Henry Bibby vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and Henry Bibby, 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.

Henry Bibby played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Spencer Haywood, who played 12. Henry Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Henry Bibby	Spencer Haywood
Season	1972-73	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Henry Bibby	55	8.6	4.2	-	-	1.5	1.2	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	3.7	.380	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.849
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	6	7.2	3.3	-	-	0.3	0.5	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	3.0	.444	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.500
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Henry Bibby	Spencer Haywood
Season	1973-74	1971-72
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Henry Bibby	66	14.9	7.5	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	7.0	.452	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.830
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	10	8.9	4.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	-	1.5	1.6	4.5	.356	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.833
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Henry Bibby	Spencer Haywood
Season	1974-75	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Henry Bibby	75	18.7	9.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.4	0.7	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	8.3	.436	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.725
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Henry Bibby	Spencer Haywood
Season	1975-76	1973-74
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Henry Bibby	79	22.4	9.3	0.7	1.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.0	-	2.1	3.4	7.9	.428	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.797
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Henry Bibby	Spencer Haywood
Season	1976-77	1974-75
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Henry Bibby	81	32.6	10.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	1.3	0.1	-	2.5	3.7	8.7	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.784
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	19	36.4	11.1	1.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.1	-	3.1	4.4	10.4	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.763
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770

Season 10
	Henry Bibby	Spencer Haywood
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.