Walt Bellamy vs. Arnie Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arnie Johnson 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, 9 more than Arnie Johnson, who played 5. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Arnie Johnson had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Walt Bellamy	Arnie Johnson
Season	1961-62	1948-49
Team	Chicago Packers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Arnie Johnson	60	-	8.5	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	2.6	6.3	.416	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Johnson	4	-	9.5	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.727

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Arnie Johnson
Season	1962-63	1949-50
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost Cent 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Arnie Johnson	68	-	7.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	3.8	2.2	5.5	.396	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.680
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Johnson	2	-	10.0	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	5.5	3.0	6.0	.500	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.667

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Arnie Johnson
Season	1963-64	1950-51
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Arnie Johnson	68	-	9.4	-	-	6.6	2.6	-	-	-	4.3	2.7	5.9	.459	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Johnson	14	-	11.2	-	-	9.0	2.9	-	-	-	4.9	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.782

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Arnie Johnson
Season	1964-65	1951-52
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Royals 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Arnie Johnson	66	32.7	10.0	-	-	6.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.9	2.7	6.2	.433	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Arnie Johnson	6	27.7	6.5	-	-	5.2	4.0	-	-	-	4.5	1.3	4.5	.296	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	.719