Walter Davis vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Walter Davis, 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.

Walter Davis and Alex English both played 15 years in the NBA. Walter Davis had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Walter Davis	15	10	1977-78 to 1991-92
Alex English	15	10	1976-77 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1977-78	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Walter Davis	81	32.0	24.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.0	9.7	18.4	.526	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.830
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	2	33.0	25.0	2.0	6.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	9.5	20.0	.475	-	-	-	6.0	8.0	.750
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1978-79	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
Walter Davis	79	30.8	23.6	1.4	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	9.7	17.2	.561	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.831
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	15	32.7	22.1	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	8.5	16.3	.520	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.813
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781


Season 3
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1979-80	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Walter Davis	75	30.8	21.5	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.7	8.8	15.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.9	.819
Alex English	81	33.3	16.0	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	7.0	13.6	.511	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	8	30.6	20.8	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	8.6	17.1	.504	0.0	0.4	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1980-81	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Walter Davis	78	28.0	18.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.5	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.2	.412	2.7	3.2	.836
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	28.4	16.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.4	.588
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1981-82	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Walter Davis	55	21.5	14.4	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.4	12.2	.523	0.1	0.3	.188	1.7	2.0	.820
Alex English	81	38.2	23.8	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	9.5	19.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.600	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	24.7	18.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.7	7.4	16.6	.448	0.1	0.4	.333	3.1	3.4	.917
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1982-83	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	80	31.1	19.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.3	8.3	16.1	.516	0.1	0.3	.304	2.3	2.8	.818
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	37.7	26.0	1.7	3.3	5.0	4.3	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	10.0	23.0	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	5.7	7.0	.810
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 7
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1983-84	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	78	32.6	20.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	2.7	2.6	8.4	16.3	.512	0.3	1.1	.230	3.0	3.5	.863
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	17	36.6	24.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	6.4	1.7	0.2	2.5	3.2	10.3	19.2	.535	0.2	0.6	.273	4.1	4.6	.897
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887


Season 8
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1984-85	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	23	24.8	15.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	4.3	0.8	0.0	2.2	1.8	6.0	13.4	.450	0.1	0.4	.300	2.8	3.2	.877
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893


Season 9
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1985-86	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Walter Davis	70	32.0	21.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.2	1.4	0.0	3.1	2.2	8.9	18.4	.485	0.3	1.1	.237	3.7	4.4	.843
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890


Season 10
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1986-87	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	79	33.5	23.6	1.1	1.9	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.3	9.9	19.2	.514	0.3	1.0	.259	3.6	4.2	.862
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859


Season 11
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1987-88	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	68	28.7	17.9	0.5	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.3	0.0	1.9	1.9	7.2	15.2	.473	0.5	1.4	.375	3.0	3.4	.887
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 12
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	81	22.9	15.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	6.6	13.3	.498	0.2	0.9	.290	2.2	2.5	.879
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	31.3	25.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	10.3	20.0	.517	0.0	1.3	.000	5.0	5.0	1.000
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814


Season 13
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	69	23.7	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.3	7.2	15.0	.481	0.1	0.7	.130	3.0	3.3	.912
Alex English	82	36.5	26.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	11.3	22.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	4.6	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	23.3	14.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.3	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Alex English	3	36.0	26.0	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	10.7	20.7	.516	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.875


Season 14
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	71	20.9	13.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.1	5.7	12.1	.468	0.2	0.5	.306	1.5	1.6	.915
Alex English	80	27.6	17.9	1.5	2.1	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.6	7.9	16.2	.491	0.0	0.1	.400	2.0	2.3	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	13	8.5	3.3	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.7	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833
Alex English	3	25.3	19.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.0	8.3	14.7	.568	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 15
	Walter Davis	Alex English
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Walter Davis	46	16.1	9.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	8.8	.459	0.1	0.3	.313	1.8	2.0	.872
Alex English	79	22.1	9.7	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.8	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walter Davis vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Walter Davis, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15