Walt Bellamy vs. Denzel Valentine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Denzel Valentine 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 Denzel Valentine, who played 5. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Denzel Valentine had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Denzel Valentine
Season	1961-62	2016-17
Team	Chicago Packers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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
Denzel Valentine	57	17.1	5.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	1.8	5.1	.354	1.3	3.6	.351	0.2	0.3	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denzel Valentine	4	5.5	1.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Denzel Valentine
Season	1962-63	2017-18
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Chicago Bulls
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
Denzel Valentine	77	27.2	10.2	0.6	4.5	5.1	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	9.4	.417	1.9	4.8	.386	0.5	0.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denzel Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Denzel Valentine didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Denzel Valentine
Season	1963-64	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Chicago Bulls
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	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Denzel Valentine	36	13.6	6.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	6.6	.409	1.3	3.8	.336	0.2	0.2	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denzel Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Denzel Valentine
Season	1964-65	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	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	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Denzel Valentine	62	16.7	6.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.1	2.5	6.7	.373	1.3	3.9	.331	0.3	0.3	.941
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
Denzel Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-