Bill Hanzlik vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Bill Hanzlik, 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.

Bill Hanzlik played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Enes Kanter, who played 11. Bill Hanzlik had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Enes Kanter had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Bill Hanzlik	10	9	1980-81 to 1989-90
Enes Kanter	11	6	2011-12 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1980-81	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	74	17.0	5.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.3	1.9	3.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.0	.793
Enes Kanter	66	13.2	4.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.6	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	4	10.8	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000

Season 2
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	81	24.4	5.8	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	3.1	2.1	4.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.784
Enes Kanter	70	15.4	7.2	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	1.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	8	25.4	6.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	2.5	0.8	0.6	1.6	3.3	2.0	4.3	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	2.8	.909
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	82	18.9	6.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.7	2.3	5.3	.428	0.0	0.1	.143	1.5	2.0	.781
Enes Kanter	80	26.7	12.3	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	8	19.6	6.8	0.4	2.8	3.1	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	2.1	.824
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1983-84	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bill Hanzlik	80	18.4	5.4	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.2	1.7	3.8	.431	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.6	.807
Enes Kanter	75	28.5	15.5	3.7	5.3	8.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.4	12.4	.519	0.2	0.6	.356	2.4	3.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	5	16.4	5.6	0.6	1.0	1.6	4.2	0.6	0.0	1.2	3.2	2.2	3.8	.579	0.0	0.4	.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	80	20.9	7.8	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	3.6	2.8	6.5	.421	0.0	0.2	.067	2.3	3.0	.756
Enes Kanter	82	21.0	12.7	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.0	8.8	.576	0.1	0.3	.476	2.4	3.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	15	20.7	8.0	1.6	1.5	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.8	3.0	6.1	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.732
Enes Kanter	18	17.9	9.4	2.6	3.6	6.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.6	6.6	.551	0.1	0.8	.143	2.1	2.5	.844

Season 6
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	79	25.1	12.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.4	.447	0.1	0.5	.195	4.0	5.1	.785
Enes Kanter	72	21.3	14.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.1	5.6	10.2	.545	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	4.0	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	6	17.0	7.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	2.5	4.7	.536	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.2	2.7	.813
Enes Kanter	5	9.0	4.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 7
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bill Hanzlik	73	27.3	13.0	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.8	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.4	4.2	10.2	.412	0.3	1.1	.275	4.3	5.5	.786
Enes Kanter	71	25.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.6	5.9	10.0	.592	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.6	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	25.3	8.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	5.0	.600
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	77	17.3	4.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.4	1.4	3.7	.380	0.0	0.2	.188	1.7	2.1	.791
Enes Kanter	67	24.5	13.7	3.8	6.0	9.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.6	10.2	.549	0.1	0.5	.294	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	11	19.3	5.3	1.0	1.6	2.6	2.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.6	1.8	5.1	.357	0.0	0.7	.000	1.6	2.4	.692
Enes Kanter	16	28.8	11.4	3.3	6.4	9.6	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	2.6	.756

Season 9
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	41	17.1	4.9	0.4	1.8	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.1	.782
Enes Kanter	58	16.9	8.1	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.4	6.0	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	35.3	12.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	4.3	4.7	11.0	.424	1.0	2.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.583
Enes Kanter	11	9.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.8	.524	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.9	.500

Season 10
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	81	19.8	6.2	0.8	1.7	2.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	3.1	2.2	4.9	.452	0.1	0.4	.194	1.7	2.3	.743
Enes Kanter	72	24.4	11.2	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.3	4.7	7.8	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	26.3	7.0	1.7	1.7	3.3	3.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	4.3	1.7	5.7	.294	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	3.3	1.000
Enes Kanter	5	11.2	2.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 11
	Bill Hanzlik	Enes Kanter
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	35	11.7	3.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	.526	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Hanzlik vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Bill Hanzlik, 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