Bob McAdoo vs. Paul Walther Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Walther and Bob McAdoo, 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.

Bob McAdoo played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Paul Walther, who played 6. Bob McAdoo had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Paul Walther had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1972-73	1949-50
Team	Buffalo Braves	Minneapolis Lakers, Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians 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 McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
Paul Walther	53	-	5.5	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	2.2	5.5	.393	-	-	-	1.2	2.1	.578
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Walther	6	-	5.5	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	6.8	.293	-	-	-	1.5	3.2	.474

Season 2
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1973-74	1950-51
Team	Buffalo Braves	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Olympians 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 McAdoo	74	43.0	30.6	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	-	3.4	12.2	22.3	.547	-	-	-	6.2	7.8	.793
Paul Walther	63	-	9.1	-	-	3.6	3.6	-	-	-	3.2	3.4	10.1	.336	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.694
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	45.2	31.7	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	-	4.2	12.7	26.5	.478	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.809
Paul Walther	3	-	5.7	-	-	1.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	2.3	.429	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 3
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1974-75	1951-52
Team	Buffalo Braves	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Olympians 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 McAdoo	82	43.2	34.5	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	-	3.4	13.4	26.1	.512	-	-	-	7.8	9.7	.805
Paul Walther	55	34.6	12.2	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.0	.401	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	7	46.7	37.4	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	-	4.1	14.9	30.9	.481	-	-	-	7.7	10.4	.740
Paul Walther	2	42.5	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	8.0	.500	-	-	-	8.0	9.0	.889

Season 4
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1975-76	1952-53
Team	Buffalo Braves	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Olympians 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 McAdoo	78	42.7	31.1	3.1	9.3	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	-	3.8	12.0	24.6	.487	-	-	-	7.2	9.4	.762
Paul Walther	67	36.8	10.7	-	-	4.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.9	3.4	9.6	.352	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	9	45.1	28.0	3.4	10.8	14.2	3.2	0.8	2.0	-	4.1	10.8	23.9	.451	-	-	-	6.4	9.1	.707
Paul Walther	2	37.5	13.0	-	-	4.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	2.5	10.0	.250	-	-	-	8.0	8.5	.941

Season 5
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1976-77	1953-54
Team	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
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		%
Bob McAdoo	72	38.9	25.8	2.8	10.1	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	-	3.6	10.3	20.1	.512	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.738
Paul Walther	64	32.3	6.6	-	-	4.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.1	2.2	6.1	.352	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1977-78	1954-55
Team	New York Knicks	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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 McAdoo	79	40.3	26.5	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	10.3	19.8	.520	-	-	-	5.9	8.2	.727
Paul Walther	68	12.1	2.4	-	-	2.3	1.9	-	-	-	1.7	0.8	2.4	.348	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.614
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	6	39.7	23.8	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	10.2	21.0	.484	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.600
Paul Walther	10	9.5	3.5	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	1.2	2.2	.545	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.611

Season 10
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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 McAdoo	41	18.2	9.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.714
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	14	27.7	16.7	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.2	12.8	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.681
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Bob McAdoo	Paul Walther
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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 McAdoo	66	19.0	10.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.753
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob McAdoo	19	20.9	11.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.745
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-