Danny Granger vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Danny Granger, 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.

Danny Granger played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Danny Granger had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
	Danny Granger	Wes Unseld
Season	2005-06	1968-69
Team	Indiana Pacers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Danny Granger	78	22.6	7.5	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.0	2.7	2.8	6.1	.462	0.4	1.2	.323	1.5	1.9	.777
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	6	27.0	8.2	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.7	0.7	1.2	1.2	3.3	3.0	5.7	.529	1.5	2.7	.563	0.7	0.7	1.000
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789

Season 3
	Danny Granger	Wes Unseld
Season	2007-08	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Danny Granger	80	36.0	19.6	1.2	4.9	6.1	2.1	1.2	1.1	2.1	3.6	6.7	15.1	.446	2.1	5.3	.404	4.0	4.7	.852
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568

Season 4
	Danny Granger	Wes Unseld
Season	2008-09	1971-72
Team	Indiana Pacers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Danny Granger	67	36.2	25.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.1	8.5	19.1	.447	2.7	6.7	.404	6.0	6.9	.878
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 5
	Danny Granger	Wes Unseld
Season	2009-10	1972-73
Team	Indiana Pacers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Danny Granger	62	36.7	24.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	2.8	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.0	7.9	18.4	.428	2.5	7.1	.361	5.9	6.9	.848
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474

Season 7
	Danny Granger	Wes Unseld
Season	2011-12	1974-75
Team	Indiana Pacers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Danny Granger	62	33.3	18.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.8	2.3	6.3	15.2	.416	2.0	5.2	.381	4.1	4.7	.873
Wes Unseld	73	39.8	9.2	4.4	10.4	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.9	-	2.5	3.7	7.5	.502	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	11	38.2	17.0	1.4	4.3	5.6	2.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	6.3	15.8	.397	2.4	6.6	.356	2.1	2.5	.821
Wes Unseld	17	43.2	10.7	3.8	12.4	16.2	3.8	0.9	1.2	-	2.3	4.2	7.6	.546	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.656

Season 10
	Danny Granger	Wes Unseld
Season	2014-15	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danny Granger	30	20.4	6.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	2.2	5.4	.401	1.0	2.8	.357	0.9	1.2	.757
Wes Unseld	80	33.1	7.6	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.2	6.1	.523	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.538
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	18	37.6	9.4	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	3.9	7.4	.530	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.587