Walt Bellamy vs. Kevon Looney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevon Looney 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 4 more than Kevon Looney, who played 10. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Kevon Looney had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Walt Bellamy	14	7	1961-62 to 1974-75
Kevon Looney	10	5	2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1961-62	2015-16
Team	Chicago Packers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+74	+38.1	+29.8			+17.0	+2.7				-3.2	+11.5	+22.3	+.052				+6.9	+10.8
Kevon Looney	5	4.2	1.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	.571	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Kevon Looney played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1962-63	2016-17
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+27	+32.9	+25.4			+14.1	+2.4				-2.3	+9.4	+17.9	+.004				+6.5	+9.7	+.056
Kevon Looney	53	8.4	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.1	2.0	.523	0.0	0.2	.222	0.4	0.6	.618

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Kevon Looney played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1963-64	2017-18
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+14	+28.6	+23.0			+13.7	+1.0				-2.2	+8.4	+16.9	+.067				+6.1	+9.1	+.106
Kevon Looney	66	13.8	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.7	2.9	.580	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	1.2	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevon Looney	21	18.4	4.1	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.9	3.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	1.0	.381


Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1964-65	2018-19
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Warriors 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:		+22.8	+18.5			+9.4	+0.9				-0.7	+6.5	+13.7	+.116				+5.6	+8.1	+.066
Kevon Looney	80	18.5	6.3	2.4	2.8	5.2	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.6	2.7	4.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.100	0.8	1.3	.619

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:	+11	+22.1	+13.8			+10.6	+2.4				-1.4	+4.4	+11.4	+.220				+5.1	+7.8	+.061
Kevon Looney	21	20.6	7.1	2.0	2.5	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	4.4	.688	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.724


Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1965-66	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th 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	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
difference:	+60	+28.8	+19.4			+12.4	+1.9				-2.0	+7.2	+13.2	+.139				+4.9	+8.0	+.126
Kevon Looney	20	13.1	3.4	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.5	4.0	.367	0.1	0.7	.071	0.5	0.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Kevon Looney played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1966-67	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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6th 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	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
difference:	+18	+19.1	+14.9			+8.2	+0.6				-1.3	+5.4	+10.5	+.027				+4.2	+6.5	+.010
Kevon Looney	61	19.0	4.1	1.9	3.4	5.3	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.2	1.8	3.2	.548	0.1	0.3	.235	0.5	0.8	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	4	39.3	18.3	-	-	16.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	4.3	7.3	.586
Kevon Looney	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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:		+11.8	+10.7			+4.4					-0.6	+3.7	+7.1	+.030				+3.4	+5.0	+.062
Kevon Looney	82	21.1	6.0	2.5	4.7	7.3	2.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.6	2.5	4.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.600

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:	+16	+25.8	+14.2			+8.4	+1.3				-1.4	+4.9	+13.8	+.238				+4.5	+7.2	+.014
Kevon Looney	22	20.4	5.8	2.9	4.8	7.6	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.6	4.0	.659	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.611


Season 8
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1968-69	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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8th 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	88	35.9	17.4	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.4	12.5	.510	-	-	-	4.6	7.0	.649
difference:	+6	+12.0	+10.4			+3.2	+0.5				-0.9	+3.4	+7.8	+.120				+3.5	+5.1	+.043
Kevon Looney	82	23.9	7.0	3.3	5.9	9.3	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	3.0	4.7	.630	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.606

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevon Looney	13	25.0	6.5	4.7	8.4	13.1	3.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.8	4.9	.578	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.556


Season 9
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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9th 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	25.7	11.6	-	-	8.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	8.5	.523	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	.576
difference:	+5	+9.6	+7.1			+3.2					-1.2	+2.5	+5.4	+.074				+1.9	+3.6	+.099
Kevon Looney	74	16.1	4.5	1.9	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	1.9	3.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	9	40.9	16.8	-	-	15.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	14.0	.468	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.717
Kevon Looney	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Walt Bellamy	Kevon Looney
Season	1970-71	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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10th 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	35.5	14.7	-	-	12.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	10.7	.493	-	-	-	4.1	6.8	.604
difference:	+6	+20.5	+10.2			+6.8	+1.2				-1.3	+3.4	+7.0	+.021				+3.4	+5.5	+.038
Kevon Looney	76	15.0	4.5	2.4	3.6	6.1	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.9	3.7	.514	0.0	0.1	.400	0.7	1.3	.566

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	5	43.2	20.8	-	-	14.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	13.8	.594	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
difference:	+7	+33.2	+18.6			+10.8	+1.7				-0.9	+7.4	+11.9	+.159				+3.9	+5.1	+.009
Kevon Looney	12	10.0	2.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	2.3	0.8	1.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750

Additional Years

* Walt Bellamy played 4 seasons more than Kevon Looney in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 1972 to 1975—Walt Bellamy played in two Playoffs.

Walt Bellamy vs. Kevon Looney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevon Looney 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years