Danny Schayes vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Danny Schayes, 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.

Danny Schayes played 18 years in the NBA, 3 more than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Danny Schayes had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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.

Season 3
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1983-84	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Danny Schayes	82	17.3	7.1	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.5	3.8	2.2	4.5	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.790
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	5	16.2	5.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.0	2.2	3.6	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755

Season 4
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1984-85	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Danny Schayes	56	9.7	3.6	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	1.1	2.3	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.814
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	9	13.1	4.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.2	2.9	.423	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.700
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 5
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1985-86	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Danny Schayes	80	20.7	8.2	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	2.8	5.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.777
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	10	29.5	11.6	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.7	4.6	8.6	.535	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.800
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828

Season 7
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1987-88	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Danny Schayes	81	26.7	13.9	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	4.5	8.2	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.0	.836
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	11	28.5	16.4	2.7	4.5	7.2	1.6	0.3	0.9	2.2	4.2	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	7.5	.843
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856

Season 8
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1988-89	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Danny Schayes	76	25.2	12.8	1.9	4.7	6.6	1.4	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.2	4.2	8.0	.522	0.0	0.1	.333	4.4	5.3	.826
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	2	18.0	4.0	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750

Season 9
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1989-90	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Danny Schayes	53	22.5	10.4	2.2	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.8	3.1	6.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	5.0	.852
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1990-91	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danny Schayes	82	27.2	10.6	2.1	4.4	6.5	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.2	3.6	7.3	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.0	.835
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	3	23.7	9.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	3.0	7.7	.391	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.7	.909
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1991-92	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Danny Schayes	43	16.9	5.6	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.3	1.9	4.6	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.771
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Danny Schayes	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1993-94	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Danny Schayes	36	10.1	2.4	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.9	.906
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-