Bob Pettit vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts 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, 2 less than Fred Roberts, who played 13. Bob Pettit had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Fred Roberts had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Fred Roberts	13	9	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1954-55	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	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
Fred Roberts	79	19.4	7.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	5.1	.536	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.2	.837

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


Season 2
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1955-56	1984-85
Team	St. Louis Hawks	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz
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	Jazz 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	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Fred Roberts	74	15.9	7.7	1.1	1.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	2.8	5.6	.498	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.5	.824

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
Fred Roberts	10	13.0	5.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	4.3	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1956-57	1985-86
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West 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
Fred Roberts	58	8.1	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.5	.770

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
Fred Roberts	4	7.8	5.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 4
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1957-58	1986-87
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749
Fred Roberts	73	14.8	5.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	3.7	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.810

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
Fred Roberts	20	13.3	4.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.705


Season 5
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1958-59	1987-88
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759
Fred Roberts	74	13.9	6.1	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.2	.776

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
Fred Roberts	15	6.7	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.7	1.4	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.636


Season 6
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1959-60	1988-89
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753
Fred Roberts	71	17.6	5.9	1.0	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.2	4.5	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	1.5	1.8	.806

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
Fred Roberts	9	38.3	14.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.2	5.4	11.1	.490	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.4	.850


Season 7
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1960-61	1989-90
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724
Fred Roberts	82	27.3	10.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.6	4.0	8.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.182	2.4	3.0	.783

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
Fred Roberts	4	19.8	9.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	5.0	.650	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 8
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1961-62	1990-91
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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
Fred Roberts	82	25.8	10.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.3	4.4	8.2	.533	0.0	0.3	.160	2.1	2.5	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	3	34.3	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1962-63	1991-92
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Fred Roberts	80	21.8	9.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.2	3.9	8.1	.482	0.2	0.5	.514	1.6	2.1	.749

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
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1963-64	1992-93
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Fred Roberts	79	18.8	7.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.9	5.4	.528	0.2	0.4	.414	1.7	2.1	.799

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
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Fred Roberts didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 11
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	1964-65	1994-95
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Cavaliers 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	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820
Fred Roberts	21	10.6	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.3	3.4	.389	0.2	0.5	.364	1.0	1.2	.769

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
Fred Roberts	1	7.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000


Season 12
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	33	9.6	3.7	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.5	2.9	.495	0.1	0.4	.286	0.7	0.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	1	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Bob Pettit	Fred Roberts
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	12	3.3	1.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714

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

Bob Pettit vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts 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