Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, 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.

Mahdi Abdul-Rahman played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Walt Frazier, who played 13. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Walt Frazier had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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
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Rookie Season
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1964-65	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	66	13.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.6	.382	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.648
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	16.9	7.6	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	8.1	.333	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 2
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1965-66	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	27.5	13.7	-	-	2.7	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.5	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.708
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	14	24.3	11.9	-	-	2.9	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.1	.493	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.619
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596

Season 3
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1966-67	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	20.8	9.3	-	-	2.9	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	8.9	.426	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.729
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	3	28.7	6.7	-	-	2.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	8.3	.240	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764

Season 4
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1967-68	1970-71
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	33.7	24.0	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	21.0	.441	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.774
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733

Season 5
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1968-69	1971-72
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Knicks 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	30.3	11.2	-	-	3.3	5.9	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	10.9	.397	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.707
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	11	32.7	14.0	-	-	3.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	12.3	.393	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	.787
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736

Season 6
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1969-70	1972-73
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	33.6	15.3	-	-	4.0	6.8	-	-	-	3.2	6.0	12.9	.467	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.809
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	36.4	21.4	-	-	3.4	7.7	-	-	-	3.3	9.3	18.6	.500	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	.625
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777

Season 7
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1970-71	1973-74
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	35.1	16.5	-	-	3.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.3	13.7	.459	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.759
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	5	40.4	14.0	-	-	5.0	5.4	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	15.2	.329	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898

Season 8
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1971-72	1974-75
Team	Buffalo Braves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	72	33.2	15.8	-	-	3.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	13.9	.451	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.782
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813

Season 9
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Walt Frazier
Season	1972-73	1975-76
Team	Buffalo Braves, Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	55	13.9	4.7	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.0	1.9	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.825
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	11	19.5	6.5	-	-	1.8	2.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	7.6	.357	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	1.000
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-