Paul Millsap vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Paul Millsap, 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.

Paul Millsap played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Paul Millsap had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
Paul Millsap	16	13	2006-07 to 2021-22
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2006-07	1954-55
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Paul Millsap	82	18.0	6.8	2.2	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.5	4.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.333	1.7	2.5	.673
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		%
Paul Millsap	17	15.5	5.9	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.5	4.7	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.667
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2007-08	1955-56
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Paul Millsap	82	20.8	8.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	3.3	3.1	6.1	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.8	.677
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		%
Paul Millsap	12	17.5	6.4	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.7	5.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.1	.520
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2008-09	1956-57
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul Millsap	76	30.1	13.5	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.8	5.3	9.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.699
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		%
Paul Millsap	5	31.0	11.8	4.0	4.0	8.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	3.4	5.0	9.8	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.6	.500
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2009-10	1957-58
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Paul Millsap	82	27.8	11.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.8	1.2	1.4	3.5	4.7	8.7	.538	0.0	0.1	.111	2.2	3.2	.693
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		%
Paul Millsap	10	32.3	18.0	3.4	5.4	8.8	2.2	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.6	7.0	12.2	.574	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.8	.690
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2010-11	1958-59
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Paul Millsap	76	34.3	17.3	2.2	5.5	7.6	2.5	1.4	0.9	1.9	3.6	6.9	13.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.391	3.4	4.4	.757
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		%
Paul Millsap	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2011-12	1959-60
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul Millsap	64	32.8	16.6	2.8	6.0	8.8	2.3	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.5	6.7	13.5	.495	0.1	0.5	.226	3.2	4.0	.792
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		%
Paul Millsap	4	34.8	12.0	4.3	6.8	11.0	0.5	0.3	2.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	13.5	.370	0.0	0.8	.000	2.0	4.0	.500
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2012-13	1960-61
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Paul Millsap	78	30.4	14.6	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.6	1.3	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.5	11.2	.490	0.2	0.5	.333	3.4	4.6	.742
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		%
Paul Millsap	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2013-14	1961-62
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Paul Millsap	74	33.5	17.9	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.1	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.8	6.5	14.1	.461	1.0	2.9	.358	3.9	5.3	.731
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		%
Paul Millsap	7	38.1	19.4	3.0	7.9	10.9	2.9	1.4	1.9	2.9	3.6	5.9	14.7	.398	1.3	3.9	.333	6.4	8.0	.804
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2014-15	1962-63
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Paul Millsap	73	32.7	16.7	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.1	12.7	.476	1.1	3.0	.356	3.5	4.6	.757
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		%
Paul Millsap	16	35.4	15.2	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	3.3	5.3	13.1	.407	0.9	3.1	.306	3.6	4.9	.744
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2015-16	1963-64
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Paul Millsap	81	32.7	17.1	2.4	6.6	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	6.2	13.2	.470	0.9	2.9	.319	3.8	5.0	.757
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		%
Paul Millsap	10	36.5	16.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	2.7	1.3	2.3	2.6	2.9	5.9	13.7	.431	0.8	3.3	.242	4.1	5.5	.745
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
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2016-17	1964-65
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul Millsap	69	34.0	18.1	1.6	6.1	7.7	3.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	2.7	6.2	14.1	.442	1.1	3.5	.311	4.5	5.9	.768
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		%
Paul Millsap	6	36.5	24.3	1.5	7.8	9.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	3.8	3.2	8.3	16.5	.505	0.5	2.8	.176	7.2	8.8	.811
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 12
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Paul Millsap	38	30.1	14.6	1.7	4.7	6.4	2.8	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.3	11.4	.464	1.0	3.0	.345	2.9	4.2	.696
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Millsap	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Paul Millsap	70	27.1	12.6	2.2	5.0	7.2	2.0	1.2	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.6	9.5	.484	0.8	2.3	.365	2.6	3.6	.727
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Millsap	14	33.5	14.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.4	5.2	11.1	.468	0.9	2.7	.316	3.4	4.4	.770
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Paul Millsap	51	24.3	11.6	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.9	4.1	8.6	.482	1.1	2.4	.435	2.3	2.8	.816
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Millsap	19	24.2	8.0	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.5	6.2	.398	0.8	2.3	.341	2.3	2.8	.796
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Paul Millsap	56	20.8	9.0	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.4	7.2	.476	0.9	2.6	.343	1.3	1.8	.724
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Millsap	9	12.1	6.4	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.4	5.6	.440	0.7	2.6	.261	0.9	1.4	.615
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Paul Millsap	Bob Pettit
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Paul Millsap	33	11.4	3.5	1.2	2.2	3.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.0	1.4	3.5	.391	0.2	1.1	.229	0.5	0.7	.708
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Millsap	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Paul Millsap vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Paul Millsap, 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

Season 16