Leo Barnhorst vs. Walt Bellamy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Bellamy and Leo Barnhorst, 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.

Leo Barnhorst played 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than Walt Bellamy, who played 14. Leo Barnhorst had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Walt Bellamy had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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
	Leo Barnhorst	Walt Bellamy
Season	1949-50	1961-62
Team	Chicago Stags	Chicago Packers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Stags Lost Cent Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	67	-	6.5	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.4	.349	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.698
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	-	11.0	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	5.0	4.0	12.5	.320	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Leo Barnhorst	Walt Bellamy
Season	1950-51	1962-63
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Chicago Zephyrs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	68	-	8.0	-	-	4.4	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	9.9	.346	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.689
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leo Barnhorst	3	-	11.3	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Leo Barnhorst	Walt Bellamy
Season	1951-52	1963-64
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	66	35.5	12.4	-	-	6.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.0	5.3	13.6	.389	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.652
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	42.5	15.5	-	-	4.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	17.0	.412	-	-	-	1.5	3.5	.429
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Leo Barnhorst	Walt Bellamy
Season	1952-53	1964-65
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	71	40.4	13.6	-	-	6.8	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	14.6	.389	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	39.5	15.0	-	-	11.0	2.5	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	16.5	.364	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663