Walt Bellamy vs. Jordan Clarkson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jordan Clarkson 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, 3 more than Jordan Clarkson, who played 11. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Jordan Clarkson had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Jordan Clarkson
Season	1961-62	2014-15
Team	Chicago Packers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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	+17.3	+19.7			+15.8	+0.8				-1.8	+7.8	+13.6	+.071				+4.7	+8.1	+.185
Jordan Clarkson	59	25.0	11.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.6	2.1	.314	2.2	2.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Jordan Clarkson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Jordan Clarkson
Season	1962-63	2015-16
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+9.0	+12.4			+12.4	+0.5				-1.4	+4.5	+6.0	+.094				+4.8	+7.7	+.130
Jordan Clarkson	79	32.3	15.5	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.4	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.1	6.0	13.9	.433	1.4	4.1	.347	2.1	2.6	.804
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Jordan Clarkson played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Jordan Clarkson
Season	1963-64	2016-17
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	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:	+2	+13.2	+12.3			+14.0	+1.0				-2.0	+4.3	+6.7	+.068				+5.1	+8.3	+.147
Jordan Clarkson	82	29.2	14.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.1	2.0	1.8	5.8	13.1	.445	1.4	4.3	.329	1.6	2.0	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Jordan Clarkson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Jordan Clarkson
Season	1964-65	2017-18
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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4th 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	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
difference:	+1	+18.0	+10.9			+11.9	+0.3				-2.0	+3.9	+6.2	+.058				+4.5	+7.1	+.115
Jordan Clarkson	81	23.3	13.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	5.3	11.8	.451	1.4	3.9	.352	1.9	2.3	.800
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
difference:	+9	+27.6	+16.2			+13.4	+2.7				-2.7	+5.5	+9.3	+.167				+5.8	+8.9	+.170
Jordan Clarkson	19	15.1	4.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	6.5	.301	0.6	2.4	.239	0.3	0.3	.833

Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Jordan Clarkson
Season	1967-68	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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7th 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	82	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
difference:	+14	+6.2	+1.7			+7.7	+0.5				-1.6	+0.5	+4.3	+.116				+2.4	+4.4	+.234
Jordan Clarkson	68	26.7	18.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.6	6.7	15.8	.425	3.1	8.8	.347	1.9	2.1	.896
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	46.2	20.0	-	-	16.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	17.8	.421	-	-	-	5.0	8.0	.625
difference:	+5	+19.1	+2.5			+12.9	+2.0				-2.3	+1.4	+2.8	+.015				+2.7	+5.6	+.337
Jordan Clarkson	11	27.1	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.4	6.1	15.0	.406	3.1	8.8	.351	2.3	2.4	.962