Bill Walton vs. Bobby Wanzer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Wanzer and Bill Walton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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 Walton played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bobby Wanzer, who played 9. Bill Walton had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Bobby Wanzer had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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.

Season 3
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1976-77	1950-51
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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 Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Bobby Wanzer	68	-	10.8	-	-	3.4	2.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.7	9.2	.401	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684
Bobby Wanzer	14	-	12.5	-	-	5.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	8.6	.471	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.910

Season 4
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1977-78	1951-52
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Royals 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 Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Bobby Wanzer	66	37.8	15.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	11.7	.425	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714
Bobby Wanzer	6	41.5	18.8	-	-	6.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	12.8	.429	-	-	-	7.8	8.2	.959

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.

Season 5
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1979-80	1952-53
Team	San Diego Clippers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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 Walton	14	24.1	13.9	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.593
Bobby Wanzer	70	36.8	14.6	-	-	5.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	12.4	.367	-	-	-	5.5	6.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	3	38.7	17.0	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	4.3	4.7	12.3	.378	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.852

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.

Season 6
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1982-83	1953-54
Team	San Diego Clippers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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 Walton	33	33.3	14.1	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.4	6.1	11.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.556
Bobby Wanzer	72	35.3	13.3	-	-	5.4	3.5	-	-	-	2.4	4.5	11.6	.386	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	6	40.8	16.0	-	-	5.8	4.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	12.3	.405	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 7
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1983-84	1954-55
Team	San Diego Clippers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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 Walton	55	26.8	12.1	2.4	6.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.8	5.2	9.4	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.597
Bobby Wanzer	72	33.0	13.1	-	-	5.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	11.4	.395	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	3	33.3	18.0	-	-	7.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	11.7	.457	-	-	-	7.3	8.0	.917

Season 8
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1984-85	1955-56
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Rochester Royals
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		%
Bill Walton	67	24.6	10.1	2.5	6.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	2.1	2.6	2.7	4.0	7.7	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.680
Bobby Wanzer	72	27.5	10.4	-	-	3.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	9.0	.376	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bill Walton	Bobby Wanzer
Season	1985-86	1956-57
Team	Boston Celtics	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
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 Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713
Bobby Wanzer	21	7.6	3.9	-	-	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	2.3	.469	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-