John Battle vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson and John Battle, 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.

John Battle played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Oscar Robertson, who played 14. John Battle had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
John Battle	10	9	1985-86 to 1994-95
Oscar Robertson	14	10	1960-61 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1985-86	1960-61
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
John Battle	64	10.0	4.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.6	3.5	.455	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.728
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	6	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1986-87	1961-62
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Royals Lost West 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		%
John Battle	64	12.6	6.0	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.3	4.9	.457	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	2.0	.738
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	8	9.8	6.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.9	4.3	.441	0.3	0.6	.400	2.6	2.9	.913
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795


Season 3
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1987-88	1962-63
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
John Battle	67	18.3	10.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.1	9.1	.454	0.2	0.6	.390	2.1	2.8	.750
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	12	13.8	6.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.2	2.7	5.6	.478	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.1	.680
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864


Season 4
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1988-89	1963-64
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
John Battle	82	20.4	9.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.5	7.7	.457	0.1	0.4	.324	2.4	2.9	.815
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	31.4	-	-	9.9	11.0	-	-	-	3.5	10.6	22.0	.483	-	-	-	10.1	11.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	5	23.6	9.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	3.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.6	4.0	9.2	.435	0.0	1.2	.000	1.8	2.4	.750
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	29.3	-	-	8.9	8.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	10.9	12.7	.858


Season 5
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1989-90	1964-65
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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		%
John Battle	60	24.6	10.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.9	4.6	9.1	.506	0.0	0.2	.154	1.7	2.3	.756
Oscar Robertson	75	45.6	30.4	-	-	9.0	11.5	-	-	-	2.7	10.8	22.4	.480	-	-	-	8.9	10.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	4	48.8	28.0	-	-	4.8	12.0	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	22.3	.427	-	-	-	9.0	9.8	.923


Season 6
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1990-91	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals 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		%
John Battle	79	23.6	13.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.8	5.0	10.9	.461	0.2	0.6	.286	3.4	4.0	.854
Oscar Robertson	76	46.0	31.3	-	-	7.7	11.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.8	22.7	.475	-	-	-	9.8	11.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	5	21.4	11.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.8	2.2	3.2	8.8	.364	0.4	1.0	.400	4.8	5.0	.960
Oscar Robertson	5	44.8	31.8	-	-	7.6	7.8	-	-	-	4.0	9.8	24.0	.408	-	-	-	12.2	13.6	.897


Season 7
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1991-92	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Royals 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		%
John Battle	76	21.5	10.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.2	8.7	.480	0.0	0.2	.118	1.9	2.3	.848
Oscar Robertson	79	43.9	30.5	-	-	6.2	10.7	-	-	-	2.9	10.6	21.5	.493	-	-	-	9.3	10.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	15	13.5	5.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.7	2.3	5.5	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.5	.913
Oscar Robertson	4	45.8	24.8	-	-	4.0	11.3	-	-	-	2.3	8.3	16.0	.516	-	-	-	8.3	9.3	.892


Season 8
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1992-93	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
John Battle	41	12.1	5.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.9	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	1.8	.778
Oscar Robertson	65	42.5	29.2	-	-	6.0	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.2	20.3	.500	-	-	-	8.9	10.2	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1993-94	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Battle	51	16.0	6.6	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.5	5.4	.476	0.1	0.4	.263	1.4	1.9	.753
Oscar Robertson	79	43.8	24.7	-	-	6.4	9.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.3	17.1	.486	-	-	-	8.1	9.7	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	1	8.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	1994-95	1969-70
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Battle	28	10.0	4.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.5	4.1	.377	0.4	1.1	.355	0.7	0.9	.731
Oscar Robertson	69	41.5	25.3	-	-	6.1	8.1	-	-	-	2.5	9.4	18.4	.511	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	2	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	-	1970-71
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	81	39.4	19.4	-	-	5.7	8.2	-	-	-	2.5	7.3	14.7	.496	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	14	37.1	18.3	-	-	5.0	8.9	-	-	-	2.8	7.3	15.0	.486	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.754


Season 12
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	-	1971-72
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	64	37.3	17.4	-	-	5.0	7.7	-	-	-	1.8	6.5	13.9	.472	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	11	34.5	13.1	-	-	5.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.6	5.2	12.7	.407	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.833


Season 13
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	73	37.5	15.5	-	-	4.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.3	6.1	13.5	.454	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	6	42.7	21.2	-	-	4.7	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	8.0	16.0	.500	-	-	-	5.2	5.7	.912


Season 14
	John Battle	Oscar Robertson
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	70	35.4	12.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.4	1.1	0.1	-	1.9	4.8	11.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	16	43.1	14.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	9.3	0.9	0.3	-	2.9	5.6	12.5	.450	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

John Battle vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson and John Battle, 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