Tom Heinsohn vs. Roger Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Roger Mason 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 Roger Mason, who played 10. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Roger Mason had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1956-57	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
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
Roger Mason	17	6.6	1.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.6	1.8	.355	0.4	1.1	.333	0.1	0.1	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
Roger Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Roger Mason didn't play in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1958-59	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards 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	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Roger Mason	62	7.9	2.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.9	.330	0.5	1.6	.324	0.2	0.3	.875
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
Roger Mason	4	14.0	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	1.8	4.0	.438	1.3	2.5	.500	1.3	1.5	.833

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1959-60	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards 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
Roger Mason	80	21.4	9.1	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.3	7.5	.443	1.6	4.1	.398	0.8	0.9	.873
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
Roger Mason	6	21.5	8.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.8	3.2	7.8	.404	0.7	2.8	.235	1.0	1.3	.750

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1960-61	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Roger Mason	82	30.4	11.8	0.2	2.9	3.1	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.3	10.0	.425	2.0	4.8	.421	1.3	1.4	.890
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
Roger Mason	5	21.6	6.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.4	6.4	.375	1.4	3.8	.368	0.4	0.6	.667

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1961-62	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Roger Mason	79	19.2	6.3	0.1	1.9	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	2.4	6.3	.389	1.1	3.3	.333	0.3	0.4	.794
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
Roger Mason	6	10.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.2	2.0	.083	0.2	1.2	.143	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1962-63	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Roger Mason	26	12.3	2.9	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	.338	0.6	1.7	.364	0.3	0.4	.700
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
Roger Mason	3	18.3	6.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	6.0	.389	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1963-64	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
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
Roger Mason	52	13.4	5.5	0.1	1.2	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.0	5.0	.399	1.1	3.0	.383	0.4	0.5	.778
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
Roger Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Roger Mason
Season	1964-65	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
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
Roger Mason	69	17.7	5.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.9	4.4	.433	1.0	2.3	.415	0.6	0.6	.907
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
Roger Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-