Roy Hibbert vs. Jim Pollard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Pollard and Roy Hibbert, 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.

Roy Hibbert played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jim Pollard, who played 7. Roy Hibbert had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jim Pollard had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2008-09	1948-49
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
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		%
Roy Hibbert	70	14.4	7.1	1.6	1.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.1	0.8	3.1	2.8	6.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.667
Jim Pollard	53	-	14.8	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Pollard	10	-	13.0	-	-	-	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	14.7	.293	-	-	-	4.4	6.2	.710

Season 2
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2009-10	1949-50
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	25.1	11.7	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	1.6	1.8	3.5	4.8	9.7	.495	0.0	0.1	.500	2.1	2.8	.754
Jim Pollard	66	-	14.7	-	-	-	3.8	-	-	-	2.2	6.0	17.3	.346	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Pollard	12	-	12.0	-	-	-	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	14.6	.286	-	-	-	3.7	5.2	.710

Season 3
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2010-11	1950-51
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	27.7	12.7	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.0	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	5.1	11.0	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.745
Jim Pollard	54	-	11.6	-	-	9.0	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	13.5	.352	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	5	26.4	10.4	3.0	3.8	6.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.6	4.2	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706
Jim Pollard	7	-	13.6	-	-	8.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	15.4	.324	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.833

Season 4
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2011-12	1951-52
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Roy Hibbert	65	29.8	12.8	3.3	5.5	8.8	1.7	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.1	10.3	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.7	.711
Jim Pollard	65	39.2	15.5	-	-	9.1	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	6.3	17.8	.356	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	11	30.9	11.7	4.1	7.1	11.2	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	3.5	4.7	9.5	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.2	3.3	.667
Jim Pollard	11	42.6	16.1	-	-	6.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.7	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.740

Season 5
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2012-13	1952-53
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Roy Hibbert	79	28.7	11.9	3.7	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.9	.448	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.8	.741
Jim Pollard	66	36.4	13.0	-	-	6.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	19	36.5	17.0	4.7	5.2	9.9	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.3	3.9	6.3	12.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.4	.806
Jim Pollard	12	37.9	14.3	-	-	7.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.2	13.9	.371	-	-	-	4.0	5.2	.774

Season 6
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2013-14	1953-54
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	29.7	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.8	3.3	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.1	.400	2.6	3.3	.770
Jim Pollard	71	35.0	11.7	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.3	4.6	12.4	.370	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	19	28.5	9.3	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.3	3.3	3.5	7.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.772
Jim Pollard	13	41.8	12.3	-	-	8.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	4.3	11.9	.361	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	.800

Season 7
	Roy Hibbert	Jim Pollard
Season	2014-15	1954-55
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	76	25.3	10.6	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.3	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.824
Jim Pollard	63	31.1	10.8	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	11.9	.354	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Pollard	7	36.7	14.1	-	-	11.1	2.0	-	-	-	1.9	4.7	14.9	.317	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.717