Spencer Haywood vs. Kenny Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Walker 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 Kenny Walker, who played 7. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Kenny Walker had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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	Kenny Walker
Season	1971-72	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Kenny Walker	82	26.1	10.1	2.3	2.4	4.7	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.5	4.2	8.9	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Walker	4	20.0	4.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Kenny Walker
Season	1972-73	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Kenny Walker	79	14.7	5.3	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.4	2.2	4.5	.489	0.1	0.3	.250	0.8	1.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Walker	9	10.0	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.4	0.3	1.4	.231	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.737

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Kenny Walker
Season	1973-74	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	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
Kenny Walker	68	23.5	7.9	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.0	5.6	.531	0.0	0.1	.400	1.8	2.5	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Walker	10	15.4	4.1	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.1	2.2	1.6	2.9	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.643

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Kenny Walker
Season	1974-75	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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	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
Kenny Walker	54	14.3	4.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.7	1.5	3.5	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.5	.780
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
Kenny Walker	3	10.3	3.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Note: Kenny Walker didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Kenny Walker
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
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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