Andrew Nembhard vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Andrew Nembhard, 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.

Andrew Nembhard played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Andrew Nembhard had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Andrew Nembhard	Bill Walton
Season	2024-25	1976-77
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Nembhard	65	28.9	10.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.3	3.8	8.3	.458	0.8	2.7	.291	1.7	2.1	.794
difference:		+5.9	+8.6	+2.7	+8.3	+11.1	+1.2	+0.2	+3.0		-0.4	+3.8	+6.0	+.070				+1.8	+2.9	+.097
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Nembhard	23	33.4	12.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	4.7	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.7	4.6	9.7	.471	1.7	3.7	.465	1.6	2.0	.804
difference:	+4	+6.3	+5.7	+2.3	+9.6	+12.0	+0.8	+0.4	+3.2		-1.5	+3.5	+6.2	+.036				+0.5	+1.0	+.120
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Additional Years
* Bill Walton played 7 seasons more than Andrew Nembhard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 1978 to 1987—Bill Walton played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Andrew Nembhard, Bill Walton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game