Spencer Haywood vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts 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.

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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Fred Roberts, who played 13. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Fred Roberts had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Fred Roberts	13	9	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1970-71	1983-84
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Fred Roberts	79	19.4	7.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	5.1	.536	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1971-72	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Fred Roberts	74	15.9	7.7	1.1	1.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	2.8	5.6	.498	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.5	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	10	13.0	5.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	4.3	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1972-73	1985-86
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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
Fred Roberts	58	8.1	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.5	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	4	7.8	5.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1973-74	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Fred Roberts	73	14.8	5.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	3.7	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	20	13.3	4.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.705


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1974-75	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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	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
Fred Roberts	74	13.9	6.1	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.2	.776

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
Fred Roberts	15	6.7	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.7	1.4	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.636


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1975-76	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Fred Roberts	71	17.6	5.9	1.0	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.2	4.5	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	1.5	1.8	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	9	38.3	14.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.2	5.4	11.1	.490	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.4	.850


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1976-77	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Fred Roberts	82	27.3	10.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.6	4.0	8.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.182	2.4	3.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	4	19.8	9.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	5.0	.650	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1977-78	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East 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	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Fred Roberts	82	25.8	10.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.3	4.4	8.2	.533	0.0	0.3	.160	2.1	2.5	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Fred Roberts	3	34.3	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1978-79	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
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	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
Fred Roberts	80	21.8	9.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.2	3.9	8.1	.482	0.2	0.5	.514	1.6	2.1	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1979-80	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Fred Roberts	79	18.8	7.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.9	5.4	.528	0.2	0.4	.414	1.7	2.1	.799

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
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Fred Roberts didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1981-82	1994-95
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East 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	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Fred Roberts	21	10.6	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.3	3.4	.389	0.2	0.5	.364	1.0	1.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Fred Roberts	1	7.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	1982-83	1995-96
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Fred Roberts	33	9.6	3.7	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.5	2.9	.495	0.1	0.4	.286	0.7	0.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	1	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Fred Roberts
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	12	3.3	1.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Spencer Haywood vs. Fred Roberts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Roberts 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.

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

Season 12

Season 13