Byron Scott vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Byron Scott, 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.

Byron Scott and Jerry West both played 14 years in the NBA. Byron Scott had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1983-84	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	74	22.1	10.6	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.4	4.5	9.3	.484	0.1	0.5	.235	1.5	1.9	.806
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	20	20.2	8.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	8.1	.460	0.1	0.5	.200	1.1	1.8	.600
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726

Season 2
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1984-85	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	81	28.5	16.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.4	6.7	12.4	.539	0.3	0.7	.433	2.3	2.8	.820
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	19	30.8	16.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	0.2	1.3	2.5	7.3	14.1	.517	0.5	1.1	.476	1.8	2.3	.795
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807

Season 3
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1985-86	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	76	28.8	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.7	13.0	.513	0.3	0.8	.361	1.8	2.3	.784
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	14	33.6	16.0	1.1	2.9	3.9	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.7	6.4	12.9	.497	0.4	1.2	.353	2.7	3.0	.905
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740

Season 4
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1986-87	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	82	33.3	17.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.4	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	6.8	13.8	.489	0.8	1.8	.436	2.7	3.1	.892
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	18	33.8	14.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.9	5.7	11.7	.490	0.4	1.9	.206	2.9	3.7	.791
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792

Season 5
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1987-88	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	81	37.6	21.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.0	2.5	8.8	16.6	.527	0.8	2.2	.346	3.4	3.9	.858
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	24	37.4	19.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	7.4	14.9	.499	1.0	2.3	.436	3.8	4.3	.865
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890

Season 6
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1988-89	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	74	35.2	19.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.1	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	7.9	16.2	.491	1.0	2.6	.399	2.6	3.1	.863
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	11	36.5	19.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	7.2	14.5	.494	1.4	3.5	.385	4.2	5.0	.836
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872

Season 7
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1989-90	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	77	33.7	15.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.3	6.1	13.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.423	2.1	2.7	.766
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	9	36.1	13.4	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.6	2.2	0.3	1.4	3.6	5.4	11.8	.462	1.4	3.8	.382	1.1	1.4	.769
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1990-91	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	82	32.1	14.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	1.2	0.3	1.0	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.9	2.7	.324	1.4	1.8	.797
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	18	37.7	13.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.9	5.3	10.3	.511	1.1	2.1	.526	1.5	1.9	.794
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781

Season 9
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1991-92	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	82	32.7	14.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	12.3	.458	0.7	1.9	.344	3.0	3.5	.838
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	4	37.0	18.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	5.5	11.0	.500	1.8	3.0	.583	6.0	6.8	.889
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804

Season 10
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1992-93	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	58	28.9	13.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	5.1	11.4	.449	0.8	2.3	.326	2.7	3.2	.848
Jerry West	74	42.0	31.2	-	-	4.6	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	11.2	22.6	.497	-	-	-	8.7	10.6	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	5	35.4	13.6	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.2	8.4	.500	1.6	3.0	.533	3.6	4.6	.783
Jerry West	18	46.1	31.2	-	-	3.7	8.4	-	-	-	3.1	10.9	23.2	.469	-	-	-	9.4	11.8	.802

Season 11
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1993-94	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Byron Scott	67	17.9	10.4	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.2	3.8	8.2	.467	0.4	1.1	.365	2.3	2.9	.805
Jerry West	69	41.2	26.9	-	-	4.6	9.5	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.6	.494	-	-	-	7.6	9.1	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	16	14.9	7.8	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.0	.396	0.6	1.2	.474	2.5	3.2	.784
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1994-95	1971-72
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	80	19.1	10.0	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.3	7.3	.455	1.0	2.5	.389	2.4	2.8	.850
Jerry West	77	38.6	25.8	-	-	4.2	9.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.5	20.0	.477	-	-	-	6.7	8.2	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	17	17.5	6.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.9	5.5	.340	0.5	2.0	.265	1.8	2.0	.882
Jerry West	15	40.5	22.9	-	-	4.9	8.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.5	22.7	.376	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.830

Season 13
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1995-96	1972-73
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	80	23.7	10.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.5	.401	0.9	2.8	.335	2.5	3.0	.835
Jerry West	69	35.7	22.8	-	-	4.2	8.8	-	-	-	2.0	9.0	18.7	.479	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	17	37.5	23.6	-	-	4.5	7.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.9	19.8	.449	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.780

Season 14
	Byron Scott	Jerry West
Season	1996-97	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Byron Scott	79	18.2	6.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.1	4.8	.430	0.9	2.4	.388	1.6	1.9	.841
Jerry West	31	31.2	20.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7	-	2.6	7.5	16.7	.447	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	8	16.6	6.4	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.9	4.1	.455	0.5	1.4	.364	2.1	2.4	.895
Jerry West	1	14.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	9.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-