Spencer Haywood vs. Gerald Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wallace 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, 2 less than Gerald Wallace, who played 14. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Gerald Wallace had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Gerald Wallace
Season	1971-72	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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
Gerald Wallace	47	12.1	4.7	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.9	.492	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.6	.527
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	7	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Gerald Wallace
Season	1972-73	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Gerald Wallace	37	9.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.9	2.4	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.6	.458
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	3	6.7	2.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Gerald Wallace
Season	1973-74	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Charlotte Bobcats
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
Gerald Wallace	70	30.7	11.1	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.0	1.7	1.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	9.1	.449	0.2	0.9	.274	2.7	4.1	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Gerald Wallace
Season	1974-75	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Gerald Wallace	55	34.5	15.2	2.2	5.3	7.5	1.7	2.5	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.8	10.7	.538	0.3	0.9	.280	3.4	5.6	.614
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
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Gerald Wallace
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bobcats 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	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
Gerald Wallace	76	41.0	18.2	2.0	8.1	10.0	2.1	1.5	1.1	2.3	2.6	6.0	12.4	.484	0.7	1.8	.371	5.6	7.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	4	41.0	17.5	0.5	8.5	9.0	2.3	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.3	5.3	11.0	.477	1.3	2.8	.455	5.8	8.8	.657

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Gerald Wallace
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	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
Gerald Wallace	71	37.9	15.7	1.6	6.5	8.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.6	5.4	12.0	.454	0.9	2.6	.333	3.9	5.3	.746
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
Gerald Wallace	6	37.7	15.2	1.5	7.7	9.2	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	3.2	5.0	11.2	.448	0.5	2.8	.176	4.7	5.3	.875

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