Ed Pinckney vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Ed Pinckney, 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.

Ed Pinckney played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Ed Pinckney had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ed Pinckney	12	5	1985-86 to 1996-97
Wes Unseld	13	12	1968-69 to 1980-81

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1985-86	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ed Pinckney	80	20.0	8.5	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.2	5.7	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.2	.673
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		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789


Season 2
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1986-87	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ed Pinckney	80	28.1	10.5	2.2	5.0	7.3	1.5	1.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.6	6.2	.584	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.4	.739
Wes Unseld	82	39.4	16.2	-	-	16.7	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.4	12.4	.518	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	7	41.3	10.4	-	-	23.6	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	10.0	.414	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 3
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1987-88	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Ed Pinckney	79	14.9	6.2	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.8	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.5	2.3	4.3	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.747
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		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1988-89	1971-72
Team	Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ed Pinckney	80	25.2	11.5	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	4.0	7.8	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.800
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		%
Ed Pinckney	3	15.0	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.3	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1989-90	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ed Pinckney	77	14.1	4.7	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.8	3.2	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.5	.773
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		%
Ed Pinckney	4	6.3	4.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.5	1.8	.857	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.778
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474


Season 6
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1990-91	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ed Pinckney	70	16.6	5.2	2.2	2.7	4.9	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.6	2.1	1.9	3.5	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.7	.897
Wes Unseld	56	30.8	5.9	2.7	6.5	9.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	-	2.2	2.6	5.9	.438	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	11	15.5	4.5	2.1	1.5	3.6	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.5	1.5	1.9	.762	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.810
Wes Unseld	7	42.4	10.1	3.1	9.0	12.1	3.9	0.6	0.1	-	2.1	4.4	9.0	.492	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.600


Season 7
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1991-92	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Ed Pinckney	81	23.7	7.6	3.1	3.9	7.0	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.0	2.5	4.7	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.1	.812
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		%
Ed Pinckney	10	31.4	9.6	3.6	4.8	8.4	0.7	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.5	5.8	.603	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.839
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 8
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1992-93	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ed Pinckney	7	21.6	4.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.9	1.4	3.4	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	1.9	.923
Wes Unseld	78	37.5	9.6	3.5	9.8	13.3	5.2	1.1	0.8	-	2.6	4.1	7.3	.561	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	7	44.3	7.0	3.7	8.4	12.1	4.0	0.9	0.6	-	2.7	2.6	5.6	.462	-	-	-	1.9	3.4	.542


Season 9
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1993-94	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ed Pinckney	76	20.1	5.2	2.1	4.2	6.3	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.7	2.0	3.8	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.736
Wes Unseld	82	34.9	7.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.4	1.1	0.5	-	3.1	3.3	6.7	.490	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.602

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	9	40.9	7.4	2.7	9.0	11.7	4.9	0.9	0.7	-	3.6	3.3	6.0	.556	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.583


Season 10
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1994-95	1977-78
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ed Pinckney	62	13.5	2.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	1.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.710
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		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1995-96	1978-79
Team	Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ed Pinckney	74	23.1	6.5	2.6	3.6	6.2	1.0	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.1	2.3	4.5	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.760
Wes Unseld	77	31.2	10.9	3.6	7.2	10.8	4.1	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.5	7.8	.577	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	19	38.7	10.3	4.7	8.6	13.3	3.4	0.9	0.7	1.6	3.5	4.1	8.3	.494	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.609


Season 12
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	1996-97	1979-80
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets 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		%
Ed Pinckney	27	10.1	2.4	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.9	1.6	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.800
Wes Unseld	82	36.3	9.7	4.1	9.3	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	1.9	3.0	4.0	7.8	.513	0.0	0.0	.500	1.7	2.5	.665

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Wes Unseld	2	43.5	9.0	3.5	10.5	14.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	7.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 13
	Ed Pinckney	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Washington Bullets
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		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	63	32.3	8.0	3.3	7.4	10.7	2.7	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	6.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.4	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Pinckney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ed Pinckney vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Ed Pinckney, 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