David Benoit vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier and David Benoit, 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.

David Benoit played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Walt Frazier, who played 13. David Benoit had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Walt Frazier had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	1991-92	1967-68
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
David Benoit	77	15.1	5.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.3	4.9	.467	0.0	0.2	.214	1.1	1.3	.810
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	13	19.8	6.8	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.8	6.5	.429	0.5	1.0	.462	0.8	0.8	1.000
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 2
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	1992-93	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
David Benoit	82	20.9	8.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.1	7.2	.436	0.4	1.2	.347	1.4	1.9	.750
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	5	27.2	7.4	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	0.4	3.4	2.6	8.2	.317	0.4	1.8	.222	1.8	2.6	.692
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596

Season 3
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	1993-94	1969-70
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
David Benoit	55	19.5	6.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.5	6.6	.385	0.2	1.1	.203	1.2	1.6	.773
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	16	22.3	7.2	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.6	.393	0.2	1.0	.188	1.0	1.6	.640
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764

Season 4
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	1994-95	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
David Benoit	71	25.9	10.4	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.6	4.0	8.3	.486	0.5	1.6	.330	1.9	2.2	.841
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	5	33.4	11.8	1.4	4.2	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.0	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.2	1.8	.667
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733

Season 5
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	1995-96	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
David Benoit	81	24.2	8.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.1	7.2	.439	0.8	2.4	.333	1.1	1.4	.777
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	14	18.5	6.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.0	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	0.6	.778
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736

Note: David Benoit didn't play in 1996-97.

Season 6
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	1997-98	1972-73
Team	New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
David Benoit	77	14.6	5.5	0.8	1.9	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.0	2.0	5.3	.373	0.7	2.2	.324	0.8	1.0	.824
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777

Note: David Benoit didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.

Season 7
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	2000-01	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
David Benoit	49	9.1	3.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.0	.483	0.1	0.3	.385	0.6	0.8	.795
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	4	15.5	5.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.8	.368	0.5	1.5	.333	1.8	1.8	1.000
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898

Season 8
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813

Season 9
	David Benoit	Walt Frazier
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-