Elden Campbell vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Elden Campbell, 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.

Elden Campbell played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Elden Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Elden Campbell	15	12	1990-91 to 2004-05
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1990-91	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Elden Campbell	52	7.3	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.653
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.9	4.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.8	2.7	.658	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.467
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1991-92	1955-56
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	81	23.2	7.1	1.9	3.3	5.2	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.5	2.7	6.1	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.619
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	29.3	10.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.0	3.5	3.5	9.3	.378	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1992-93	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Elden Campbell	79	19.6	7.7	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	6.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.637
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	5	35.6	14.0	3.4	5.0	8.4	1.4	1.2	2.4	2.4	3.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.8	.500
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1993-94	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Elden Campbell	76	29.6	12.3	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.3	3.2	4.9	10.6	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.6	.689
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1994-95	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	73	28.4	12.5	2.3	3.8	6.1	1.3	0.9	1.8	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.0	.666
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	37.6	15.7	2.6	4.7	7.3	1.6	0.4	3.0	1.5	4.4	6.4	13.2	.485	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.4	.659
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1995-96	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Elden Campbell	82	32.9	13.9	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.2	1.1	2.6	1.7	3.7	5.5	10.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.713
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	32.3	12.0	0.8	7.3	8.0	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.5	4.3	5.0	9.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	4.0	.500
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1996-97	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Elden Campbell	77	32.7	14.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	1.7	3.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.0	0.1	.250	3.4	4.8	.711
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	9	31.0	11.8	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.3	4.1	10.3	.398	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	4.2	.816
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1997-98	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Elden Campbell	81	22.0	10.1	1.8	3.9	5.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.0	.500	2.9	4.2	.693
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	13	13.8	5.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	1.8	3.9	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.647
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1998-99	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	49	29.8	12.6	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.5	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.5	.639
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	1999-00	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	78	32.5	12.7	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	3.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.6	.690
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	37.5	14.3	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.0	5.5	11.8	.468	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.5	.929
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	2000-01	1964-65
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Elden Campbell	78	30.0	13.1	2.0	5.8	7.8	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.6	4.7	10.7	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.2	.709
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	28.8	12.1	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.7	4.2	10.6	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.755
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 12
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Elden Campbell	77	28.0	13.9	1.7	5.2	6.9	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.797
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	9	28.1	13.6	1.6	5.1	6.7	1.8	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.8	5.4	12.2	.445	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.8	.706
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Seattle Supersonics	-
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		%
Elden Campbell	56	15.5	6.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.1	5.3	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.801
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Elden Campbell	65	13.7	5.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.1	2.1	4.8	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.685
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.0	2.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.556
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elden Campbell	Bob Pettit
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Elden Campbell	40	9.8	3.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.0	3.1	.317	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.764
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	5.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elden Campbell vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Elden Campbell, 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