Jim McMillian vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Jim McMillian, 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.

Jim McMillian played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Jim McMillian had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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.

Season 2
	Jim McMillian	Bill Walton
Season	1971-72	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Jim McMillian	80	38.1	18.8	-	-	6.5	2.6	-	-	-	2.6	8.0	16.6	.482	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.791
Bill Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim McMillian	15	41.6	19.1	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	2.9	7.5	16.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	.857
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jim McMillian	Bill Walton
Season	1972-73	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Jim McMillian	81	36.5	18.9	-	-	5.5	2.7	-	-	-	2.2	8.1	17.7	.458	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.845
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim McMillian	17	37.1	20.1	-	-	4.8	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	8.4	18.1	.466	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.733
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Season 4
	Jim McMillian	Bill Walton
Season	1973-74	1977-78
Team	Buffalo Braves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jim McMillian	82	40.5	18.6	2.6	4.8	7.4	3.1	1.6	0.3	-	2.3	7.3	14.8	.494	-	-	-	4.0	4.6	.858
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim McMillian	6	37.3	14.5	4.0	4.8	8.8	2.0	0.7	0.2	-	2.3	6.3	15.3	.413	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.688
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.

Season 9
	Jim McMillian	Bill Walton
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jim McMillian	23	12.1	3.6	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.4	3.2	.446	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.810
Bill Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim McMillian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826