Walt Bellamy vs. Matt Bonner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Matt Bonner 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, 2 more than Matt Bonner, who played 12. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Matt Bonner had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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	Matt Bonner
Season	1961-62	2004-05
Team	Chicago Packers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Matt Bonner	82	18.9	7.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.7	3.0	5.6	.533	0.5	1.1	.424	0.7	0.9	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Matt Bonner
Season	1962-63	2005-06
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Toronto Raptors
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
Matt Bonner	78	21.9	7.5	1.1	2.5	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.7	6.0	.448	1.3	3.1	.420	0.8	1.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Matt Bonner
Season	1963-64	2006-07
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Matt Bonner	56	11.7	4.9	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.2	.447	0.6	1.7	.383	0.5	0.7	.711
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Bonner	9	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	.286	0.1	0.4	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Matt Bonner
Season	1964-65	2007-08
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Spurs 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	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Matt Bonner	68	12.5	4.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.3	.416	0.7	2.0	.336	0.6	0.6	.864
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
Matt Bonner	2	4.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Walt Bellamy	Matt Bonner
Season	1970-71	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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	35.5	14.7	-	-	12.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	10.7	.493	-	-	-	4.1	6.8	.604
Matt Bonner	61	11.3	3.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.7	.445	0.7	1.6	.429	0.1	0.2	.750
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
Matt Bonner	22	6.2	1.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.0	.476	0.2	0.5	.333	0.1	0.2	.750