John Battle vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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 and Pete Maravich both played 10 years in the NBA. John Battle had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Pete Maravich 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
John Battle	10	9	1985-86 to 1994-95
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1985-86	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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	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
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800

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
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692


Season 2
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1986-87	1971-72
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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	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
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811

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
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817


Season 3
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1987-88	1972-73
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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	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
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800

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
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794


Season 4
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1988-89	1973-74
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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	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
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1989-90	1974-75
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Battle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1990-91	1975-76
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Hawks 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	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
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1991-92	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1992-93	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870

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	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1993-94	1978-79
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Jazz
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	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
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841

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	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	John Battle	Pete Maravich
Season	1994-95	1979-80
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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	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
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867

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	-
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667

John Battle vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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