Gerald Henderson vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Gerald Henderson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Gerald Henderson played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bill Walton, who played 10. Gerald Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
Gerald Henderson	13	8	1979-80 to 1991-92
Bill Walton	10	4	1974-75 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1979-80	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Gerald Henderson	76	14.0	6.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.333	1.2	1.7	.690
Bill Walton	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	9	11.2	4.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.1	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	2.2	.600
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1980-81	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	19.6	7.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.2	7.1	.451	0.0	0.2	.063	1.4	1.9	.720
Bill Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	16	14.3	5.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.6	5.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.833
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1981-82	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	22.5	10.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	4.3	8.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	2.1	.727
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	12	25.8	8.3	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	3.2	7.8	.409	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.9	.686
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684


Season 4
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1982-83	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	18.9	8.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.0	1.6	2.3	3.5	7.5	.463	0.0	0.2	.188	1.2	1.6	.722
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	7	26.7	10.9	1.1	0.9	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.6	5.0	12.1	.412	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.0	.857
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.


Season 5
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1983-84	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Gerald Henderson	78	26.8	11.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.8	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.7	4.8	9.2	.524	0.3	0.7	.351	1.7	2.3	.768
Bill Walton	14	24.1	13.9	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	23	26.8	12.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.2	1.5	0.0	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.485	0.1	0.5	.273	2.3	3.3	.720
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 6
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gerald Henderson	79	33.5	13.4	0.9	1.5	2.4	7.1	1.8	0.1	2.9	2.5	5.4	11.3	.479	0.1	0.5	.237	2.5	3.2	.780
Bill Walton	33	33.3	14.1	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.4	6.1	11.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	31.3	13.1	1.1	1.2	2.3	5.9	1.7	0.1	2.2	2.8	5.3	11.0	.482	0.2	0.6	.346	2.3	2.7	.830
Bill Walton	55	26.8	12.1	2.4	6.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.8	5.2	9.4	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gerald Henderson	74	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	6.4	1.4	0.1	2.3	2.8	4.0	9.1	.442	0.3	1.0	.247	2.6	3.1	.826
Bill Walton	67	24.6	10.1	2.5	6.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	2.1	2.6	2.7	4.0	7.7	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
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		%
Gerald Henderson	75	20.1	7.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.5	2.6	6.0	.428	0.9	2.2	.423	1.8	2.3	.812
Bill Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826


Season 10
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Gerald Henderson	65	15.2	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.9	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.6	.308	1.6	2.0	.819
Bill Walton	10	11.2	2.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	2.3	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	3	23.0	8.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.3	3.3	8.3	.400	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333
Bill Walton	12	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.357


Season 11
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, 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		%
Gerald Henderson	57	8.1	2.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.9	.486	0.3	0.7	.447	0.2	0.3	.800
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	8	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Gerald Henderson	23	17.0	5.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.2	5.1	.427	0.3	0.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.762
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	10	4.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Gerald Henderson	Bill Walton
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Gerald Henderson	16	6.0	2.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.0	.375	0.2	0.5	.375	0.6	0.7	.818
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gerald Henderson vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Gerald Henderson, 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