Chet Holmgren vs. Herm Schaefer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Herm Schaefer and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 1 years in the NBA, 1 less than Herm Schaefer, who played 2. Chet Holmgren had his first NBA Season in 2023-24, while Herm Schaefer had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Chet Holmgren	Herm Schaefer
Season	2023-24	1948-49
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder TBD	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
Herm Schaefer	58	-	10.4	-	-	-	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	3.7	9.9	.374	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	8	34.0	15.3	1.6	6.5	8.1	2.4	0.6	3.0	1.9	2.6	5.6	11.6	.484	1.4	4.8	.289	2.6	3.6	.724
Herm Schaefer	10	-	12.4	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	2.2	4.8	10.4	.462	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	.875

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Herm Schaefer
Season	-	1949-50
Team	-	Minneapolis 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		%
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herm Schaefer	65	-	5.1	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	4.8	.389	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herm Schaefer	12	-	4.3	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	3.5	.381	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.864