.3	.440	0.0	0.2	.250	1.3	1.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Wes Matthews	2	14.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 3
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849
Wes Matthews	64	18.5	6.9	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.0	2.7	6.6	.403	0.2	0.8	.292	1.3	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	3	12.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	0	3.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 4
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833
Wes Matthews	20	19.4	7.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.3	3.1	6.6	.466	0.1	0.4	.125	1.4	1.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000
Wes Matthews	4	5.8	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 5
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917
Wes Matthews	78	19.5	5.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.7	2.4	4.9	.495	0.0	0.2	.125	0.8	1.1	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	4	22.8	7.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.3	0.0	1.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	.344	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.3	.778


Season 6
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856
Wes Matthews	75	24.7	10.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.2	4.3	8.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.160	2.3	2.8	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
Wes Matthews	3	38.7	25.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	3.7	2.3	11.7	18.0	.648	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 7
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1994-95	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778
Wes Matthews	50	10.6	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.8	3.7	.476	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000
Wes Matthews	12	5.1	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.857


Season 8
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1995-96	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929
Wes Matthews	51	13.8	5.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.3	2.2	4.9	.460	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.3	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871
Wes Matthews	10	2.7	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.0	.800

Note: Wes Matthews didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 9
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.7	8.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	0.7	0.8	.806
Wes Matthews	1	13.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	19	17.9	5.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.7	0.7	.929
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	50	22.4	7.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.0	.454	1.1	2.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.918
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	21	19.8	4.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	.434	0.9	2.0	.463	0.9	1.0	.818
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	44	16.7	4.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	4.0	.391	0.6	1.8	.313	0.7	0.8	.886
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	11	8.7	2.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	2.7	.267	0.3	1.2	.231	0.5	0.5	.833
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	32	8.4	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.3	.432	0.5	1.0	.516	0.3	0.3	.818
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	2000-01	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	55	11.8	3.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.9	.421	0.6	1.4	.429	0.3	0.3	.933
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	9	11.1	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.8	.480	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.500
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	65	11.9	4.1	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.6	3.3	.470	0.4	1.0	.394	0.6	0.6	.975
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	3	13.0	6.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.0	4.7	.429	0.7	2.7	.250	1.7	1.7	1.000
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Steve Kerr	Wes Matthews
Season	2002-03	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	75	12.7	4.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.4	.430	0.7	1.7	.395	0.4	0.5	.882
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	4.5	2.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	.636	0.5	0.6	.833	0.3	0.4	.750
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Kerr vs. Wes Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Matthews and Steve Kerr, 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