Walt Bellamy vs. Dyson Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dyson Daniels 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, 11 more than Dyson Daniels, who played 3. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Dyson Daniels had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Dyson Daniels
Season	1961-62	2022-23
Team	Chicago Packers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+20	+24.6	+27.8			+15.8	+0.4				-1.9	+10.8	+20.2	+.101				+6.5	+10.1	+.006
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Dyson Daniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Dyson Daniels
Season	1962-63	2023-24
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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:	+19	+19.0	+22.1			+12.5	+0.2				-1.8	+8.2	+14.8	+.080				+6.3	+9.4	+.032
Dyson Daniels	61	22.3	5.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.1	.447	0.7	2.2	.311	0.6	0.9	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dyson Daniels	3	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Dyson Daniels
Season	1963-64	2024-25
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
difference:	+4	+8.6	+12.9			+11.1	+2.8				-1.5	+4.1	+7.7	+.020				+5.6	+8.5	+.058
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Dyson Daniels played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Walt Bellamy played 11 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1965 to 1975—Walt Bellamy played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Walt Bellamy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game