Bernard King vs. Gerald Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wallace and Bernard King, 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.

Bernard King and Gerald Wallace both played 14 years in the NBA. Bernard King had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Gerald Wallace had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Bernard King	14	5	1977-78 to 1992-93
Gerald Wallace	14	7	2001-02 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1977-78	2001-02
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Gerald Wallace	54	8.0	3.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.2	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.9	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	5	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 2
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1978-79	2002-03
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Bernard King	82	34.9	21.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	8.7	16.6	.522	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.564
Gerald Wallace	47	12.1	4.7	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.9	.492	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.6	.527

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	2	40.5	26.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	10.5	21.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	12.0	.417
Gerald Wallace	7	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 3
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1979-80	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Bernard King	19	22.1	9.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	3.7	7.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.540
Gerald Wallace	37	9.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.9	2.4	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.6	.458

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	3	6.7	2.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 4
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1980-81	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bernard King	81	36.0	21.9	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.3	3.8	9.0	15.4	.588	0.0	0.1	.333	3.8	5.4	.703
Gerald Wallace	70	30.7	11.1	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.0	1.7	1.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	9.1	.449	0.2	0.9	.274	2.7	4.1	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1981-82	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Gerald Wallace	55	34.5	15.2	2.2	5.3	7.5	1.7	2.5	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.8	10.7	.538	0.3	0.9	.280	3.4	5.6	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1982-83	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
Gerald Wallace	72	36.7	18.1	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.6	2.0	1.0	2.2	2.9	6.6	13.2	.502	0.5	1.7	.325	4.3	6.2	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1983-84	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Gerald Wallace	62	38.3	19.4	0.9	5.1	6.0	3.5	2.1	0.9	2.9	3.0	6.6	14.6	.449	1.1	3.6	.321	5.0	6.9	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1984-85	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Gerald Wallace	71	37.6	16.6	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	3.0	5.5	11.4	.480	0.5	1.8	.298	5.1	6.4	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.


Season 9
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1986-87	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	6	35.7	22.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.7	17.5	.495	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.2	.744
Gerald Wallace	76	41.0	18.2	2.0	8.1	10.0	2.1	1.5	1.1	2.3	2.6	6.0	12.4	.484	0.7	1.8	.371	5.6	7.2	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	4	41.0	17.5	0.5	8.5	9.0	2.3	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.3	5.3	11.0	.477	1.3	2.8	.455	5.8	8.8	.657


Season 10
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1987-88	2010-11
Team	Washington Bullets	Charlotte Bobcats, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	69	29.6	17.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	6.8	13.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.7	.762
Gerald Wallace	71	37.9	15.7	1.6	6.5	8.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.6	5.4	12.0	.454	0.9	2.6	.333	3.9	5.3	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	5	33.6	13.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.2	10.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Gerald Wallace	6	37.7	15.2	1.5	7.7	9.2	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	3.2	5.0	11.2	.448	0.5	2.8	.176	4.7	5.3	.875


Season 11
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bernard King	81	31.6	20.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	16.9	.477	0.1	0.4	.167	4.5	5.4	.819
Gerald Wallace	58	35.8	13.8	1.5	5.2	6.7	2.8	1.5	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.9	10.9	.454	0.8	2.6	.307	3.1	3.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	82	32.8	22.4	1.6	3.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.8	8.7	17.8	.487	0.0	0.3	.130	5.0	6.3	.803
Gerald Wallace	69	30.1	7.7	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.6	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.7	2.6	6.6	.397	0.7	2.4	.282	1.8	2.8	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	7	34.7	12.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.9	4.4	9.6	.463	1.6	4.1	.379	1.6	2.9	.550


Season 13
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
Gerald Wallace	58	24.4	5.1	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.5	1.3	0.2	1.7	1.4	2.0	4.0	.504	0.3	1.1	.297	0.8	1.7	.465

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.


Season 14
	Bernard King	Gerald Wallace
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	32	13.4	7.0	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.8	5.5	.514	0.1	0.2	.286	1.2	1.8	.684
Gerald Wallace	32	8.9	1.1	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	.412	0.0	0.1	.333	0.2	0.5	.400

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Gerald Wallace	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Bernard King vs. Gerald Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wallace and Bernard King, 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