Cliff Levingston vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Cliff Levingston, 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.

Cliff Levingston played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Dolph Schayes, who played 15. Cliff Levingston had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Dolph Schayes had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
Cliff Levingston	11	8	1982-83 to 1994-95
Dolph Schayes	15	14	1949-50 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1982-83	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Cliff Levingston	62	14.2	5.6	1.7	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	4.4	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.571
Dolph Schayes	64	-	16.8	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.4	14.1	.385	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	11	-	17.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	13.5	.385	-	-	-	6.7	9.2	.733


Season 2
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1983-84	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	80	21.8	7.3	2.9	3.9	6.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.9	5.5	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.3	.672
Dolph Schayes	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	5	20.2	8.0	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	3.0	3.0	3.8	.789	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.625
Dolph Schayes	7	-	20.4	-	-	14.6	2.9	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	7.0	9.1	.766


Season 3
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1984-85	1951-52
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	74	27.3	9.8	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	3.1	3.9	7.5	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.653
Dolph Schayes	63	31.8	13.8	-	-	12.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	11.7	.355	-	-	-	5.4	6.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	7	35.4	20.3	-	-	12.9	2.1	-	-	-	4.9	5.9	13.0	.451	-	-	-	8.6	11.1	.769


Season 4
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1985-86	1952-53
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	81	24.0	9.3	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.2	3.6	6.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.678
Dolph Schayes	71	37.6	17.8	-	-	13.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	14.4	.367	-	-	-	7.2	8.7	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	9	20.0	5.8	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.1	.595	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	1.0	.778
Dolph Schayes	2	29.0	9.0	-	-	8.5	0.5	-	-	-	3.5	2.0	8.0	.250	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769


Season 5
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1986-87	1953-54
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals 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		%
Cliff Levingston	82	22.5	8.0	2.7	3.8	6.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.9	3.2	3.1	6.0	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
Dolph Schayes	72	36.9	17.1	-	-	12.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	13.5	.380	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	9	12.0	3.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.778
Dolph Schayes	13	28.8	16.0	-	-	10.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	10.8	.457	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.741


Season 6
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1987-88	1954-55
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Cliff Levingston	82	26.0	10.0	2.8	3.4	6.1	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.5	3.8	6.9	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	3.0	.772
Dolph Schayes	72	35.1	18.5	-	-	12.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	15.3	.383	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	12	13.6	5.0	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Dolph Schayes	11	33.0	19.0	-	-	12.8	3.6	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	15.2	.359	-	-	-	8.1	9.6	.840


Season 7
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1988-89	1955-56
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	80	27.3	9.2	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.4	3.8	7.1	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.4	.696
Dolph Schayes	72	35.0	20.4	-	-	12.4	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	16.7	.387	-	-	-	7.5	8.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	5	15.4	3.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.2	.273	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.8	2.0	.900
Dolph Schayes	8	38.8	22.1	-	-	13.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.880


Season 8
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1989-90	1956-57
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	75	22.7	6.9	1.5	2.7	4.3	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.9	2.9	5.7	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	1.1	1.6	.680
Dolph Schayes	72	39.6	22.5	-	-	14.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	18.2	.379	-	-	-	8.7	9.6	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	5	43.0	21.4	-	-	18.0	2.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	19.0	.305	-	-	-	9.8	11.0	.891


Season 9
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1990-91	1957-58
Team	Chicago Bulls	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	78	13.0	4.0	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.6	3.6	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.648
Dolph Schayes	72	40.5	24.9	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	8.1	20.3	.398	-	-	-	8.7	9.7	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	17	11.3	2.6	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Dolph Schayes	3	43.7	26.7	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.3	.391	-	-	-	10.0	12.0	.833


Season 10
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1991-92	1958-59
Team	Chicago Bulls	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	79	12.9	3.9	1.4	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.6	3.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.167	0.8	1.2	.625
Dolph Schayes	72	36.7	21.3	-	-	13.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.0	18.1	.387	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	22	8.7	2.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.6	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	.500
Dolph Schayes	9	39.0	28.2	-	-	13.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	10.9	11.9	.916

Note: Cliff Levingston didn't play in 1992-93 and 1993-94.


Season 11
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	1994-95	1959-60
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	57	8.2	2.3	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.0	2.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.8	.422
Dolph Schayes	75	36.5	22.5	-	-	12.8	3.4	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	19.2	.401	-	-	-	7.1	8.0	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	3	11.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Dolph Schayes	3	42.0	29.3	-	-	16.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.3	10.0	22.0	.455	-	-	-	9.3	10.0	.933


Season 12
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	79	38.1	23.6	-	-	12.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	20.2	.372	-	-	-	8.6	9.9	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	8	38.5	20.6	-	-	11.4	2.6	-	-	-	4.0	6.4	19.0	.336	-	-	-	7.9	8.8	.900


Season 13
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1961-62
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	56	26.4	14.7	-	-	7.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	13.4	.357	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	5	19.0	11.4	-	-	7.0	1.0	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	13.2	.364	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 14
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1962-63
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	66	21.8	9.5	-	-	5.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	8.7	.388	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	5	21.6	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	8.8	.455	-	-	-	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 15
	Cliff Levingston	Dolph Schayes
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	24	14.6	5.6	-	-	4.6	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	1.8	6.0	.308	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cliff Levingston vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Cliff Levingston, 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