Alex Groza vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich and Alex Groza, 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.

Alex Groza played 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Alex Groza had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Rookie Season
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	1949-50	1970-71
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div Finals	Hawks 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		%
Alex Groza	64	-	23.4	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	8.1	17.0	.478	-	-	-	7.1	9.7	.729
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	6	-	22.8	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	12.3	.595	-	-	-	8.2	9.8	.831
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692

Season 2
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	1950-51	1971-72
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div Semis	Hawks 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		%
Alex Groza	66	-	21.7	-	-	10.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	15.8	.470	-	-	-	6.7	8.6	.786
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	3	-	32.3	-	-	14.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.7	12.0	24.3	.493	-	-	-	8.3	11.0	.758
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817

Season 3
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 4
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
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		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	-	1977-78
Team	-	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Alex Groza	Pete Maravich
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Groza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-