Tom Heinsohn vs. Mike Muscala Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Muscala and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Mike Muscala, who played 11. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Mike Muscala had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Tom Heinsohn	9	9	1956-57 to 1964-65
Mike Muscala	11	6	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1956-57	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Mike Muscala	20	10.8	3.8	0.9	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.5	1.6	3.7	.425	0.0	0.2	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
Mike Muscala	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1957-58	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	69	32.0	17.8	-	-	10.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	17.8	.382	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Mike Muscala	40	12.6	4.9	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.1	3.8	.550	0.2	0.6	.409	0.6	0.6	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.7	17.5	-	-	10.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	17.6	.351	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.778
Mike Muscala	10	10.2	4.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.0	3.3	.606	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1958-59	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Mike Muscala	60	9.4	3.3	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.5	.500	0.2	0.7	.308	0.5	0.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
Mike Muscala	9	7.4	2.7	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	2.2	.500	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1959-60	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Mike Muscala	70	17.7	6.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.4	4.8	.504	0.7	1.6	.418	0.7	0.9	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
Mike Muscala	6	13.5	2.8	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	2.0	0.8	3.0	.278	0.0	0.7	.000	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1960-61	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Mike Muscala	53	20.0	7.6	1.1	3.3	4.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.5	2.7	5.9	.458	1.2	3.2	.371	1.1	1.2	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1961-62	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Mike Muscala	64	20.4	7.0	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.6	.402	1.4	4.0	.348	1.1	1.3	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Mike Muscala	47	12.2	4.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	4.0	.407	1.1	3.0	.378	0.4	0.5	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
Mike Muscala	2	10.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1963-64	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Mike Muscala	35	18.4	9.7	0.5	3.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.5	3.4	7.6	.446	1.9	5.3	.370	0.9	1.0	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Mike Muscala	43	13.8	8.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.6	5.8	.456	1.6	3.8	.429	1.1	1.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Muscala	63	15.0	6.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.6	.449	1.3	3.3	.391	0.6	0.8	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Muscala	6	3.5	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 11
	Tom Heinsohn	Mike Muscala
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Muscala	53	11.3	3.0	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.1	2.9	.359	0.5	1.8	.292	0.3	0.5	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Heinsohn vs. Mike Muscala Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Muscala and Tom Heinsohn, 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