Hal Greer vs. Joe Kleine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Kleine 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.

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.

Hal Greer and Joe Kleine both played 15 years in the NBA. Hal Greer had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Joe Kleine had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Hal Greer	15	13	1958-59 to 1972-73
Joe Kleine	15	10	1985-86 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1958-59	1985-86
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Kings Lost West 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		%
Hal Greer	68	23.9	11.1	-	-	2.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	10.0	.454	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.778
Joe Kleine	80	14.8	5.2	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.0	4.3	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	9	30.8	11.6	-	-	5.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.813
Joe Kleine	3	15.0	5.0	2.7	2.0	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 2
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1959-60	1986-87
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Hal Greer	70	28.3	13.2	-	-	4.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	11.6	.476	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Joe Kleine	79	21.0	7.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.2	6.9	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	3	28.0	15.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	1.7	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1960-61	1987-88
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
Joe Kleine	82	24.4	9.8	2.2	4.9	7.1	1.1	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.0	8.4	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.3	.814

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
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1961-62	1988-89
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Celtics 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		%
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
Joe Kleine	75	18.8	6.5	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.6	2.3	5.8	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.0	.882

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	-
Joe Kleine	3	21.7	6.3	1.3	4.3	5.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 5
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1962-63	1989-90
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Celtics 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		%
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
Joe Kleine	81	16.9	5.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.2	4.5	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.830

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
Joe Kleine	5	15.8	6.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	2.6	3.4	.765	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 6
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1963-64	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Celtics 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		%
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
Joe Kleine	72	11.8	3.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.0	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.783

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
Joe Kleine	5	6.2	1.6	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1964-65	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Celtics 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		%
Hal Greer	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811
Joe Kleine	70	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.2	.491	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	11	45.9	24.6	-	-	7.4	5.0	-	-	-	4.1	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.793
Joe Kleine	9	9.1	2.2	0.7	1.8	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.4	.409	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 8
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1965-66	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Celtics 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		%
Hal Greer	80	41.6	22.7	-	-	5.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.8	.445	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.804
Joe Kleine	78	14.5	3.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.4	3.4	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	45.2	16.4	-	-	7.2	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	6.4	18.2	.352	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Joe Kleine	4	7.3	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1966-67	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Hal Greer	80	38.6	22.1	-	-	5.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.1	.459	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.788
Joe Kleine	74	11.5	3.9	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.7	3.5	.488	0.1	0.1	.455	0.4	0.5	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	15	45.9	27.7	-	-	5.9	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	25.0	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.797
Joe Kleine	8	10.1	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.9	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 10
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1967-68	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Suns 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		%
Hal Greer	82	39.8	24.1	-	-	5.4	4.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	19.8	.478	-	-	-	5.1	6.7	.769
Joe Kleine	75	12.9	3.7	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.3	1.6	3.5	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.7	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	13	42.5	25.8	-	-	6.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.2	21.4	.432	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.856
Joe Kleine	10	16.7	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.6	3.5	3.1	5.4	.574	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 11
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1968-69	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Suns Lost West 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		%
Hal Greer	82	40.4	23.1	-	-	5.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	5.3	6.6	.796
Joe Kleine	56	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.3	3.0	.420	0.0	0.1	.286	0.4	0.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	40.8	16.0	-	-	6.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	16.2	.321	-	-	-	5.6	7.2	.778
Joe Kleine	2	4.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 12
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1969-70	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Hal Greer	80	37.8	22.0	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	8.8	19.4	.455	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.815
Joe Kleine	59	14.4	2.8	1.1	2.4	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.1	.667	0.5	0.6	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	35.6	15.4	-	-	3.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	14.8	.446	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1970-71	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Hal Greer	81	37.8	18.6	-	-	4.5	4.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.9	.431	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.805
Joe Kleine	46	8.6	2.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	0.8	2.3	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	7	37.9	17.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	16.0	.438	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.750
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1971-72	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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		%
Hal Greer	81	29.8	11.8	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	10.7	.449	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.774
Joe Kleine	31	12.1	2.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.4	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 15
	Hal Greer	Joe Kleine
Season	1972-73	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Hal Greer	38	22.3	5.6	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	6.1	.392	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.821
Joe Kleine	7	4.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Kleine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Hal Greer vs. Joe Kleine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Kleine 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.

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