Bob Pettit vs. Micheal Ray Richardson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Micheal Ray Richardson 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 more than Micheal Ray Richardson, who played 8. Bob Pettit had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Micheal Ray Richardson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Micheal Ray Richardson	8	4	1978-79 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1954-55	1978-79
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	New York Knicks
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	72	16.9	6.5	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	2.0	2.6	2.8	6.7	.414	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.539

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


Season 2
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1955-56	1979-80
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	37.3	15.3	1.8	4.7	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	4.4	3.2	6.1	13.0	.472	0.3	1.3	.245	2.7	4.1	.660

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1956-57	1980-81
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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
Micheal Ray Richardson	79	40.2	16.4	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	3.8	3.3	6.6	14.1	.469	0.3	1.3	.225	2.8	4.3	.663

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	2	43.0	11.5	3.0	6.5	9.5	5.5	3.5	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	16.5	.242	0.0	2.0	.000	3.5	6.0	.583


Season 4
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1957-58	1981-82
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	37.1	17.9	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.0	2.6	0.5	3.5	3.9	7.5	16.4	.461	0.2	1.2	.188	2.6	3.7	.700

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1958-59	1982-83
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Nets 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
Micheal Ray Richardson	64	32.4	12.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	6.8	2.8	0.4	3.8	3.8	5.4	12.7	.425	0.1	0.8	.157	1.7	2.5	.650

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	2	29.0	9.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.5	4.0	10.5	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.5	.600


Season 6
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1959-60	1983-84
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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
Micheal Ray Richardson	48	26.8	12.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	4.5	2.1	0.4	2.5	3.3	5.1	11.0	.460	0.3	1.2	.241	1.6	2.3	.704

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	11	40.3	16.8	1.8	3.1	4.9	7.2	3.1	0.4	2.7	3.6	6.3	15.4	.408	0.5	2.0	.273	3.7	5.1	.732


Season 7
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1960-61	1984-85
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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
Micheal Ray Richardson	82	38.1	20.1	1.9	3.7	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	3.0	3.4	8.4	17.9	.469	0.4	1.4	.252	2.9	3.8	.767

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	3	41.7	18.3	1.3	4.7	6.0	11.3	1.3	0.0	2.7	4.0	7.7	19.0	.404	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	4.7	.643


Season 8
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1961-62	1985-86
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Jersey Nets
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
Micheal Ray Richardson	47	34.1	15.7	1.6	3.7	5.3	7.2	2.7	0.2	3.2	3.5	6.3	14.1	.448	0.1	0.6	.148	3.0	3.8	.788

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


Season 9
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
Season	1962-63	-
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 Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
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 Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bob Pettit	Micheal Ray Richardson
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 Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Micheal Ray Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Pettit vs. Micheal Ray Richardson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Micheal Ray Richardson 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