Ben Coleman vs. Hal Greer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hal Greer and Ben Coleman, 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.

Ben Coleman played 5 years in the NBA, 10 less than Hal Greer, who played 15. Ben Coleman had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Hal Greer had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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.

Season 3
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	1988-89	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	58	12.1	5.1	0.8	2.2	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.2	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.792
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	3	7.7	4.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.7	2.0	2.7	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825

Season 4
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	1989-90	1961-62
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	22	13.9	5.7	1.4	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.1	4.4	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.9	.829
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Ben Coleman didn't play in 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Season 5
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	1993-94	1962-63
Team	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	9	8.6	3.1	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.3	2.8	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.500
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	42.8	23.4	-	-	5.4	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	8.8	17.4	.506	-	-	-	5.8	7.0	.829

Season 6
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	42.2	21.4	-	-	5.6	6.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	19.0	.389	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.846

Season 7
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1964-65
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	11	45.9	24.6	-	-	7.4	5.0	-	-	-	4.1	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.793

Season 8
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1965-66
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	80	41.6	22.7	-	-	5.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.8	.445	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	45.2	16.4	-	-	7.2	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	6.4	18.2	.352	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783

Season 9
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1966-67
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	80	38.6	22.1	-	-	5.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.1	.459	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	15	45.9	27.7	-	-	5.9	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	25.0	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.797

Season 10
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1967-68
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	82	39.8	24.1	-	-	5.4	4.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	19.8	.478	-	-	-	5.1	6.7	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	13	42.5	25.8	-	-	6.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.2	21.4	.432	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.856

Season 11
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1968-69
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	82	40.4	23.1	-	-	5.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	5.3	6.6	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	40.8	16.0	-	-	6.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	16.2	.321	-	-	-	5.6	7.2	.778

Season 12
	Ben Coleman	Hal Greer
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	80	37.8	22.0	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	8.8	19.4	.455	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ben Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	35.6	15.4	-	-	3.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	14.8	.446	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846