Dolph Schayes vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Shaw and Dolph Schayes, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Dolph Schayes played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Brian Shaw, who played 14. Dolph Schayes had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Brian Shaw had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dolph Schayes	15	14	1949-50 to 1963-64
Brian Shaw	14	11	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1949-50	1988-89
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dolph Schayes	64	-	16.8	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.4	14.1	.385	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.774
Brian Shaw	82	28.1	8.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.6	8.4	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.6	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	11	-	17.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	13.5	.385	-	-	-	6.7	9.2	.733
Brian Shaw	3	41.3	17.0	0.7	5.0	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Note: Brian Shaw didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1950-51	1990-91
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Dolph Schayes	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752
Brian Shaw	79	35.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	7.6	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.6	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.3	.111	2.6	3.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	7	-	20.4	-	-	14.6	2.9	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	7.0	9.1	.766
Brian Shaw	11	28.7	11.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	4.3	9.1	.470	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.867


Season 3
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1951-52	1991-92
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Heat 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		%
Dolph Schayes	63	31.8	13.8	-	-	12.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	11.7	.355	-	-	-	5.4	6.7	.807
Brian Shaw	63	22.6	7.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.1	.407	0.1	0.4	.217	1.1	1.4	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	7	35.4	20.3	-	-	12.9	2.1	-	-	-	4.9	5.9	13.0	.451	-	-	-	8.6	11.1	.769
Brian Shaw	3	28.3	12.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	4.7	10.0	.467	1.0	1.7	.600	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 4
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1952-53	1992-93
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dolph Schayes	71	37.6	17.8	-	-	13.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	14.4	.367	-	-	-	7.2	8.7	.827
Brian Shaw	68	23.6	7.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.4	2.9	7.4	.393	0.6	1.9	.331	0.9	1.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	2	29.0	9.0	-	-	8.5	0.5	-	-	-	3.5	2.0	8.0	.250	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1953-54	1993-94
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	36.9	17.1	-	-	12.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	13.5	.380	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.827
Brian Shaw	77	26.5	9.0	1.4	3.2	4.5	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.6	8.7	.417	0.9	2.8	.338	0.8	1.2	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	13	28.8	16.0	-	-	10.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	10.8	.457	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.741
Brian Shaw	5	22.4	7.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.6	3.2	8.2	.390	0.0	2.6	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 6
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1954-55	1994-95
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	35.1	18.5	-	-	12.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	15.3	.383	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.833
Brian Shaw	78	23.5	6.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	6.3	.389	0.6	2.4	.261	0.9	1.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	11	33.0	19.0	-	-	12.8	3.6	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	15.2	.359	-	-	-	8.1	9.6	.840
Brian Shaw	21	16.9	6.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	5.9	.390	1.0	2.7	.386	1.0	1.5	.625


Season 7
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1955-56	1995-96
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Magic 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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	35.0	20.4	-	-	12.4	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	16.7	.387	-	-	-	7.5	8.8	.858
Brian Shaw	75	22.4	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.1	2.4	6.5	.374	0.5	1.9	.285	1.2	1.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	8	38.8	22.1	-	-	13.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.880
Brian Shaw	10	21.7	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.6	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.8	5.2	.346	0.8	2.2	.364	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 8
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1956-57	1996-97
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Magic 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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	39.6	22.5	-	-	14.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	18.2	.379	-	-	-	8.7	9.6	.904
Brian Shaw	77	24.2	7.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.5	6.7	.366	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	5	43.0	21.4	-	-	18.0	2.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	19.0	.305	-	-	-	9.8	11.0	.891
Brian Shaw	5	16.2	2.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	1.0	0.6	3.8	.158	0.4	1.2	.333	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 9
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1957-58	1997-98
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	40.5	24.9	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	8.1	20.3	.398	-	-	-	8.7	9.7	.904
Brian Shaw	59	25.9	6.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.6	.345	0.5	1.6	.295	0.6	0.9	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	3	43.7	26.7	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.3	.391	-	-	-	10.0	12.0	.833
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1958-59	1998-99
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	36.7	21.3	-	-	13.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.0	18.1	.387	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.864
Brian Shaw	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	9	39.0	28.2	-	-	13.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	10.9	11.9	.916
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1959-60	1999-00
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Dolph Schayes	75	36.5	22.5	-	-	12.8	3.4	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	19.2	.401	-	-	-	7.1	8.0	.893
Brian Shaw	74	16.9	4.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.7	4.4	.382	0.2	0.8	.310	0.6	0.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	3	42.0	29.3	-	-	16.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.3	10.0	22.0	.455	-	-	-	9.3	10.0	.933
Brian Shaw	22	18.4	5.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.9	.421	0.7	2.2	.333	0.6	0.7	.813


Season 12
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1960-61	2000-01
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Dolph Schayes	79	38.1	23.6	-	-	12.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	20.2	.372	-	-	-	8.6	9.9	.868
Brian Shaw	80	22.9	5.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.0	2.1	5.1	.399	0.5	1.7	.311	0.6	0.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	8	38.5	20.6	-	-	11.4	2.6	-	-	-	4.0	6.4	19.0	.336	-	-	-	7.9	8.8	.900
Brian Shaw	16	18.1	4.4	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.3	1.7	4.5	.375	0.6	1.8	.345	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 13
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1961-62	2001-02
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Dolph Schayes	56	26.4	14.7	-	-	7.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	13.4	.357	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897
Brian Shaw	58	10.9	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.0	.353	0.5	1.5	.330	0.3	0.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	5	19.0	11.4	-	-	7.0	1.0	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	13.2	.364	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.692
Brian Shaw	19	12.5	2.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.3	.333	0.5	1.7	.281	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 14
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1962-63	2002-03
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Dolph Schayes	66	21.8	9.5	-	-	5.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	8.7	.388	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	.879
Brian Shaw	72	12.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	3.6	.387	0.5	1.5	.349	0.1	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	5	21.6	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	8.8	.455	-	-	-	2.2	2.4	.917
Brian Shaw	12	18.0	3.2	0.1	3.1	3.2	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.5	2.2	.231	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 15
	Dolph Schayes	Brian Shaw
Season	1963-64	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dolph Schayes	24	14.6	5.6	-	-	4.6	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	1.8	6.0	.308	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.807
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dolph Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dolph Schayes vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Shaw and Dolph Schayes, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15