Dave Bing vs. Walter McCarty Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walter McCarty and Dave Bing, 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.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Walter McCarty, who played 10. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Walter McCarty had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1966-67	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Walter McCarty	35	5.5	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.7	1.9	.382	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter McCarty	2	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1967-68	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Walter McCarty	82	28.5	9.6	1.7	2.7	4.4	2.2	1.3	0.5	1.7	3.3	3.6	8.9	.404	0.7	2.1	.309	1.8	2.4	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1968-69	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Walter McCarty	32	20.6	5.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.0	5.5	.362	0.4	1.6	.260	1.3	1.8	.702
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
Walter McCarty	60	8.0	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	2.1	.357	0.3	0.9	.339	0.4	0.5	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter McCarty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Walter McCarty	82	23.8	6.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	2.1	5.1	.414	1.1	3.0	.367	0.7	1.2	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter McCarty	10	35.1	9.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.1	3.5	3.6	7.5	.480	2.1	5.2	.404	0.6	0.7	.857

Season 8
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
Walter McCarty	77	24.7	7.9	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.3	2.6	6.8	.388	1.8	4.8	.374	0.8	1.1	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
Walter McCarty	4	31.8	7.0	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.8	.478	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1974-75	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
Walter McCarty	72	12.6	3.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.3	.404	0.8	2.2	.355	0.2	0.4	.517
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Walter McCarty	8	7.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.6	0.3	1.1	.222	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.3	.000

Season 10
	Dave Bing	Walter McCarty
Season	1975-76	2005-06
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Walter McCarty	36	9.8	2.4	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	0.9	2.8	.333	0.3	1.3	.222	0.3	0.6	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Walter McCarty	8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.5	.250	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-