Walt Budko vs. Chet Holmgren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Holmgren and Walt Budko, 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 Budko played 4 years in the NBA, 3 more than Chet Holmgren, who played 1. Walt Budko had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Chet Holmgren had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Walt Budko	Chet Holmgren
Season	1948-49	2023-24
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets (1st) Lost East Div Semis	Thunder 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 Budko	60	-	11.5	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	10.7	.348	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.790
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Budko	3	-	12.3	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	5.3	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	5.0	6.3	.789
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758