Walt Bellamy vs. Festus Ezeli Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Festus Ezeli and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Festus Ezeli, who played 3. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Festus Ezeli had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Festus Ezeli
Season	1961-62	2012-13
Team	Chicago Packers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Festus Ezeli	78	14.4	2.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.2	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.531
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Festus Ezeli	12	11.2	2.0	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.1	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.571

Note: Festus Ezeli didn't play in 2013-14.

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Festus Ezeli
Season	1962-63	2014-15
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Festus Ezeli	46	11.0	4.4	1.3	2.1	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.7	1.7	3.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Festus Ezeli	20	9.2	3.5	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.4	2.5	.540	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.552

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Festus Ezeli
Season	1963-64	2015-16
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Festus Ezeli	46	16.7	7.0	2.0	3.6	5.6	0.7	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.7	5.0	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.530
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Festus Ezeli	23	8.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.6	3.0	.536	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.9	.432

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Festus Ezeli
Season	1964-65	-
Team	Baltimore Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Festus Ezeli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Festus Ezeli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-