LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Billy Ray Bates Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Ray Bates and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 12 more than Billy Ray Bates, who played 4. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Billy Ray Bates had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	9	2006-07 to 2021-22
Billy Ray Bates	4	2	1979-80 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2006-07	1979-80
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.722
Billy Ray Bates	16	14.7	11.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	4.5	9.1	.493	0.5	1.2	.421	1.8	2.4	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	3	34.7	25.0	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.0	1.7	0.3	5.0	4.3	10.3	19.7	.525	0.7	2.3	.286	3.7	4.7	.786


Season 2
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2007-08	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	76	34.9	17.8	2.9	4.7	7.6	1.6	0.7	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.4	15.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.9	.762
Billy Ray Bates	77	20.3	13.8	0.9	1.1	2.0	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	5.7	11.7	.487	0.2	0.7	.259	2.2	2.6	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	3	38.3	28.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	3.7	11.7	20.7	.565	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.7	5.7	.824


Season 3
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2008-09	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781
Billy Ray Bates	75	16.4	11.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.4	9.2	.473	0.2	0.5	.293	2.2	2.8	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2009-10	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	78	37.5	17.9	2.5	5.6	8.0	2.1	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.0	7.4	15.0	.495	0.1	0.2	.313	2.9	3.9	.757
Billy Ray Bates	19	16.0	6.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.9	7.6	.379	0.1	0.3	.400	0.6	1.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	38.2	19.0	1.7	4.3	6.0	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.8	2.7	6.7	15.5	.430	0.2	0.3	.500	5.5	7.3	.750
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	30.6	18.0	2.4	6.2	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.0	7.2	14.1	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	3.5	4.1	.858
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	10	33.7	21.9	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.8	8.8	16.9	.521	0.2	0.2	1.000	4.1	4.6	.891
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2016-17	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	72	32.4	17.3	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.9	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	6.9	14.6	.477	0.3	0.8	.411	3.1	3.8	.812
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	33.6	16.5	2.7	4.8	7.4	1.5	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.9	15.0	.458	0.1	0.9	.143	2.6	3.4	.764
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2017-18	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	75	33.5	23.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.1	9.2	18.0	.510	0.4	1.2	.293	4.5	5.3	.837
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	35.4	23.6	2.6	6.6	9.2	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.8	7.4	16.0	.463	0.6	1.0	.600	8.2	8.4	.976
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2018-19	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	33.2	21.3	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.2	8.4	16.3	.519	0.1	0.5	.238	4.3	5.1	.847
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	7	34.9	20.0	2.7	6.9	9.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.9	17.3	.455	0.4	1.6	.273	3.9	4.7	.818
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2019-20	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	53	33.1	18.9	1.9	5.5	7.4	2.4	0.7	1.6	1.4	2.4	7.4	15.0	.493	1.2	3.0	.389	3.0	3.6	.827
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2020-21	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn Nets	-
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	26	25.9	13.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	11.4	.473	1.2	3.1	.388	1.6	1.8	.872
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Billy Ray Bates
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	47	22.3	12.9	1.6	3.9	5.5	0.9	0.3	1.0	0.9	1.7	5.4	9.7	.550	0.3	1.0	.304	1.9	2.2	.873
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Billy Ray Bates Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Ray Bates and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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

Season 16