Tom Heinsohn vs. Raef LaFrentz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Raef LaFrentz 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.

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, 1 less than Raef LaFrentz, who played 10. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Raef LaFrentz had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1956-57	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Raef LaFrentz	12	32.3	13.8	2.8	4.8	7.6	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.8	3.2	4.9	10.8	.457	1.0	2.6	.387	3.0	4.0	.750
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
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1958-59	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Raef LaFrentz	78	31.5	12.9	2.2	5.6	7.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.2	3.7	5.0	10.4	.477	0.7	1.8	.367	2.3	3.4	.698
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
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1959-60	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Raef LaFrentz	78	31.5	13.5	2.3	5.2	7.4	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.2	3.6	5.4	11.8	.458	1.3	3.4	.388	1.3	1.9	.695
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
Raef LaFrentz	8	30.8	11.3	2.3	5.4	7.6	0.6	0.3	2.8	0.8	4.9	4.9	9.8	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	1.4	.545

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1960-61	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Raef LaFrentz	69	23.3	9.3	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.7	3.8	3.9	7.4	.518	0.7	1.7	.405	0.9	1.3	.682
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
Raef LaFrentz	20	24.6	8.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.3	0.6	2.2	0.7	4.3	3.4	7.9	.433	0.4	2.0	.200	0.8	1.0	.842

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1961-62	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Raef LaFrentz	17	19.3	7.8	1.8	2.9	4.6	1.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	7.3	.460	0.5	2.4	.200	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	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1962-63	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Raef LaFrentz	80	27.5	11.1	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.2	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.3	4.3	8.6	.496	1.0	2.8	.364	1.5	1.9	.811
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
Raef LaFrentz	7	26.7	6.9	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.9	2.3	5.9	.390	1.1	2.3	.500	1.1	1.4	.800

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1963-64	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Raef LaFrentz	82	24.8	7.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.4	0.4	0.9	0.8	3.3	2.9	6.7	.431	1.4	3.5	.392	0.6	0.9	.680
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
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Raef LaFrentz
Season	1964-65	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
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
Raef LaFrentz	27	13.0	3.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.1	1.4	3.8	.382	0.1	0.9	.087	0.7	1.0	.769
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
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-