Hal Greer vs. Caleb Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caleb Martin and Hal Greer, 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.

Hal Greer played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Caleb Martin, who played 6. Hal Greer had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Caleb Martin had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Hal Greer	Caleb Martin
Season	1960-61	2021-22
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
difference:	+19	+12.1	+10.4			+2.0	+2.7				-1.4	+4.4	+10.7	+.056				+2.7	+3.4	+.011
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825
difference:	+9	+16.7	+9.9			+1.9	+2.1				-3.0	+3.2	+8.6	+.013				+4.0	+4.6	+.492
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333

Season 4
	Hal Greer	Caleb Martin
Season	1961-62	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
difference:		+8.8	+13.2			+2.6	+2.8				-1.5	+5.5	+12.6	+.017				+3.4	+4.1	+.014
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+22	+25.2	+12.7			+5.4	+1.6				-1.4	+4.7	+9.0					+1.3	+1.5
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829

Season 5
	Hal Greer	Caleb Martin
Season	1962-63	2023-24
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
difference:	+16	+5.5	+9.5			+1.3	+1.2				-1.6	+3.7	+7.5	+.033				+3.3	+3.9	+.056
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	42.8	23.4	-	-	5.4	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	8.8	17.4	.506	-	-	-	5.8	7.0	.829
difference:		+7.6	+11.8			+1.8	+2.8				-1.4	+4.6	+8.4	+.039				+4.8	+6.0	+.171
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Hal Greer	Caleb Martin
Season	1963-64	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
difference:	+35	+12.4	+15.4			+2.2	+2.6				-1.7	+6.0	+13.3	+.020				+4.0	+4.4	+.207
Caleb Martin	45	27.1	7.9	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.9	6.8	.424	0.8	2.3	.359	1.4	2.2	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	42.2	21.4	-	-	5.6	6.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	19.0	.389	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.846
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Hal Greer played 9 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 15, from 1965 to 1973—Hal Greer played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Caleb Martin, Hal Greer got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP