Pete Maravich vs. Blair Rasmussen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Blair Rasmussen and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Blair Rasmussen, who played 8. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Blair Rasmussen had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Blair Rasmussen	48	6.9	3.2	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.3	3.1	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
Blair Rasmussen	10	17.5	11.1	2.7	3.3	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	3.9	9.6	.406	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.1	.805

Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Blair Rasmussen	79	22.5	12.7	1.6	3.9	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.1	5.5	11.2	.492	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Blair Rasmussen	11	25.2	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.5	3.0	5.5	11.5	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.8	.900

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Blair Rasmussen	77	17.0	7.6	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Blair Rasmussen	70	33.2	12.5	2.4	7.3	9.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	4.4	5.8	12.6	.458	0.0	0.1	.400	0.9	1.3	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	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		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Blair Rasmussen	81	24.3	9.0	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.9	4.3	9.0	.478	0.1	0.3	.217	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Blair Rasmussen	22	12.9	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	2.8	1.4	3.6	.375	0.1	0.3	.333	0.4	0.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Blair Rasmussen
Season	1978-79	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Rasmussen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-