Walter McCarty vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Walter McCarty, 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 McCarty played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Walter McCarty had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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 McCarty	10	6	1996-97 to 2005-06
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	1996-97	1954-55
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Walter McCarty	35	5.5	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.7	1.9	.382	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	2	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	1997-98	1955-56
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	82	28.5	9.6	1.7	2.7	4.4	2.2	1.3	0.5	1.7	3.3	3.6	8.9	.404	0.7	2.1	.309	1.8	2.4	.742
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	1998-99	1956-57
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	32	20.6	5.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.0	5.5	.362	0.4	1.6	.260	1.3	1.8	.702
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	1999-00	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Walter McCarty	61	14.4	3.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.8	.339	0.6	1.8	.309	0.6	0.9	.722
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	2000-01	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	60	8.0	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	2.1	.357	0.3	0.9	.339	0.4	0.5	.786
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	2001-02	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	56	12.8	3.8	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.4	3.2	.444	0.7	1.8	.394	0.2	0.3	.684
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	14	14.0	3.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.4	1.2	2.7	.447	0.2	1.3	.167	0.5	0.6	.778
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	2002-03	1960-61
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	82	23.8	6.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	2.1	5.1	.414	1.1	3.0	.367	0.7	1.2	.622
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	10	35.1	9.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.1	3.5	3.6	7.5	.480	2.1	5.2	.404	0.6	0.7	.857
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	2003-04	1961-62
Team	Boston Celtics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Walter McCarty	77	24.7	7.9	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.3	2.6	6.8	.388	1.8	4.8	.374	0.8	1.1	.756
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	4	31.8	7.0	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.8	.478	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	2004-05	1962-63
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	72	12.6	3.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.3	.404	0.8	2.2	.355	0.2	0.4	.517
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	8	7.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.6	0.3	1.1	.222	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.3	.000
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	2005-06	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Walter McCarty	36	9.8	2.4	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	0.9	2.8	.333	0.3	1.3	.222	0.3	0.6	.571
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.5	.250	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	Walter McCarty	Bob Pettit
Season	-	1964-65
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800

Walter McCarty vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Walter McCarty, 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