Tom Heinsohn vs. Bill Wennington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Wennington and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 4 less than Bill Wennington, who played 13. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Bill Wennington had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1956-57	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Bill Wennington	56	10.0	3.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	1.3	2.7	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.1	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
Bill Wennington	6	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1958-59	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Bill Wennington	30	4.2	2.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.8	1.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.500	0.4	0.6	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
Bill Wennington	6	2.3	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1959-60	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Bill Wennington	65	16.5	4.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	3.2	1.8	4.2	.433	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1960-61	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Bill Wennington	60	13.6	4.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.8	3.9	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
Bill Wennington	3	8.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1961-62	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Bill Wennington	77	18.9	5.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.4	5.4	.436	0.0	0.1	.200	1.0	1.2	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Wennington didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1962-63	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Bill Wennington	76	18.0	7.1	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8	3.1	6.3	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
Bill Wennington	7	6.7	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	2.0	0.4	0.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1963-64	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Bill Wennington	73	13.1	5.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.7	2.1	4.3	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Bill Wennington	10	13.3	4.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.2	2.1	5.1	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	1964-65	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Bill Wennington	71	15.0	5.3	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	4.8	.493	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.5	0.6	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Bill Wennington	18	9.4	3.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.7	1.4	2.8	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 10
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	61	12.8	4.6	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.2	1.9	3.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Tom Heinsohn	Bill Wennington
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	48	9.7	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.6	.436	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Wennington	16	7.5	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.3	2.4	.526	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500