Mason Plumlee vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Mason Plumlee, 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.

Mason Plumlee played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bill Walton, who played 10. Mason Plumlee had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
Mason Plumlee	11	7	2013-14 to 2023-24
Bill Walton	10	4	1974-75 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mason Plumlee	70	18.2	7.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.8	4.3	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.626
Bill Walton	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	10	11.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.444
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2014-15	1975-76
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mason Plumlee	82	21.3	8.7	2.1	4.1	6.2	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.4	6.0	.573	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.9	.495
Bill Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	6	8.2	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.8	.364
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Mason Plumlee	82	25.4	9.1	2.5	5.2	7.7	2.8	0.8	1.0	1.9	3.1	3.3	6.3	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.1	.642
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	11	27.8	7.0	3.4	8.5	11.8	4.8	0.6	1.0	2.3	3.8	2.5	6.4	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.636
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684


Season 4
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2016-17	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Mason Plumlee	81	26.5	10.4	2.1	5.4	7.5	3.5	0.9	1.1	1.7	2.8	4.1	7.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.7	.580
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.


Season 5
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mason Plumlee	74	19.4	7.1	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.9	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.0	5.0	.601	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.4	.458
Bill Walton	14	24.1	13.9	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 6
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2018-19	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mason Plumlee	82	21.1	7.8	2.0	4.4	6.4	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.5	3.1	3.2	5.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.4	.561
Bill Walton	33	33.3	14.1	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.4	6.1	11.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	14	15.6	4.6	1.9	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	2.8	1.7	3.4	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.0	.571
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2019-20	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Mason Plumlee	61	17.3	7.2	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.5	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.3	2.9	4.7	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.5	.535
Bill Walton	55	26.8	12.1	2.4	6.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.8	5.2	9.4	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	19	10.8	2.4	1.6	1.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.0	2.1	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.667
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2020-21	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mason Plumlee	56	26.8	10.4	2.6	6.7	9.3	3.6	0.8	0.9	1.9	3.3	4.2	6.8	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.0	.669
Bill Walton	67	24.6	10.1	2.5	6.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	2.1	2.6	2.7	4.0	7.7	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2021-22	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
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		%
Mason Plumlee	73	24.6	6.5	2.4	5.3	7.7	3.1	0.8	0.7	1.4	3.1	2.8	4.4	.641	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	2.3	.392
Bill Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826


Season 10
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mason Plumlee	79	26.0	10.8	2.9	6.0	8.9	3.1	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.7	4.2	6.1	.680	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.636
Bill Walton	10	11.2	2.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	2.3	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	5	18.2	8.2	3.2	3.6	6.8	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.0	2.8	3.2	.875	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	2.8	.929
Bill Walton	12	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.357


Season 11
	Mason Plumlee	Bill Walton
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Mason Plumlee	46	14.7	5.3	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.9	3.3	.569	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.2	.707
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	6	11.0	3.2	1.2	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.625
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mason Plumlee vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Mason Plumlee, 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