Walt Bellamy vs. Tyrus Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrus Thomas 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, 6 more than Tyrus Thomas, who played 8. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Tyrus Thomas had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Tyrus Thomas
Season	1961-62	2006-07
Team	Chicago Packers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Tyrus Thomas	72	13.4	5.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.3	1.9	3.9	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.4	.606
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrus Thomas	10	12.2	5.1	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.6	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.3	1.6	4.1	.390	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.633

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Tyrus Thomas
Season	1962-63	2007-08
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	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	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Tyrus Thomas	74	18.0	6.8	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.3	2.5	5.9	.423	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.4	.741
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrus Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Tyrus Thomas
Season	1963-64	2008-09
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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
Tyrus Thomas	79	27.5	10.8	1.9	4.6	6.4	1.0	1.2	1.9	1.6	2.8	3.9	8.6	.451	0.0	0.1	.333	3.0	3.8	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrus Thomas	7	27.9	9.6	1.1	5.1	6.3	0.9	1.0	2.9	1.6	3.3	4.0	9.1	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.786

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Tyrus Thomas
Season	1964-65	2009-10
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Bobcats Lost East 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
Tyrus Thomas	54	22.6	9.4	1.5	4.7	6.2	1.0	1.2	1.6	1.7	2.4	3.6	7.8	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.686
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
Tyrus Thomas	4	17.0	8.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.3	3.8	6.0	.625	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833

Note: Tyrus Thomas didn't play in 2013-14.