Jake LaRavia vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Jake LaRavia, 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.

Jake LaRavia played 3 years in the NBA, 8 less than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Jake LaRavia had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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.

Rookie Season
	Jake LaRavia	Bob Pettit
Season	2022-23	1954-55
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	35	11.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.7	.389	0.7	2.0	.338	0.2	0.3	.778
difference:	+37	+25.1	+17.4			+12.0	+2.6				-2.2	+6.1	+15.1	+.018				+5.7	+7.6	+.027
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jake LaRavia nor Bob Pettit played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jake LaRavia	Bob Pettit
Season	2023-24	1955-56
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	35	23.0	10.8	1.5	2.2	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.4	8.7	.389	1.5	4.5	.340	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+37	+15.8	+14.9			+12.5	+0.9				-0.8	+5.6	+12.2	+.040				+5.1	+7.4	+.090
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843

Season 3
	Jake LaRavia	Bob Pettit
Season	2024-25	1956-57
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Jake LaRavia	66	20.4	6.9	1.4	2.6	3.9	2.4	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.1	.475	0.9	2.2	.423	1.2	1.7	.678
difference:	+5	+14.7	+17.8			+10.7	+0.5				-0.5	+6.2	+15.7	+.060				+6.3	+7.9	+.095
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767

Additional Years
* Bob Pettit played 8 seasons more than Jake LaRavia in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 11, from 1958 to 1965—Bob Pettit played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Jake LaRavia, Bob Pettit got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 8 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP