Vin Baker vs. Kevin Durant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Durant and Vin Baker, 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.

Vin Baker played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kevin Durant, who played 16. Vin Baker had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Kevin Durant had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Vin Baker	13	4	1993-94 to 2005-06
Kevin Durant	16	13	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1993-94	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Vin Baker	82	31.2	13.5	3.4	4.2	7.6	2.0	0.7	1.4	2.0	2.8	5.3	10.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	5.0	.569
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1994-95	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Vin Baker	82	41.0	17.7	3.5	6.8	10.3	3.6	1.0	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.2	15.0	.483	0.1	0.3	.292	3.1	5.3	.593
Kevin Durant	74	39.0	25.3	1.0	5.5	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	3.0	1.8	8.9	18.8	.476	1.3	3.1	.422	6.1	7.1	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1995-96	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vin Baker	82	40.5	21.1	3.2	6.6	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.1	2.6	3.3	8.5	17.4	.489	0.1	0.6	.208	3.9	5.8	.670
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871


Season 4
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1996-97	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Vin Baker	78	40.5	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	3.1	3.5	8.1	16.0	.505	0.2	0.7	.278	4.6	6.7	.687
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838


Season 5
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1997-98	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
Vin Baker	82	35.9	19.2	3.5	4.5	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	2.1	3.4	7.7	14.2	.542	0.0	0.1	.143	3.8	6.4	.591
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	10	37.0	15.8	4.1	5.3	9.4	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.2	3.8	7.1	13.4	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.8	.421
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864


Season 6
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1998-99	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Vin Baker	34	34.2	13.8	2.5	3.7	6.2	1.6	0.9	1.0	2.2	3.6	5.8	12.9	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	4.7	.450
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830


Season 7
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	1999-00	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Vin Baker	79	36.1	16.6	2.9	4.8	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.8	2.7	3.6	6.5	14.3	.455	0.0	0.1	.250	3.6	5.2	.682
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	32.0	0.7	6.7	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.8	.503	2.4	6.1	.391	8.7	9.9	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	5	35.4	14.0	3.2	4.4	7.6	2.0	1.0	0.4	3.2	3.8	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	3.4	.588
Kevin Durant	19	42.9	29.6	1.3	7.6	8.9	3.9	1.0	1.3	3.8	2.2	10.2	22.2	.460	2.3	6.6	.344	6.9	8.6	.810


Season 8
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Vin Baker	76	28.0	12.2	2.4	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.5	1.0	2.1	3.5	4.6	10.8	.422	0.0	0.2	.063	3.1	4.2	.723
Kevin Durant	27	33.8	25.4	0.6	6.0	6.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	2.7	1.5	8.8	17.3	.510	2.4	5.9	.403	5.4	6.3	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Vin Baker	55	31.1	14.1	3.1	3.3	6.4	1.3	0.4	0.7	2.3	3.6	5.7	11.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.125	2.6	4.1	.633
Kevin Durant	72	35.8	28.2	0.6	7.6	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	3.5	1.9	9.7	19.2	.505	2.6	6.7	.387	6.2	6.9	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	5	28.8	13.2	2.2	2.8	5.0	0.8	0.6	1.2	0.8	4.6	5.8	11.6	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	1.8	.778
Kevin Durant	18	40.3	28.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	3.3	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.1	9.7	22.6	.430	1.7	6.1	.282	7.2	8.1	.890


Season 10
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vin Baker	52	18.1	5.2	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.8	1.9	4.0	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.673
Kevin Durant	62	33.4	25.1	0.6	7.6	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.6	2.2	1.9	8.9	16.5	.537	1.9	5.0	.375	5.4	6.2	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	15	35.5	28.5	1.1	6.9	7.9	4.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.6	9.9	17.9	.556	2.5	5.7	.442	6.1	6.9	.893


Season 11
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics, New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vin Baker	54	24.3	9.8	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.2	0.5	0.6	1.4	3.0	3.9	8.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.333	2.1	2.9	.726
Kevin Durant	68	34.2	26.4	0.5	6.4	6.8	5.4	0.7	1.8	3.0	2.0	9.3	18.0	.516	2.5	6.1	.419	5.3	5.9	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	4	14.0	5.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.5	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.667
Kevin Durant	21	38.4	29.0	0.6	7.1	7.8	4.7	0.7	1.2	2.4	2.0	10.1	20.7	.487	2.2	6.6	.341	6.5	7.2	.901


Season 12
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks, Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Vin Baker	27	7.6	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	0.5	1.6	.310	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.529
Kevin Durant	78	34.6	26.0	0.4	5.9	6.4	5.9	0.7	1.1	2.9	2.0	9.2	17.7	.521	1.8	5.0	.353	5.7	6.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	12	36.8	32.3	0.1	4.8	4.9	4.5	1.1	1.0	3.6	3.2	10.4	20.3	.514	2.9	6.7	.438	8.5	9.4	.903

Note: Kevin Durant didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 13
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Vin Baker	8	10.6	3.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.9	1.9	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.722
Kevin Durant	35	33.1	26.9	0.4	6.7	7.1	5.6	0.7	1.3	3.4	2.0	9.3	17.2	.537	2.4	5.4	.450	6.0	6.8	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	12	40.4	34.3	0.4	8.8	9.3	4.4	1.5	1.6	3.5	2.6	12.1	23.5	.514	2.8	6.8	.402	7.3	8.4	.871


Season 14
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	55	37.2	29.9	0.5	6.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.3	.518	2.1	5.5	.383	6.8	7.4	.910

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	4	44.0	26.3	0.5	5.3	5.8	6.3	1.0	0.3	5.3	3.8	8.0	20.8	.386	1.8	5.3	.333	8.5	9.5	.895


Season 15
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	47	35.6	29.1	0.4	6.3	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	2.1	10.3	18.3	.560	2.0	4.9	.404	6.5	7.1	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	11	42.4	29.0	0.6	8.1	8.7	5.5	0.8	1.4	3.5	2.6	9.7	20.4	.478	1.5	4.6	.333	8.0	8.7	.917


Season 16
	Vin Baker	Kevin Durant
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	75	37.2	27.1	0.5	6.1	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	3.3	1.8	10.0	19.1	.523	2.2	5.4	.413	4.8	5.6	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	4	42.0	26.8	0.3	6.3	6.5	3.3	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	9.3	16.8	.552	1.3	3.0	.417	7.0	8.5	.824

Vin Baker vs. Kevin Durant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Durant and Vin Baker, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 16