Steve Alford vs. Walt Bellamy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Bellamy and Steve Alford, 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.

Steve Alford played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Walt Bellamy, who played 14. Steve Alford had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Walt Bellamy had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Alford	Walt Bellamy
Season	1987-88	1961-62
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Packers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Alford	28	7.0	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.0	.382	0.0	0.3	.125	0.6	0.6	.941
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	4	3.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Steve Alford	Walt Bellamy
Season	1988-89	1962-63
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors	Chicago Zephyrs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Steve Alford	66	13.7	5.5	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.9	2.2	4.9	.457	0.3	0.8	.364	0.8	0.9	.820
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	6	8.7	4.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.7	.409	0.7	1.5	.444	0.5	0.7	.750
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Steve Alford	Walt Bellamy
Season	1989-90	1963-64
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Alford	41	7.4	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.4	.457	0.2	0.5	.318	0.9	0.9	.946
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	3	14.0	7.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.7	6.0	.444	0.7	2.0	.333	1.7	1.7	1.000
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Steve Alford	Walt Bellamy
Season	1990-91	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Steve Alford	34	6.9	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.7	3.4	.504	0.2	0.7	.304	0.8	0.9	.839
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663