Lew Hitch vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes and Lew Hitch, 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.

Lew Hitch played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jamaal Wilkes, who played 12. Lew Hitch had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, while Jamaal Wilkes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1951-52	1974-75
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lew Hitch	61	13.9	3.6	-	-	4.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	1.3	3.5	.358	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
Jamaal Wilkes	82	30.7	14.2	2.5	5.7	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	-	2.7	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	13	11.7	1.8	-	-	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.2	0.7	1.9	.360	-	-	-	0.5	1.6	.286
Jamaal Wilkes	17	29.6	15.0	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.6	1.5	0.8	-	3.1	6.5	14.6	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.702

Season 2
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1952-53	1975-76
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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		%
Lew Hitch	70	14.7	3.7	-	-	3.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.6	.349	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.610
Jamaal Wilkes	82	33.1	17.8	2.4	6.4	8.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.7	7.5	16.3	.463	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	12	15.8	4.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.7	1.3	3.8	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.7	.531
Jamaal Wilkes	13	34.6	15.9	1.9	6.0	7.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	-	2.5	6.6	15.4	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.778

Season 3
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1953-54	1976-77
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Lew Hitch	72	34.1	8.0	-	-	9.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	8.4	.367	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.639
Jamaal Wilkes	76	33.9	17.7	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.8	1.7	0.2	-	2.9	7.2	15.1	.478	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	10	34.6	15.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	1.6	1.6	0.6	-	2.3	6.6	15.4	.429	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.821

Season 6
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	1956-57	1979-80
Team	Rochester Royals, Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Lew Hitch	68	16.7	4.2	-	-	3.7	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	1.6	4.4	.375	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.716
Jamaal Wilkes	82	37.9	20.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	8.9	16.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.176	2.3	2.9	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	2	1.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jamaal Wilkes	16	40.8	20.3	3.3	4.7	8.0	3.0	1.5	0.3	2.2	3.2	8.8	18.4	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.4	.815

Season 7
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	81	37.4	22.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	9.7	18.5	.526	0.0	0.2	.077	3.1	4.1	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	3	37.7	18.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.3	.000	4.0	6.0	.667

Season 8
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	82	35.4	21.1	1.9	2.9	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.9	9.1	17.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.1	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	14	38.2	20.0	2.9	2.1	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	2.9	3.1	8.6	17.2	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.5	.776

Season 9
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	80	31.9	19.6	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.8	8.6	16.1	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	15	39.3	19.9	2.8	3.2	6.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.2	3.4	9.1	18.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.9	.614

Season 11
	Lew Hitch	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	42	18.1	8.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-