Caleb Martin vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Caleb Martin, 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.

Caleb Martin played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Caleb Martin had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Caleb Martin	Bill Walton
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
difference:	+5	+11.9	+9.4	+2.0	+8.4	+10.6	+2.7		+2.7		-1.0	+4.1	+7.5	+.021				+2.3	+3.4	+.066
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333
difference:	+2	+27.4	+13.7	+2.2	+10.7	+13.0	+5.2	+0.5	+3.3		-3.2	+6.2	+11.2	+.107				+2.0	+2.6	+.351
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Season 4
	Caleb Martin	Bill Walton
Season	2022-23	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
difference:	+13	+4.0	+9.3	+0.8	+7.6	+8.4	+3.4		+2.1	-2.5	-0.5	+4.3	+7.5	+.058				+1.8	+2.6	+.085
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829
difference:	+21	+5.7	+0.8	+1.3	+4.2	+5.6	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	-2.0	-1.9	+0.8		+.082				+1.2	+2.0	+.115
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.

Additional Years
* Bill Walton played 4 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 1984 to 1987—Bill Walton played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Caleb Martin, Bill Walton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year