Johnny Green vs. Hal Greer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hal Greer and Johnny Green, 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.

Johnny Green played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Hal Greer, who played 15. Johnny Green had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Hal Greer had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
Johnny Green	14	3	1959-60 to 1972-73
Hal Greer	15	13	1958-59 to 1972-73

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1959-60	1958-59
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Johnny Green	69	17.9	7.0	-	-	7.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.0	6.8	.447	-	-	-	0.9	2.2	.406
Hal Greer	68	23.9	11.1	-	-	2.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	10.0	.454	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	9	30.8	11.6	-	-	5.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.813


Season 2
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1960-61	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Johnny Green	78	22.9	10.2	-	-	10.7	1.2	-	-	-	2.5	4.2	9.7	.430	-	-	-	1.9	3.6	.522
Hal Greer	70	28.3	13.2	-	-	4.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	11.6	.476	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	3	28.0	15.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	1.7	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 3
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1961-62	1960-61
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Johnny Green	80	34.9	15.9	-	-	13.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	14.6	.436	-	-	-	3.3	5.4	.601
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825


Season 4
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1962-63	1961-62
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Johnny Green	80	31.9	18.1	-	-	12.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	7.3	15.8	.462	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.638
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1963-64	1962-63
Team	New York Knicks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Johnny Green	80	26.7	14.5	-	-	10.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	6.0	12.8	.470	-	-	-	2.4	4.9	.497
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	42.8	23.4	-	-	5.4	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	8.8	17.4	.506	-	-	-	5.8	7.0	.829


Season 6
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1964-65	1963-64
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	78	22.1	11.0	-	-	7.0	1.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	9.4	.469	-	-	-	2.1	3.9	.548
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	42.2	21.4	-	-	5.6	6.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	19.0	.389	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.846


Season 7
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1965-66	1964-65
Team	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	79	20.8	11.6	-	-	8.2	1.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	8.5	.536	-	-	-	2.6	4.9	.521
Hal Greer	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	3	32.0	13.7	-	-	9.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	11.3	.588	-	-	-	0.3	2.7	.125
Hal Greer	11	45.9	24.6	-	-	7.4	5.0	-	-	-	4.1	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.793


Season 8
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1966-67	1965-66
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	61	15.5	8.2	-	-	6.5	0.9	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	7.2	.465	-	-	-	1.6	3.4	.464
Hal Greer	80	41.6	22.7	-	-	5.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.8	.445	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	45.2	16.4	-	-	7.2	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	6.4	18.2	.352	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 9
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1967-68	1966-67
Team	San Diego Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Johnny Green	77	18.7	9.9	-	-	7.1	1.0	-	-	-	2.1	4.0	8.8	.459	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.471
Hal Greer	80	38.6	22.1	-	-	5.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.1	.459	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	12	18.3	8.0	-	-	5.5	0.7	-	-	-	1.6	3.2	5.4	.585	-	-	-	1.7	3.6	.465
Hal Greer	15	45.9	27.7	-	-	5.9	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	25.0	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.797


Season 10
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1968-69	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	74	10.7	4.7	-	-	4.5	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	3.8	.518	-	-	-	0.8	1.7	.456
Hal Greer	82	39.8	24.1	-	-	5.4	4.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	19.8	.478	-	-	-	5.1	6.7	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	5	8.8	4.6	-	-	2.8	0.2	-	-	-	2.4	1.8	3.2	.563	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.556
Hal Greer	13	42.5	25.8	-	-	6.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.2	21.4	.432	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.856


Season 11
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1969-70	1968-69
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	78	29.2	15.6	-	-	10.8	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	11.0	.559	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	.592
Hal Greer	82	40.4	23.1	-	-	5.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	5.3	6.6	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	40.8	16.0	-	-	6.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	16.2	.321	-	-	-	5.6	7.2	.778


Season 12
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1970-71	1969-70
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	75	28.6	16.7	-	-	8.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	11.4	.587	-	-	-	3.3	5.4	.617
Hal Greer	80	37.8	22.0	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	8.8	19.4	.455	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	35.6	15.4	-	-	3.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	14.8	.446	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846


Season 13
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1971-72	1970-71
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Johnny Green	82	23.3	9.8	-	-	6.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	7.1	.569	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.564
Hal Greer	81	37.8	18.6	-	-	4.5	4.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.9	.431	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	7	37.9	17.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	16.0	.438	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.750


Season 14
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	1972-73	1971-72
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Johnny Green	66	18.9	7.1	-	-	5.5	0.9	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	4.8	.599	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.679
Hal Greer	81	29.8	11.8	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	10.7	.449	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Johnny Green	Hal Greer
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	38	22.3	5.6	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	6.1	.392	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Johnny Green vs. Hal Greer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hal Greer and Johnny Green, 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

Season 15