Bud Olsen vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice and Bud Olsen, 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.

Bud Olsen played 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Glen Rice, who played 15. Bud Olsen had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Bud Olsen	Glen Rice
Season	1962-63	1989-90
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost East 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		%
Bud Olsen	52	7.2	2.2	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	0.8	2.6	.323	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.692
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bud Olsen	5	4.2	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.6	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	1.8	.778	-	-	-	0.2	1.0	.200
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bud Olsen	Glen Rice
Season	1968-69	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Bud Olsen	17	6.6	2.0	-	-	1.5	0.6	-	-	-	0.8	0.9	2.5	.357	-	-	-	0.2	1.1	.222
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bud Olsen	Glen Rice
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913

Season 9
	Bud Olsen	Glen Rice
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 11
	Bud Olsen	Glen Rice
Season	-	1999-00
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		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bud Olsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798