Bill Walton vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 and Danny Young both played 10 years in the NBA. Bill Walton had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Danny Young had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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 Walton	10	4	1974-75 to 1986-87
Danny Young	10	6	1984-85 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1974-75	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686
Danny Young	3	8.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1975-76	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583
Danny Young	82	23.2	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.8	5.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.324	1.1	1.3	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1976-77	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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 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
Danny Young	73	20.3	4.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.8	3.9	.458	0.4	1.1	.367	0.8	1.0	.831

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
Danny Young	14	14.9	4.1	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.7	.404	0.4	1.1	.313	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1977-78	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics 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 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
Danny Young	77	12.3	3.2	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.8	.408	0.3	1.0	.286	0.6	0.7	.811

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
Danny Young	5	19.0	6.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	2.2	4.2	.524	0.0	0.6	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

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


Season 5
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1979-80	1988-89
Team	San Diego Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 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
Danny Young	48	19.8	6.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.6	1.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.4	5.2	.460	0.4	1.0	.340	1.0	1.3	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	3	22.0	9.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	4.0	8.7	.462	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.7	.500

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


Season 6
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	San Diego Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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 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
Danny Young	82	17.0	4.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	4.0	.421	0.2	0.7	.271	1.1	1.4	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	21	14.0	4.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.4	.389	0.5	1.4	.379	0.9	1.3	.704


Season 7
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	San Diego Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 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
Danny Young	75	12.0	3.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.6	.380	0.5	1.4	.346	0.5	0.6	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	7	5.1	1.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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 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
Danny Young	62	16.5	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	4.1	.392	0.4	1.1	.329	0.9	1.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	3	3.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1985-86	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
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
Danny Young	65	12.9	2.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	.413	0.3	1.0	.324	0.4	0.5	.875

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
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Danny Young didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Bill Walton	Danny Young
Season	1986-87	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
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 Walton	10	11.2	2.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	2.3	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.533
Danny Young	7	11.0	3.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.7	1.7	.417	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	12	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.357
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Walton vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young 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.

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