Frank Selvy vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Frank Selvy, 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.

Frank Selvy played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Frank Selvy had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1954-55	1960-61
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Milwaukee Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Frank Selvy	71	37.6	19.0	-	-	5.5	3.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	16.8	.378	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.728
Lenny Wilkens	75	25.3	11.7	-	-	4.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	10.4	.425	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	12	36.4	14.2	-	-	6.0	3.5	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Note: Frank Selvy didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 3
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1957-58	1962-63
Team	St. Louis Hawks, Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
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		%
Frank Selvy	38	11.2	3.6	-	-	2.3	0.9	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	4.4	.263	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.610
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755

Season 4
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1958-59	1963-64
Team	New York Knicks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Frank Selvy	68	21.3	9.8	-	-	3.6	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	3.4	8.9	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.767
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	2	21.5	14.5	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	10.0	.500	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 5
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1959-60	1964-65
Team	Syracuse Nationals, Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Frank Selvy	62	21.1	9.1	-	-	2.8	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.3	8.4	.393	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.736
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	9	36.7	15.7	-	-	6.1	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.1	17.0	.359	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	.705
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828

Season 7
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1961-62	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Frank Selvy	79	35.5	14.7	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.5	13.1	.420	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.738
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	13	36.8	12.7	-	-	5.6	5.0	-	-	-	2.6	5.1	11.7	.434	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.846
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856

Season 8
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1962-63	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Frank Selvy	80	29.6	10.3	-	-	3.6	3.5	-	-	-	1.9	4.0	9.3	.424	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.714
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	13	24.4	7.9	-	-	3.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.5	6.2	.395	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.813
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750

Season 9
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1963-64	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Frank Selvy	73	17.6	5.5	-	-	1.9	2.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	5.8	.378	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.639
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	3	23.0	9.3	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	9.0	.481	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	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		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1970-71
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Frank Selvy	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-