Bill Wennington vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Bill Wennington, 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 Wennington played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Bill Wennington had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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 Wennington	13	8	1985-86 to 1999-00
Lenny Wilkens	15	7	1960-61 to 1974-75

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1985-86	1960-61
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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 Wennington	56	10.0	3.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	1.3	2.7	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.1	.726
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 Wennington	6	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
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 Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1986-87	1961-62
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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 Wennington	58	9.7	2.7	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.0	2.3	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.750
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 Wennington	4	11.8	3.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1987-88	1962-63
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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 Wennington	30	4.2	2.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.8	1.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.500	0.4	0.6	.632
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 Wennington	6	2.3	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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 Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1988-89	1963-64
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Wennington	65	16.5	4.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	3.2	1.8	4.2	.433	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.744
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1989-90	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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 Wennington	60	13.6	4.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.8	3.9	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
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 Wennington	3	8.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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 Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1990-91	1965-66
Team	Sacramento Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Wennington	77	18.9	5.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.4	5.4	.436	0.0	0.1	.200	1.0	1.2	.787
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	10	39.1	17.1	-	-	5.4	7.0	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	14.3	.399	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.687

Note: Bill Wennington didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.


Season 7
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1993-94	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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 Wennington	76	18.0	7.1	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8	3.1	6.3	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.818
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 Wennington	7	6.7	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	2.0	0.4	0.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667
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 Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1994-95	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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 Wennington	73	13.1	5.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.7	2.1	4.3	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.810
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 Wennington	10	13.3	4.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.2	2.1	5.1	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
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 Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1995-96	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
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 Wennington	71	15.0	5.3	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	4.8	.493	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.5	0.6	.860
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 Wennington	18	9.4	3.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.7	1.4	2.8	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.2	.500
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1996-97	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
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 Wennington	61	12.8	4.6	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.2	1.9	3.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.830
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1997-98	1970-71
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
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 Wennington	48	9.7	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.6	.436	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.810
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 Wennington	16	7.5	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.3	2.4	.526	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1998-99	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	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 Wennington	38	11.9	3.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.1	1.6	4.7	.348	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.5	0.6	.818
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Wennington	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1999-00	1972-73
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
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 Wennington	7	8.1	2.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.9	0.9	2.7	.316	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bill Wennington	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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Bill Wennington	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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Wennington vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Bill Wennington, 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