Scoot Henderson vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and Scoot Henderson, 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.
Scoot Henderson played 2 years in the NBA, 13 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Scoot Henderson had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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 achievements, 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 Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Scoot Henderson |
62 |
28.5 |
14.0 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
5.4 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
3.4 |
3.1 |
5.0 |
12.9 |
.385 |
1.4 |
4.3 |
.325 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
.819 |
| difference: | +13 | +3.2 | +2.3 | | | +1.4 | +2.6 | | | | -0.2 | +0.6 | +2.5 | +.040 | | | | +0.2 | +0.7 | +.106 |
| Lenny Wilkens |
75 |
25.3 |
11.7 |
- |
- |
4.5 |
2.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
4.4 |
10.4 |
.425 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
4.0 |
.713 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Scoot Henderson |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lenny Wilkens |
12 |
36.4 |
14.2 |
- |
- |
6.0 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
5.3 |
13.8 |
.380 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
4.8 |
.759 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Scoot Henderson |
66 |
26.7 |
12.7 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
5.1 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
10.4 |
.419 |
1.6 |
4.5 |
.354 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
.767 |
| difference: | +46 | +16.8 | +5.5 | | | +3.6 | +0.7 | | | | -0.5 | +2.7 | +7.8 | +.034 | | | | +1.8 | +2.4 | +.003 |
| Lenny Wilkens |
20 |
43.5 |
18.2 |
- |
- |
6.6 |
5.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
7.0 |
18.2 |
.385 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
5.5 |
.764 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Scoot Henderson nor Lenny Wilkens played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Lenny Wilkens played 13 seasons more than Scoot Henderson in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 1963 to 1975—Lenny Wilkens played in 6 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Scoot Henderson, Lenny Wilkens got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 Assists Leader
9 All-Star Game
1 All-Star Game MVP
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