Walt Bellamy vs. Dave Twardzik Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Twardzik 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, 10 more than Dave Twardzik, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Dave Twardzik had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	Dave Twardzik
Season	1961-62	1976-77
Team	Chicago Packers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Dave Twardzik	74	26.2	10.3	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.3	1.7	0.2	-	3.1	3.6	5.8	.612	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Twardzik	14	25.3	10.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	1.1	0.1	-	3.4	3.9	6.6	.591	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.729

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Dave Twardzik
Season	1962-63	1977-78
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Dave Twardzik	75	24.3	8.9	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.3	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.5	3.2	5.5	.592	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Twardzik	6	18.0	6.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.8	1.2	0.0	1.7	2.7	1.8	3.8	.478	-	-	-	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Dave Twardzik
Season	1963-64	1978-79
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Dave Twardzik	64	24.5	10.4	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.8	1.3	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.2	6.0	.533	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.873
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Twardzik	3	25.7	8.3	1.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.0	3.0	4.7	2.3	4.7	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	.917

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Dave Twardzik
Season	1964-65	1979-80
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Dave Twardzik	67	23.8	8.5	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.1	1.1	0.0	2.0	2.2	2.7	5.9	.464	0.1	0.1	.571	2.9	3.8	.782
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
Dave Twardzik	2	10.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-