Spencer Haywood vs. Bob Wilkerson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Wilkerson and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bob Wilkerson, who played 7. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Bob Wilkerson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1971-72	1977-78
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Bob Wilkerson	81	34.3	11.4	1.2	4.6	5.9	5.4	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.4	4.7	11.6	.408	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Wilkerson	13	32.8	9.2	1.5	3.9	5.5	6.0	1.5	0.3	1.9	4.2	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.619

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1972-73	1978-79
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Bob Wilkerson	80	30.3	11.4	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.0	10.9	.456	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Wilkerson	3	33.7	9.7	2.3	6.3	8.7	5.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.7	11.3	.412	-	-	-	0.3	1.0	.333

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1973-74	1979-80
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Bob Wilkerson	75	31.7	13.8	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.6	5.7	13.7	.417	0.1	0.5	.206	2.2	3.0	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Wilkerson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1974-75	1980-81
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Bob Wilkerson	80	28.0	10.0	1.1	2.5	3.5	3.4	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.1	4.1	8.9	.462	0.0	0.1	.100	1.7	2.0	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Bob Wilkerson	6	25.3	9.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.2	9.8	.424	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1979-80	-
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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Bob Wilkerson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Bob Wilkerson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.