Dalton Knecht vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Dalton Knecht, 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.

Dalton Knecht played 2 years in the NBA, 9 less than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Dalton Knecht had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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.

Rookie Season
	Dalton Knecht	Bob Pettit
Season	2024-25	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dalton Knecht	78	19.2	9.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	3.3	7.1	.461	1.6	4.4	.376	0.8	1.1	.762
difference:	+6	+17.7	+11.3			+11.0	+2.4				-2.4	+3.9	+10.7	+.054				+5.1	+6.8	+.011
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dalton Knecht	2	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dalton Knecht	Bob Pettit
Season	2025-26	1955-56
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dalton Knecht	13	18.9	7.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.5	3.0	6.5	.464	1.2	3.5	.326	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+59	+19.9	+18.1			+13.8	+2.0				-1.3	+6.0	+14.4	+.035				+7.2	+9.8	+.069
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dalton Knecht	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843

Additional Years
* Bob Pettit played 9 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 11, from 1957 to 1965—Bob Pettit played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Dalton Knecht, Bob Pettit got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP