Spencer Haywood vs. Theo Ratliff Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Theo Ratliff 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, 4 less than Theo Ratliff, who played 16. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Theo Ratliff had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Theo Ratliff
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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
Theo Ratliff	76	17.0	5.8	1.4	1.9	3.4	0.2	0.4	1.5	0.7	2.4	2.4	4.4	.531	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	3	5.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Theo Ratliff
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Theo Ratliff	82	29.8	9.9	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.7	0.6	3.1	1.4	3.6	3.7	7.3	.513	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Theo Ratliff
Season	1973-74	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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
Theo Ratliff	50	32.5	11.2	2.8	5.4	8.1	0.6	0.9	3.0	1.8	3.6	3.9	8.4	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	7	29.1	7.3	3.3	4.0	7.3	0.9	0.7	2.6	1.0	2.7	2.9	6.1	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.7	.579

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Theo Ratliff
Season	1974-75	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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
Theo Ratliff	57	31.5	11.9	2.5	5.2	7.6	0.6	0.6	3.0	1.9	3.2	4.3	8.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.771
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
Theo Ratliff	10	37.6	13.0	2.8	5.1	7.9	0.9	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.1	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.7	.723

Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Theo Ratliff
Season	1975-76	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	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	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
Theo Ratliff	50	36.0	12.4	2.5	5.8	8.3	1.2	0.6	3.7	2.5	3.3	4.6	9.1	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Theo Ratliff
Season	1978-79	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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
Theo Ratliff	85	31.3	7.9	2.3	4.9	7.2	0.8	0.6	3.6	1.4	3.5	3.1	6.5	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.645
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Theo Ratliff
Season	1979-80	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
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
Theo Ratliff	63	27.5	4.8	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	0.9	2.9	1.8	4.1	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.692
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
Theo Ratliff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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