Bob Hansen vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Bob Hansen, 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.

Bob Hansen played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Bob Hansen had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Bob Hansen	9	8	1983-84 to 1991-92
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1983-84	1954-55
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Bob Hansen	55	7.6	2.7	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.2	2.6	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.5	.643
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	4	4.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	0.5	.500
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1984-85	1955-56
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Bob Hansen	54	12.0	4.8	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.6	2.0	4.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.143	0.7	1.3	.556
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	8	4.3	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1985-86	1956-57
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bob Hansen	82	24.8	8.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.6	7.7	.476	0.2	0.6	.340	1.2	1.6	.720
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	4	35.0	16.0	2.5	2.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.8	4.0	6.8	9.3	.730	0.5	0.8	.667	2.0	2.3	.889
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1986-87	1957-58
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bob Hansen	72	20.2	9.7	1.2	1.7	2.8	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.0	3.8	8.3	.453	0.2	0.6	.356	1.9	2.5	.760
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	5	28.4	12.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.2	0.2	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.8	.429	0.4	1.0	.400	3.4	4.0	.850
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1987-88	1958-59
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Bob Hansen	81	22.2	9.6	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.4	3.9	7.5	.517	0.4	1.2	.330	1.4	1.9	.743
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	11	37.1	15.4	0.7	2.8	3.5	2.9	0.6	0.0	2.5	3.8	6.1	12.3	.496	1.7	3.3	.528	1.5	2.0	.727
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1988-89	1959-60
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bob Hansen	46	21.0	7.4	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.0	6.5	.467	0.4	1.2	.352	0.9	1.6	.560
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	3	41.0	11.0	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	5.0	3.7	11.7	.314	1.0	3.0	.333	2.7	3.3	.800
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1989-90	1960-61
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bob Hansen	81	26.8	7.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.8	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.4	3.3	7.0	.467	0.7	1.9	.351	0.4	0.8	.516
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	5	29.0	10.0	1.4	1.4	2.8	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.8	4.2	8.6	.488	1.4	2.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.250
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1990-91	1961-62
Team	Sacramento Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Bob Hansen	36	22.5	6.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.0	2.7	7.1	.375	0.5	1.9	.275	0.5	1.0	.500
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	1991-92	1962-63
Team	Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Hansen	68	11.9	2.5	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	2.0	1.2	2.6	.444	0.1	0.4	.259	0.1	0.3	.364
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	9	7.7	2.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.1	1.0	2.4	.409	0.3	0.7	.500	0.1	0.3	.333
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Bob Hansen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	Bob Hansen	Bob Pettit
Season	-	1964-65
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Bob Hansen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Hansen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800

Bob Hansen vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Bob Hansen, 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