Kurt Rambis vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Kurt Rambis, 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.

Kurt Rambis played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Kurt Rambis had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Lenny Wilkens 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
Kurt Rambis	14	9	1981-82 to 1994-95
Lenny Wilkens	15	7	1960-61 to 1974-75

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1981-82	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	64	17.7	4.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	3.6	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.8	.504
Lenny Wilkens	75	25.3	11.7	-	-	4.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	10.4	.425	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	14	19.9	5.9	2.3	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.4	2.4	4.6	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.615
Lenny Wilkens	12	36.4	14.2	-	-	6.0	3.5	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 2
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1982-83	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Kurt Rambis	78	23.2	7.5	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.0	5.3	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.687
Lenny Wilkens	20	43.5	18.2	-	-	6.6	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	7.0	18.2	.385	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	15	25.1	7.5	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.3	.570	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.657
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Season 3
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1983-84	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	47	15.8	3.6	1.7	3.9	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.3	1.3	2.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.636
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	21	20.4	6.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	4.4	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.636
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755


Season 4
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1984-85	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	82	19.7	5.2	2.0	4.4	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	2.2	4.0	.554	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.660
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	19	19.7	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	4.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.679
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 5
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1985-86	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	74	21.3	5.5	2.1	4.9	7.0	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.7	2.2	3.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.721
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	14	19.1	4.8	1.9	4.1	5.9	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	1.9	3.2	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.722
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828


Season 6
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1986-87	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	78	19.4	5.7	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.1	4.0	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.764
Lenny Wilkens	69	39.0	18.0	-	-	4.7	6.2	-	-	-	3.6	6.0	13.8	.431	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	17	12.6	4.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	1.4	2.4	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.912
Lenny Wilkens	10	39.1	17.1	-	-	5.4	7.0	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	14.3	.399	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.687


Season 7
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1987-88	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	70	12.1	4.0	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.785
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	19	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.1	1.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.692
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856


Season 8
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1988-89	1967-68
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Kurt Rambis	75	29.8	11.1	3.6	5.8	9.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.4	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.734
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750


Season 9
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1989-90	1968-69
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kurt Rambis	74	25.7	6.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	1.4	2.8	2.6	5.0	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.646
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	16	24.1	4.2	2.4	5.3	7.7	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	3.2	1.5	3.4	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.679
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1990-91	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Kurt Rambis	62	14.5	3.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.706
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	4	13.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1991-92	1970-71
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Kurt Rambis	28	13.6	3.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.463	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1992-93	1971-72
Team	Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Kurt Rambis	72	11.4	2.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.9	1.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.662
Lenny Wilkens	80	37.4	18.0	-	-	4.2	9.6	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	12.8	.466	-	-	-	6.0	7.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1993-94	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Kurt Rambis	50	12.7	3.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.648
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1994-95	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Kurt Rambis	26	7.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667
Lenny Wilkens	74	33.6	16.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	7.1	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	6.2	13.4	.465	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Kurt Rambis	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	65	17.9	6.5	0.6	1.3	1.8	3.6	1.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.1	4.7	.439	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kurt Rambis vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Kurt Rambis, 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