Walt Bellamy vs. Luke Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luke Walton 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, 4 more than Luke Walton, who played 10. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Luke Walton had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	Luke Walton
Season	1961-62	2003-04
Team	Chicago Packers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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
Luke Walton	72	10.1	2.4	0.5	1.2	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	2.1	.425	0.2	0.5	.333	0.4	0.6	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	17	7.9	1.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.7	.345	0.3	0.8	.385	0.4	0.6	.700

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Luke Walton
Season	1962-63	2004-05
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Los Angeles Lakers
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
Luke Walton	61	12.6	3.2	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.0	.411	0.3	1.0	.262	0.6	0.8	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Luke Walton
Season	1963-64	2005-06
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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
Luke Walton	69	19.3	5.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.8	.412	0.3	0.8	.327	0.8	1.1	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Walton	7	33.6	12.1	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.3	5.4	11.9	.458	0.6	1.6	.364	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Luke Walton
Season	1964-65	2006-07
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Lakers 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
Luke Walton	60	33.0	11.4	1.5	3.6	5.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	4.4	9.3	.474	0.8	2.1	.387	1.8	2.4	.745
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
Luke Walton	5	25.6	7.2	1.8	2.4	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.2	3.0	2.6	2.8	7.2	.389	1.0	2.4	.417	0.6	0.8	.750

Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Luke Walton
Season	1966-67	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
Luke Walton	65	17.9	5.0	0.8	1.9	2.8	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	2.1	4.7	.436	0.3	0.9	.298	0.6	0.9	.719
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
Luke Walton	21	15.8	3.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.6	.427	0.2	0.8	.313	0.5	0.9	.611

Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Luke Walton
Season	1967-68	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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	82	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
Luke Walton	29	9.4	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.357	0.2	0.6	.412	0.1	0.1	.500
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
Luke Walton	16	6.0	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	.304	0.1	0.6	.222	0.1	0.3	.500