Walt Bellamy vs. Mario Bennett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mario Bennett 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, 10 more than Mario Bennett, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Mario Bennett had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Mario Bennett
Season	1961-62	1995-96
Team	Chicago Packers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Mario Bennett	19	12.1	4.5	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.4	1.5	3.4	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.2	.643
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mario Bennett	2	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Mario Bennett didn't play in 1996-97.

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Mario Bennett
Season	1962-63	1997-98
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 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	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Mario Bennett	45	7.9	3.9	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.4	1.8	3.0	.593	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	1.0	.364
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mario Bennett	4	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Mario Bennett
Season	1963-64	1998-99
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
Mario Bennett	3	6.3	2.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mario Bennett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Mario Bennett
Season	1964-65	1999-00
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Mario Bennett	1	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
Mario Bennett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-