Hal Greer vs. Norm Nixon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Nixon 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, 5 more than Norm Nixon, who played 10. Hal Greer had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Norm Nixon had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1958-59	1977-78
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Lakers 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
Norm Nixon	81	34.3	13.7	0.5	2.4	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.1	12.3	.497	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.714
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
Norm Nixon	3	30.7	8.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	4.3	3.7	8.0	.458	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 3
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1960-61	1979-80
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
Norm Nixon	82	39.3	17.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.5	2.9	7.6	14.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.1	.779
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
Norm Nixon	16	40.5	16.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	7.8	2.0	0.2	3.1	3.7	7.1	14.9	.477	0.1	0.3	.200	2.6	3.2	.804

Season 4
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1961-62	1980-81
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
Norm Nixon	79	37.5	17.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.8	1.8	0.1	3.6	2.9	7.3	15.3	.476	0.0	0.2	.167	2.5	3.2	.778
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	-
Norm Nixon	3	44.3	19.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	8.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.3	.800

Season 5
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1962-63	1981-82
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
Norm Nixon	82	36.9	17.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	2.9	3.2	7.7	15.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.250	2.2	2.7	.808
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
Norm Nixon	14	39.2	20.4	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.1	1.6	0.1	2.4	3.1	8.6	18.1	.478	0.1	0.2	.333	3.1	4.1	.754

Season 6
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1963-64	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
Norm Nixon	79	34.3	15.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.2	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.2	6.7	14.2	.475	0.0	0.2	.000	1.6	2.1	.744
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
Norm Nixon	14	38.4	19.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.9	8.1	16.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.429	2.6	3.6	.740

Season 7
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1964-65	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811
Norm Nixon	82	37.2	17.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	11.1	1.1	0.0	3.1	2.2	7.2	15.5	.462	0.1	0.6	.239	2.5	3.3	.760
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1965-66	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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	80	41.6	22.7	-	-	5.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.8	.445	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.804
Norm Nixon	81	35.7	17.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.8	1.2	0.0	3.4	2.2	7.4	15.8	.465	0.4	1.2	.333	2.1	2.7	.780
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1966-67	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Hal Greer	80	38.6	22.1	-	-	5.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.1	.459	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.788
Norm Nixon	67	31.9	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.6	1.3	0.0	2.8	2.1	6.0	13.7	.438	0.6	1.8	.347	2.0	2.4	.809
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Norm Nixon didn't play in 1986-87 and 1987-88.

Season 10
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1967-68	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers 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	82	39.8	24.1	-	-	5.4	4.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	19.8	.478	-	-	-	5.1	6.7	.769
Norm Nixon	53	24.9	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	6.4	0.9	0.0	2.2	1.3	2.9	7.0	.414	0.2	0.5	.276	0.9	1.2	.738
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1968-69	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Hal Greer	82	40.4	23.1	-	-	5.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	5.3	6.6	.796
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Hal Greer	Norm Nixon
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Hal Greer	80	37.8	22.0	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	8.8	19.4	.455	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.815
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-