Tiny Archibald vs. Gar Heard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gar Heard and Tiny Archibald, 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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Gar Heard, who played 11. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Gar Heard had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1971-72	1971-72
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
Gar Heard	58	25.8	7.9	-	-	7.6	0.9	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	8.2	.401	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.617
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gar Heard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1972-73	1972-73
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Seattle Supersonics, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
Gar Heard	81	19.2	10.1	-	-	5.6	0.7	-	-	-	2.1	4.3	10.2	.425	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.652
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gar Heard	2	4.5	2.0	-	-	1.5	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1974-75	1974-75
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Braves 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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
Gar Heard	67	32.1	11.1	2.8	7.2	9.9	2.8	1.6	1.8	-	3.6	4.7	12.2	.388	-	-	-	1.6	2.8	.564
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
Gar Heard	7	35.7	11.7	3.4	7.4	10.9	2.6	1.3	1.1	-	4.0	5.4	13.7	.396	-	-	-	0.9	2.0	.429

Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1975-76	1975-76
Team	Kansas City Kings	Buffalo Braves, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
Gar Heard	86	31.9	11.0	2.9	7.2	10.1	2.2	1.4	1.1	-	3.5	4.6	10.5	.435	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.637
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gar Heard	19	37.9	13.9	2.8	7.6	10.4	1.7	2.1	1.9	-	2.9	5.5	12.5	.441	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.679

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.

Season 9
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1979-80	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830
Gar Heard	63	19.3	6.3	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.2	2.6	5.8	.441	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881
Gar Heard	15	21.3	5.5	1.6	5.5	7.1	0.9	0.8	1.7	1.4	2.6	2.1	5.7	.372	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.600

Season 10
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1980-81	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.3	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.2	.816
Gar Heard	82	17.1	5.0	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	1.0	0.6	1.1	2.2	2.1	5.0	.417	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	17	37.1	15.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.5	.809
Gar Heard	8	27.9	6.9	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.0	2.9	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.733

Season 11
	Tiny Archibald	Gar Heard
Season	1981-82	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tiny Archibald	68	31.9	12.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	3.5	4.6	.747
Gar Heard	78	20.9	4.8	1.5	2.9	4.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.9	5.1	.376	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	8	34.6	10.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.1	3.5	.893
Gar Heard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-