Walt Bellamy vs. Bruce Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bruce Brown 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, 8 more than Bruce Brown, who played 6. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Bruce Brown had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Bruce Brown
Season	1961-62	2018-19
Team	Chicago Packers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Bruce Brown	74	19.6	4.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.4	1.7	4.2	.398	0.3	1.3	.258	0.6	0.8	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Brown	4	14.3	3.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.5	.357	0.3	1.3	.200	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Bruce Brown
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Bruce Brown	58	28.2	8.9	1.1	3.7	4.7	4.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.8	3.4	7.7	.443	0.6	1.7	.344	1.5	2.1	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Bruce Brown
Season	1963-64	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Bruce Brown	65	22.3	8.8	1.7	3.7	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.2	3.6	6.5	.556	0.3	0.9	.288	1.3	1.8	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Brown	12	23.1	7.9	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.3	6.6	.506	0.2	0.9	.182	1.1	1.3	.813

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Bruce Brown
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Nets Lost East 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Bruce Brown	72	24.6	9.0	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.1	1.1	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.6	7.0	.506	0.5	1.3	.404	1.3	1.8	.758
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
Bruce Brown	4	34.8	14.0	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.8	1.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.3	9.3	.568	1.5	3.5	.429	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Bruce Brown
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
Bruce Brown	80	28.5	11.5	0.8	3.3	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.4	4.5	9.3	.483	1.1	3.2	.358	1.5	1.9	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Brown	20	26.5	12.0	0.8	3.3	4.0	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.2	2.5	4.5	8.8	.511	0.9	2.9	.316	2.1	2.5	.857