Mark Olberding vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Mark Olberding, 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.

Mark Olberding and Bill Sharman both played 11 years in the NBA. Mark Olberding had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bill Sharman had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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
Mark Olberding	11	8	1976-77 to 1986-87
Bill Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61

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


Rookie Season
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1976-77	1950-51
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Mark Olberding	82	23.8	10.4	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.5	0.7	0.4	-	3.4	3.7	7.3	.503	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.794
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	2	21.0	6.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	-	4.0	2.5	4.5	.556	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1977-78	1951-52
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mark Olberding	79	22.4	8.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.0	2.9	6.1	.481	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.811
Bill Sharman	63	22.0	10.7	-	-	3.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	10.0	.389	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	6	25.3	10.5	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.8	4.2	8.5	.490	-	-	-	2.2	2.5	.867
Bill Sharman	1	27.0	15.0	-	-	3.0	7.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	12.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1978-79	1952-53
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Mark Olberding	80	23.6	9.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.0	3.5	3.3	6.9	.474	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.803
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	14	25.6	7.9	0.9	4.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	2.9	7.4	.398	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.784
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 4
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1979-80	1953-54
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mark Olberding	75	28.1	10.6	1.1	4.5	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.9	8.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.795
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	32.3	9.7	1.7	5.7	7.3	3.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.7	4.3	7.7	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860


Season 5
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1980-81	1954-55
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Mark Olberding	82	29.4	12.3	1.8	4.0	5.7	3.4	0.9	0.4	2.5	3.7	4.2	8.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.143	3.8	4.6	.829
Bill Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	7	36.3	19.7	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.3	0.6	0.0	2.4	4.4	8.3	15.0	.552	0.1	0.4	.333	3.0	3.6	.840
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921


Season 6
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1981-82	1955-56
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Mark Olberding	68	30.9	13.8	1.7	4.7	6.5	3.0	0.8	0.4	2.0	3.7	4.9	10.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.167	4.0	5.0	.808
Bill Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	9	36.4	14.7	2.2	4.2	6.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.3	5.9	13.3	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.839
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941


Season 7
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1982-83	1956-57
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Olberding	80	22.7	8.7	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.9	3.1	3.1	6.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.1	.782
Bill Sharman	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	10	37.7	21.1	-	-	3.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	7.5	19.7	.381	-	-	-	6.1	6.4	.953


Season 8
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1983-84	1957-58
Team	Kansas City Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mark Olberding	81	26.7	9.4	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.4	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.6	3.1	6.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.9	.821
Bill Sharman	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	20.0	6.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
Bill Sharman	11	36.9	21.1	-	-	4.9	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	20.1	.407	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	.929


Season 9
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1984-85	1958-59
Team	Kansas City Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Olberding	81	28.1	10.2	1.7	4.6	6.3	3.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	3.7	3.3	6.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.3	.832
Bill Sharman	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	11	29.3	20.1	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	7.5	17.5	.425	-	-	-	5.2	5.4	.966


Season 10
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1985-86	1959-60
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Olberding	81	26.6	7.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	3.3	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.4	2.8	5.0	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.6	.771
Bill Sharman	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	24.7	5.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Bill Sharman	13	28.0	16.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.7	6.8	16.1	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.811


Season 11
	Mark Olberding	Bill Sharman
Season	1986-87	1960-61
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Olberding	76	13.2	3.3	0.7	1.8	2.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.9	0.9	2.2	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.7	.885
Bill Sharman	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889

Mark Olberding vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Mark Olberding, 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