Bill Sharman vs. Mike Woodson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Woodson 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 and Mike Woodson both played 11 years in the NBA. Bill Sharman had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Mike Woodson had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Mike Woodson	11	5	1980-81 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1950-51	1980-81
Team	Washington Capitols	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Mike Woodson	81	11.7	4.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.6	.442	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	0.8	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Woodson	2	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 2
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1951-52	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets, Kansas City Kings
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
Mike Woodson	83	28.1	15.7	1.2	1.7	3.0	2.7	1.7	0.4	1.8	2.7	6.5	12.9	.503	0.1	0.3	.280	2.7	3.4	.773

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
Mike Woodson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1952-53	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Kansas City Kings
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
Mike Woodson	81	30.0	18.2	1.0	2.0	3.1	3.1	1.7	0.7	2.1	2.5	7.2	14.2	.506	0.1	0.4	.212	3.7	4.7	.790

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
Mike Woodson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1953-54	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Kings 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	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844
Mike Woodson	71	25.9	14.5	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	1.6	2.5	5.5	11.5	.477	0.0	0.1	.250	3.5	4.3	.818

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
Mike Woodson	3	29.0	16.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	3.7	6.0	14.7	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	4.3	5.0	.867


Season 5
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1954-55	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897
Mike Woodson	78	25.6	17.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	1.8	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.8	6.8	13.7	.496	0.1	0.3	.238	3.4	4.2	.800

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
Mike Woodson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1955-56	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Kings 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	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867
Mike Woodson	81	29.8	15.6	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.4	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.7	6.3	13.2	.475	0.0	0.2	.154	3.0	3.6	.837

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
Mike Woodson	3	36.7	18.7	2.3	1.3	3.7	1.7	1.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	7.3	16.3	.449	0.0	0.7	.000	4.0	4.0	1.000


Season 7
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1956-57	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905
Mike Woodson	74	28.7	17.1	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.6	1.4	0.2	2.3	2.7	6.7	15.3	.437	0.5	1.7	.276	3.2	3.9	.828

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
Mike Woodson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1957-58	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Mike Woodson	80	31.7	18.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.4	1.4	0.3	2.3	2.6	7.0	15.8	.445	0.2	1.0	.231	3.7	4.3	.868

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
Mike Woodson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1958-59	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932
Mike Woodson	81	27.9	12.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.5	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.4	5.1	11.6	.438	0.4	1.1	.348	2.4	2.9	.823

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
Mike Woodson	4	34.3	11.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.5	2.3	1.8	4.3	12.3	.347	0.8	2.3	.333	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 10
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1959-60	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866
Mike Woodson	61	15.9	6.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.6	2.6	6.6	.395	0.2	0.7	.293	1.0	1.4	.721

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
Mike Woodson	1	6.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Bill Sharman	Mike Woodson
Season	1960-61	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921
Mike Woodson	15	11.4	4.3	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	5.1	.338	0.1	0.5	.143	0.7	0.9	.846

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
Mike Woodson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Sharman vs. Mike Woodson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Woodson 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