Bill Hanzlik vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens 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, 5 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Bill Hanzlik had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Lenny Wilkens 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
Bill Hanzlik	10	9	1980-81 to 1989-90
Lenny Wilkens	15	7	1960-61 to 1974-75

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1980-81	1960-61
Team	Seattle Supersonics	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	75	25.3	11.7	-	-	4.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	10.4	.425	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	12	36.4	14.2	-	-	6.0	3.5	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 2
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1981-82	1961-62
Team	Seattle Supersonics	St. Louis Hawks
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
Lenny Wilkens	20	43.5	18.2	-	-	6.6	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	7.0	18.2	.385	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.764

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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1982-83	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696

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
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755


Season 4
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1983-84	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740

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
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 5
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1984-85	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746

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
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828


Season 6
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1985-86	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	69	39.0	18.0	-	-	4.7	6.2	-	-	-	3.6	6.0	13.8	.431	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.793

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
Lenny Wilkens	10	39.1	17.1	-	-	5.4	7.0	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	14.3	.399	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.687


Season 7
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1986-87	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787

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
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856


Season 8
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1987-88	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768

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
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750


Season 9
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1988-89	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770

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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1989-90	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788

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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1970-71
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803

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


Season 12
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1971-72
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	80	37.4	18.0	-	-	4.2	9.6	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	12.8	.466	-	-	-	6.0	7.8	.774

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


Season 13
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828

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


Season 14
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	74	33.6	16.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	7.1	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	6.2	13.4	.465	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.801

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


Season 15
	Bill Hanzlik	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	65	17.9	6.5	0.6	1.3	1.8	3.6	1.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.1	4.7	.439	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.768

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

Bill Hanzlik vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15