Tiny Archibald vs. Maurice Cheeks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Cheeks 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.

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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than Maurice Cheeks, who played 15. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Maurice Cheeks had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Tiny Archibald	13	5	1970-71 to 1983-84
Maurice Cheeks	15	13	1978-79 to 1992-93

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


Rookie Season
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1970-71	1978-79
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
Maurice Cheeks	82	29.4	8.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	3.6	7.0	.510	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	9	36.7	18.8	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	7.3	13.4	.545	-	-	-	4.1	6.2	.661


Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1971-72	1979-80
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
Maurice Cheeks	79	33.2	11.4	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	4.5	8.4	.540	0.1	0.1	.444	2.3	2.9	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	18	37.5	11.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	4.9	9.7	.511	0.1	0.3	.200	1.6	2.3	.707


Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1972-73	1980-81
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
Maurice Cheeks	81	29.8	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	2.9	3.8	7.2	.534	0.0	0.1	.375	1.7	2.2	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	16	32.1	10.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.4	4.3	7.8	.544	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.6	.762


Season 4
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1973-74	1981-82
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	35	36.3	17.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	6.3	14.1	.451	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.820
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.6	11.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	2.3	3.1	4.5	8.6	.521	0.1	0.3	.273	2.2	2.8	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	21	36.4	14.3	0.7	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	12.6	.472	0.0	0.4	.111	2.4	3.1	.769


Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1974-75	1982-83
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Maurice Cheeks	79	31.2	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	2.3	2.3	5.1	9.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	3.0	.754

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
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	16.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.4	12.7	.503	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.9	.703


Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1975-76	1983-84
Team	Kansas City Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
Maurice Cheeks	75	33.3	12.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.4	2.3	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.1	9.4	.550	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	3.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	5	34.2	16.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.8	2.6	0.0	2.0	3.6	7.0	13.4	.522	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 7
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1976-77	1984-85
Team	New York Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785
Maurice Cheeks	78	33.5	13.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.4	9.5	.570	0.1	0.3	.231	2.2	2.6	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	13	37.2	15.2	0.9	2.6	3.5	5.2	2.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.2	11.8	.529	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.2	.857

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


Season 8
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	69	24.1	11.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	3.8	8.3	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788
Maurice Cheeks	82	39.9	15.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	2.9	2.0	6.0	11.1	.537	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.1	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	12	43.3	20.8	1.1	3.6	4.7	7.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	1.5	7.8	15.2	.516	0.0	0.6	.000	5.2	6.1	.849


Season 9
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
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
Maurice Cheeks	68	38.6	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	2.5	1.6	6.1	11.6	.527	0.1	0.3	.235	3.3	4.3	.777

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
Maurice Cheeks	5	42.0	17.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	8.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.8	7.0	13.2	.530	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 10
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
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
Maurice Cheeks	79	36.3	13.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.5	5.4	10.9	.495	0.0	0.3	.136	2.9	3.5	.825

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
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1981-82	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
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
Maurice Cheeks	71	32.4	11.6	0.5	2.0	2.6	7.8	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.077	2.1	2.7	.774

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
Maurice Cheeks	3	42.7	17.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	13.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	7.0	13.7	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 12
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tiny Archibald	66	27.4	10.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.7	3.6	8.4	.425	0.1	0.4	.208	3.3	4.5	.743
Maurice Cheeks	81	31.1	9.7	0.6	2.3	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.0	3.8	7.5	.504	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.5	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	7	23.0	9.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.7	3.1	9.7	.324	0.1	0.9	.167	3.1	4.1	.759
Maurice Cheeks	10	38.8	12.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	8.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.0	10.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.000	2.8	3.1	.903


Season 13
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Tiny Archibald	46	22.6	7.4	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	6.1	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.2	.634
Maurice Cheeks	76	28.3	7.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	3	33.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.7	7.7	.609	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 14
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	56	19.4	4.6	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.4	.462	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.605

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tiny Archibald	Maurice Cheeks
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	35	14.6	3.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Cheeks	5	16.4	4.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	4.6	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000

Tiny Archibald vs. Maurice Cheeks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Cheeks 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.

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