John Collins vs. Alex Groza Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Groza and John Collins, 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.

John Collins played 7 years in the NBA, 5 more than Alex Groza, who played 2. John Collins had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Alex Groza had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
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Rookie Season
	John Collins	Alex Groza
Season	2017-18	1949-50
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians Lost West 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 Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715
Alex Groza	64	-	23.4	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	8.1	17.0	.478	-	-	-	7.1	9.7	.729
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Groza	6	-	22.8	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	12.3	.595	-	-	-	8.2	9.8	.831

Season 2
	John Collins	Alex Groza
Season	2018-19	1950-51
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians 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 Collins	61	30.0	19.5	3.6	6.2	9.8	2.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	3.3	7.6	13.6	.560	0.9	2.6	.348	3.3	4.4	.763
Alex Groza	66	-	21.7	-	-	10.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	15.8	.470	-	-	-	6.7	8.6	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Groza	3	-	32.3	-	-	14.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.7	12.0	24.3	.493	-	-	-	8.3	11.0	.758