Bob Pettit vs. Dick Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Van Arsdale 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.

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, 1 less than Dick Van Arsdale, who played 12. Bob Pettit had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Dick Van Arsdale had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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 Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1954-55	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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 Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751
Dick Van Arsdale	79	29.0	12.3	-	-	4.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	10.6	.428	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1955-56	1966-67
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
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	Knicks Lost East 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 Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Dick Van Arsdale	79	36.6	15.1	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	11.6	.449	-	-	-	4.7	6.4	.729
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
Dick Van Arsdale	4	38.3	11.5	-	-	6.3	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	3.8	11.8	.319	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.727

Season 3
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1956-57	1967-68
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East 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 Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773
Dick Van Arsdale	78	30.1	11.0	-	-	5.4	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	9.3	.436	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.670
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
Dick Van Arsdale	4	22.0	3.3	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	5.5	.227	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 4
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1957-58	1968-69
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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
Dick Van Arsdale	80	42.4	21.0	-	-	6.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.7	17.3	.442	-	-	-	5.7	8.1	.705
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1958-59	1969-70
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Suns 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 Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759
Dick Van Arsdale	77	38.5	21.3	-	-	3.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.7	15.1	.508	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.798
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
Dick Van Arsdale	7	36.4	16.4	-	-	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	14.3	.430	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.879

Season 6
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1959-60	1970-71
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753
Dick Van Arsdale	81	39.0	21.9	-	-	3.9	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	7.5	16.6	.452	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.811
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1960-61	1971-72
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724
Dick Van Arsdale	82	37.8	19.7	-	-	4.1	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	14.4	.463	-	-	-	6.5	7.6	.845
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1961-62	1972-73
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
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 Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771
Dick Van Arsdale	81	36.8	18.4	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.6	13.8	.476	-	-	-	5.3	6.1	.859
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1962-63	1973-74
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	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
Dick Van Arsdale	78	36.3	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.2	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.500	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.853
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1963-64	1974-75
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Dick Van Arsdale	70	34.6	16.1	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.2	-	2.5	6.0	12.8	.470	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.832
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
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Bob Pettit	Dick Van Arsdale
Season	1964-65	1975-76
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Suns 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	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820
Dick Van Arsdale	58	32.2	12.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	-	1.9	4.8	9.8	.484	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.830
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
Dick Van Arsdale	19	24.8	8.5	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	-	2.2	3.2	6.6	.488	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.870