Bob Pettit vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Shaw and Bob Pettit, 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 Pettit played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Brian Shaw, who played 14. Bob Pettit had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Brian Shaw had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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 Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65
Brian Shaw	14	11	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1954-55	1988-89
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751
Brian Shaw	82	28.1	8.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.6	8.4	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.6	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	3	41.3	17.0	0.7	5.0	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Note: Brian Shaw didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1955-56	1990-91
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 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 Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Brian Shaw	79	35.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	7.6	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.6	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.3	.111	2.6	3.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843
Brian Shaw	11	28.7	11.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	4.3	9.1	.470	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.867


Season 3
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1956-57	1991-92
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773
Brian Shaw	63	22.6	7.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.1	.407	0.1	0.4	.217	1.1	1.4	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767
Brian Shaw	3	28.3	12.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	4.7	10.0	.467	1.0	1.7	.600	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 4
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1957-58	1992-93
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	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		%
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749
Brian Shaw	68	23.6	7.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.4	2.9	7.4	.393	0.6	1.9	.331	0.9	1.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1958-59	1993-94
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759
Brian Shaw	77	26.5	9.0	1.4	3.2	4.5	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.6	8.7	.417	0.9	2.8	.338	0.8	1.2	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785
Brian Shaw	5	22.4	7.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.6	3.2	8.2	.390	0.0	2.6	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 6
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1959-60	1994-95
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Magic 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 Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753
Brian Shaw	78	23.5	6.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	6.3	.389	0.6	2.4	.261	0.9	1.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754
Brian Shaw	21	16.9	6.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	5.9	.390	1.0	2.7	.386	1.0	1.5	.625


Season 7
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1960-61	1995-96
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724
Brian Shaw	75	22.4	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.1	2.4	6.5	.374	0.5	1.9	.285	1.2	1.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757
Brian Shaw	10	21.7	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.6	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.8	5.2	.346	0.8	2.2	.364	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 8
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1961-62	1996-97
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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		%
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771
Brian Shaw	77	24.2	7.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.5	6.7	.366	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	5	16.2	2.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	1.0	0.6	3.8	.158	0.4	1.2	.333	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 9
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1962-63	1997-98
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774
Brian Shaw	59	25.9	6.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.6	.345	0.5	1.6	.295	0.6	0.9	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1963-64	1998-99
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789
Brian Shaw	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 11
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	1964-65	1999-00
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	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 Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820
Brian Shaw	74	16.9	4.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.7	4.4	.382	0.2	0.8	.310	0.6	0.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Brian Shaw	22	18.4	5.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.9	.421	0.7	2.2	.333	0.6	0.7	.813


Season 12
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	-	2000-01
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 Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	80	22.9	5.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.0	2.1	5.1	.399	0.5	1.7	.311	0.6	0.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	16	18.1	4.4	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.3	1.7	4.5	.375	0.6	1.8	.345	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 13
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	-	2001-02
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 Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	58	10.9	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.0	.353	0.5	1.5	.330	0.3	0.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	19	12.5	2.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.3	.333	0.5	1.7	.281	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 14
	Bob Pettit	Brian Shaw
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Conf 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 Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	72	12.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	3.6	.387	0.5	1.5	.349	0.1	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	12	18.0	3.2	0.1	3.1	3.2	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.5	2.2	.231	0.2	0.3	.667

Bob Pettit vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

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