Andy Phillip vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Andy Phillip, 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.

Andy Phillip played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jerry West, who played 14. Andy Phillip had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Andy Phillip	11	11	1947-48 to 1957-58
Jerry West	14	13	1960-61 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1947-48	1960-61
Team	Chicago Stags	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Stags Lost Semifinals	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	32	-	10.8	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	13.3	.336	-	-	-	1.9	3.2	.583
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	5	-	7.2	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	9.2	.283	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.714
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726


Season 2
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1948-49	1961-62
Team	Chicago Stags	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Stags Lost West Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	60	-	12.0	-	-	-	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	13.6	.348	-	-	-	2.5	3.7	.676
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	2	-	19.5	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	5.5	5.5	1.000
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807


Season 3
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1949-50	1962-63
Team	Chicago Stags	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Stags Lost Cent Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	65	-	11.7	-	-	-	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	12.5	.349	-	-	-	2.9	4.2	.704
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	2	-	12.0	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	3.5	13.5	.259	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740


Season 4
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1950-51	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	66	-	11.2	-	-	6.8	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	10.5	.399	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.751
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	2	-	7.5	-	-	7.5	7.0	-	-	-	4.5	3.0	7.5	.400	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792


Season 5
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1951-52	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	66	44.4	12.0	-	-	6.6	8.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	11.5	.366	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.753
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	3	40.7	11.7	-	-	4.7	7.3	-	-	-	5.3	2.7	6.3	.421	-	-	-	6.3	8.0	.792
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890


Season 6
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1952-53	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	70	38.4	10.3	-	-	5.2	5.7	-	-	-	3.3	3.6	9.0	.397	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.738
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	8	41.1	10.3	-	-	4.0	3.8	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	8.9	.338	-	-	-	4.3	6.4	.667
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872


Season 7
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1953-54	1966-67
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	71	38.1	10.6	-	-	3.7	6.3	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	9.6	.375	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.730
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	4	34.0	8.8	-	-	3.0	4.3	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	9.5	.342	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1954-55	1967-68
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	64	36.4	9.6	-	-	4.5	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	8.5	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	.692
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	11	40.5	8.5	-	-	5.5	7.1	-	-	-	3.4	2.7	8.5	.323	-	-	-	3.1	3.6	.850
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781


Season 9
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1955-56	1968-69
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	70	29.7	5.8	-	-	3.7	5.9	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	5.8	.365	-	-	-	1.6	2.8	.563
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	10	17.3	2.9	-	-	2.6	3.5	-	-	-	1.6	0.9	2.7	.333	-	-	-	1.1	2.5	.440
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804


Season 10
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1956-57	1969-70
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	67	22.0	4.4	-	-	2.7	2.5	-	-	-	1.8	1.6	4.1	.379	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.642
Jerry West	74	42.0	31.2	-	-	4.6	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	11.2	22.6	.497	-	-	-	8.7	10.6	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	10	12.8	2.2	-	-	2.0	1.7	-	-	-	1.8	0.8	2.2	.364	-	-	-	0.6	1.5	.400
Jerry West	18	46.1	31.2	-	-	3.7	8.4	-	-	-	3.1	10.9	23.2	.469	-	-	-	9.4	11.8	.802


Season 11
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	1957-58	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Andy Phillip	70	16.6	3.4	-	-	2.3	1.7	-	-	-	1.7	1.4	3.9	.355	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.592
Jerry West	69	41.2	26.9	-	-	4.6	9.5	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.6	.494	-	-	-	7.6	9.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	10	9.1	1.7	-	-	1.4	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	0.5	2.1	.238	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.778
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	-	1971-72
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	-	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		%
Andy Phillip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	77	38.6	25.8	-	-	4.2	9.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.5	20.0	.477	-	-	-	6.7	8.2	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	15	40.5	22.9	-	-	4.9	8.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.5	22.7	.376	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.830


Season 13
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	69	35.7	22.8	-	-	4.2	8.8	-	-	-	2.0	9.0	18.7	.479	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	17	37.5	23.6	-	-	4.5	7.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.9	19.8	.449	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.780


Season 14
	Andy Phillip	Jerry West
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Andy Phillip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	31	31.2	20.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7	-	2.6	7.5	16.7	.447	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andy Phillip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	1	14.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	9.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Andy Phillip vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Andy Phillip, 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