Dave Bing vs. Alex Hannum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Hannum and Dave Bing, 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.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Alex Hannum, who played 8. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Alex Hannum 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1966-67	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Alex Hannum	64	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.8	7.6	.363	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Hannum	11	-	8.5	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.5	3.5	7.8	.442	-	-	-	1.5	3.1	.500

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1967-68	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Alex Hannum	63	-	7.5	-	-	4.8	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	2.9	7.8	.368	-	-	-	1.7	3.1	.543
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733
Alex Hannum	7	-	6.0	-	-	6.7	2.4	-	-	-	5.3	2.4	5.6	.436	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1968-69	1951-52
Team	Detroit Pistons	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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		%
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Alex Hannum	66	22.8	6.6	-	-	5.1	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.6	7.0	.368	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Hannum	6	24.3	6.7	-	-	4.3	1.3	-	-	-	5.0	2.7	7.0	.381	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.615

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1970-71	1953-54
Team	Detroit Pistons	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
Alex Hannum	72	23.7	6.3	-	-	4.9	1.5	-	-	-	3.9	2.4	7.0	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.3	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Hannum	6	17.8	6.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	4.7	2.0	4.8	.414	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	.625

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1972-73	1955-56
Team	Detroit Pistons	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Alex Hannum	71	20.8	5.4	-	-	4.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	2.1	6.4	.322	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.604
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Hannum	8	19.9	7.6	-	-	3.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.5	2.6	8.3	.318	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	.543

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1973-74	1956-57
Team	Detroit Pistons	Fort Wayne Pistons, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
Alex Hannum	59	10.9	3.2	-	-	2.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	3.8	.345	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
Alex Hannum	2	3.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
Alex Hannum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Alex Hannum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Alex Hannum
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Alex Hannum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Alex Hannum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-