Bill Sharman vs. David Wingate Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Wingate and Bill Sharman, 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 Sharman played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than David Wingate, who played 15. Bill Sharman had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while David Wingate had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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 Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61
David Wingate	15	8	1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1950-51	1986-87
Team	Washington Capitols	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889
David Wingate	77	20.9	8.8	0.9	1.1	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.8	.430	0.2	0.7	.250	1.9	2.6	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	5	18.0	8.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	3.0	7.4	.405	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.8	2.8	.643


Season 2
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1951-52	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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 Sharman	63	22.0	10.7	-	-	3.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	10.0	.389	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.859
David Wingate	61	23.3	8.9	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.6	8.9	.400	0.2	0.7	.250	1.6	2.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	1	27.0	15.0	-	-	3.0	7.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	12.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1952-53	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850
David Wingate	33	11.3	4.2	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.2	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	1.6	3.5	.470	0.1	0.2	.333	0.8	1.0	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1953-54	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Spurs 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		%
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844
David Wingate	78	23.8	6.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.0	2.8	6.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860
David Wingate	10	29.3	9.1	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.8	1.8	0.3	1.4	3.4	4.0	7.7	.519	0.2	0.3	.667	0.9	1.2	.750


Season 5
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1954-55	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Spurs 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 Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897
David Wingate	25	22.5	5.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.6	2.1	5.5	.384	0.0	0.4	.111	1.2	1.6	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921
David Wingate	3	12.7	4.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.7	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 6
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1955-56	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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 Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867
David Wingate	81	26.3	7.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.5	2.0	3.3	7.1	.465	0.0	0.2	.056	1.3	1.8	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1956-57	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Bill Sharman	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905
David Wingate	72	20.4	6.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.5	4.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.167	1.1	1.5	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	10	37.7	21.1	-	-	3.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	7.5	19.7	.381	-	-	-	6.1	6.4	.953
David Wingate	9	13.0	2.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.4	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.375


Season 8
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1957-58	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Bill Sharman	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893
David Wingate	50	20.1	6.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.7	2.7	5.7	.481	0.1	0.2	.333	0.7	1.0	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	11	36.9	21.1	-	-	4.9	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	20.1	.407	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	.929
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1958-59	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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		%
Bill Sharman	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932
David Wingate	52	9.9	2.3	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2	1.0	2.3	.410	0.1	0.4	.182	0.3	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	11	29.3	20.1	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	7.5	17.5	.425	-	-	-	5.2	5.4	.966
David Wingate	4	18.3	8.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	6.8	.481	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 10
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1959-60	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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 Sharman	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866
David Wingate	60	11.6	3.7	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.5	3.5	.415	0.3	0.6	.441	0.5	0.7	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	13	28.0	16.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.7	6.8	16.1	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.811
David Wingate	13	5.2	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.5	1.2	.438	0.1	0.2	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 11
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	1960-61	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Sharman	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921
David Wingate	65	14.3	3.6	0.4	0.8	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.4	3.3	.416	0.4	1.1	.352	0.5	0.6	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889
David Wingate	12	16.0	6.4	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.3	5.5	.424	1.0	2.6	.387	0.8	1.1	.692


Season 12
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	58	9.4	2.6	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.4	.471	0.1	0.1	.429	0.3	0.5	.517

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	3	4.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 13
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	New York Knicks
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 Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	20	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	New York Knicks
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 Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	7	4.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.1	1.3	.111	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bill Sharman	David Wingate
Season	-	2000-01
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 Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	1	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Sharman vs. David Wingate Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Wingate and Bill Sharman, 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