Tom Owens vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Tom Owens, 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 Owens played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Tom Owens had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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 Owens	Wes Unseld
Season	1976-77	1968-69
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Finals	Bullets Lost East Div 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 Owens	46	10.0	4.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.4	0.1	0.3	-	2.1	1.5	2.9	.504	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.684
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Owens	3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	-	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789

Season 3
	Tom Owens	Wes Unseld
Season	1978-79	1970-71
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost NBA 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 Owens	82	34.0	18.5	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	3.0	4.0	7.3	13.4	.548	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.794
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Owens	3	26.7	11.7	3.0	3.3	6.3	1.7	1.3	0.3	2.3	5.3	5.0	10.3	.484	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568

Season 4
	Tom Owens	Wes Unseld
Season	1979-80	1971-72
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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 Owens	76	30.8	16.4	2.5	5.1	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.6	6.8	13.3	.514	0.0	0.0	.500	2.8	3.7	.753
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Owens	3	27.7	11.0	4.3	2.7	7.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	4.7	4.7	8.7	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 5
	Tom Owens	Wes Unseld
Season	1980-81	1972-73
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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 Owens	79	23.3	10.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.6	3.5	4.1	8.0	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.764
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Owens	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474

Season 7
	Tom Owens	Wes Unseld
Season	1982-83	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost NBA 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 Owens	49	14.8	4.2	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.7	3.9	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.682
Wes Unseld	73	39.8	9.2	4.4	10.4	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.9	-	2.5	3.7	7.5	.502	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	17	43.2	10.7	3.8	12.4	16.2	3.8	0.9	1.2	-	2.3	4.2	7.6	.546	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.656

Season 10
	Tom Owens	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1977-78
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
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 Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	80	33.1	7.6	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.2	6.1	.523	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.538
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Owens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	18	37.6	9.4	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	3.9	7.4	.530	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.587