Dolph Schayes vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak 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, 5 more than Wally Szczerbiak, who played 10. Dolph Schayes had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Wally Szczerbiak had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Wally Szczerbiak	10	7	1999-00 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1949-50	1999-00
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	Timberwolves Lost West 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
Wally Szczerbiak	73	29.7	11.6	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	9.2	.511	0.4	1.1	.359	1.8	2.2	.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
Wally Szczerbiak	4	23.5	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1950-51	2000-01
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Timberwolves Lost West 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	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752
Wally Szczerbiak	82	34.8	14.0	1.6	3.8	5.5	3.2	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.8	5.7	11.2	.510	0.3	0.9	.338	2.2	2.5	.870

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
Wally Szczerbiak	4	35.8	14.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	3.0	1.5	4.5	9.3	.486	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 3
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1951-52	2001-02
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Timberwolves Lost West 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
Wally Szczerbiak	82	38.0	18.7	1.5	3.3	4.8	3.1	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.6	.508	1.1	2.3	.455	2.8	3.3	.831

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
Wally Szczerbiak	3	43.3	20.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.7	.477	0.7	3.0	.222	5.3	6.0	.889


Season 4
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1952-53	2002-03
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Timberwolves Lost West 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	71	37.6	17.8	-	-	13.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	14.4	.367	-	-	-	7.2	8.7	.827
Wally Szczerbiak	52	35.3	17.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.4	6.8	14.0	.481	1.2	2.8	.421	2.9	3.3	.867

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
Wally Szczerbiak	6	42.0	14.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	4.8	10.2	.475	0.5	2.3	.214	4.3	5.0	.867


Season 5
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1953-54	2003-04
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
Dolph Schayes	72	36.9	17.1	-	-	12.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	13.5	.380	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.827
Wally Szczerbiak	28	22.2	10.2	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.8	8.4	.449	0.7	1.6	.435	1.9	2.3	.828

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
Wally Szczerbiak	12	24.8	11.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	9.3	.420	0.8	2.4	.345	3.2	3.4	.927


Season 6
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1954-55	2004-05
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	35.1	18.5	-	-	12.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	15.3	.383	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.833
Wally Szczerbiak	81	31.6	15.5	1.0	2.7	3.7	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.2	5.7	11.3	.506	0.8	2.1	.373	3.2	3.8	.855

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1955-56	2005-06
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics
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	35.0	20.4	-	-	12.4	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	16.7	.387	-	-	-	7.5	8.8	.858
Wally Szczerbiak	72	37.9	19.0	1.1	3.3	4.3	3.0	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.1	6.8	14.1	.487	1.4	3.5	.400	3.9	4.3	.897

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1956-57	2006-07
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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	39.6	22.5	-	-	14.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	18.2	.379	-	-	-	8.7	9.6	.904
Wally Szczerbiak	32	28.1	15.0	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.0	5.0	12.1	.415	1.4	3.3	.415	3.5	3.9	.897

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1957-58	2007-08
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Cavaliers 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	72	40.5	24.9	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	8.1	20.3	.398	-	-	-	8.7	9.7	.904
Wally Szczerbiak	75	23.1	11.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.6	.431	1.2	2.9	.413	2.0	2.3	.851

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
Wally Szczerbiak	13	28.8	10.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.5	3.6	9.6	.376	1.5	4.8	.323	2.0	2.2	.929


Season 10
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1958-59	2008-09
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Cavaliers 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	36.7	21.3	-	-	13.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.0	18.1	.387	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.864
Wally Szczerbiak	74	20.6	7.0	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.4	5.4	.450	0.9	2.3	.411	1.2	1.4	.849

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
Wally Szczerbiak	12	12.8	3.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.3	3.0	.444	0.2	1.0	.167	0.8	0.9	.818


Season 11
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1959-60	-
Team	Syracuse Nationals	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dolph Schayes	75	36.5	22.5	-	-	12.8	3.4	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	19.2	.401	-	-	-	7.1	8.0	.893
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1960-61	-
Team	Syracuse Nationals	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dolph Schayes	79	38.1	23.6	-	-	12.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	20.2	.372	-	-	-	8.6	9.9	.868
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1961-62	-
Team	Syracuse Nationals	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dolph Schayes	56	26.4	14.7	-	-	7.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	13.4	.357	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1962-63	-
Team	Syracuse Nationals	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dolph Schayes	66	21.8	9.5	-	-	5.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	8.7	.388	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	.879
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dolph Schayes	Wally Szczerbiak
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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Dolph Schayes vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak 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