Walt Bellamy vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Amen Thompson, who played 2. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Amen Thompson
Season	1961-62	2023-24
Team	Chicago Packers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
difference:	+17	+19.9	+22.1			+12.4	+0.1				-1.3	+8.4	+16.5	+.017				+5.2	+8.3	+.040
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Amen Thompson
Season	1962-63	2024-25
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
difference:	+11	+9.1	+13.8			+8.2	+0.9				-1.1	+4.9	+9.8	+.030				+4.5	+6.7	+.010
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* Walt Bellamy played 12 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1964 to 1975—Walt Bellamy played in 7 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Amen Thompson, Walt Bellamy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game