Walt Frazier vs. Christian Laettner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Christian Laettner and Walt Frazier, 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 Frazier and Christian Laettner both played 13 years in the NBA. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Christian Laettner had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Walt Frazier	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80
Christian Laettner	13	6	1992-93 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1967-68	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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 Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
Christian Laettner	81	34.9	18.2	2.1	6.6	8.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	3.4	3.6	6.2	13.1	.474	0.0	0.5	.100	5.7	6.8	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1968-69	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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 Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Christian Laettner	70	34.7	16.8	2.3	6.3	8.6	4.4	1.2	1.2	3.7	3.8	5.7	12.6	.448	0.1	0.4	.240	5.4	6.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1969-70	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
Christian Laettner	81	34.2	16.3	2.0	5.5	7.6	2.9	1.2	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.6	11.4	.489	0.2	0.5	.325	5.0	6.2	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1970-71	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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 Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
Christian Laettner	74	33.7	16.4	2.5	4.8	7.3	2.7	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.7	6.0	12.3	.487	0.1	0.5	.231	4.4	5.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733
Christian Laettner	10	33.4	15.7	2.7	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.2	1.0	2.1	4.1	5.9	12.2	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	3.8	5.4	.704

Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1971-72	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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 Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Christian Laettner	82	38.3	18.1	2.6	6.2	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	2.7	3.4	6.7	13.8	.486	0.4	1.1	.352	4.4	5.4	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736
Christian Laettner	10	40.2	17.6	1.9	5.3	7.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.2	6.2	15.3	.405	0.4	2.1	.190	4.8	5.6	.857

Season 6
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1972-73	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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 Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Christian Laettner	74	30.8	13.8	1.9	4.7	6.6	2.6	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.3	4.8	9.9	.485	0.1	0.4	.222	4.1	4.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777
Christian Laettner	4	22.0	9.8	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	4.0	3.0	8.8	.343	0.0	0.8	.000	3.8	4.3	.882

Season 7
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1973-74	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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 Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838
Christian Laettner	16	21.1	7.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.5	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.4	6.6	.358	0.1	0.2	.333	2.8	3.6	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898
Christian Laettner	5	24.6	10.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	2.8	4.0	9.4	.426	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.786

Season 8
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1974-75	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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 Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828
Christian Laettner	82	29.8	12.2	2.1	4.6	6.7	2.3	1.0	0.5	2.3	4.0	4.6	9.8	.473	0.1	0.3	.292	2.9	3.6	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813
Christian Laettner	3	25.0	6.7	0.7	4.3	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.7	2.3	5.7	.412	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 9
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1975-76	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
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 Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823
Christian Laettner	78	21.3	9.3	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.8	3.1	3.6	7.1	.503	0.1	0.2	.308	2.2	2.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1976-77	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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 Frazier	76	35.4	17.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	1.7	0.1	-	2.6	7.0	14.3	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.771
Christian Laettner	57	25.3	7.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.3	2.9	6.4	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	1.2	1.3	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1977-78	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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 Frazier	51	32.6	16.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	14.0	.471	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.850
Christian Laettner	76	29.1	8.3	1.5	5.1	6.6	3.1	1.1	0.5	1.1	2.7	3.4	6.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.125	1.6	1.9	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1978-79	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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 Frazier	12	23.3	10.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.5	10.2	.443	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778
Christian Laettner	48	20.5	5.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.1	2.5	5.3	.465	0.1	0.4	.286	0.8	1.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Walt Frazier	Christian Laettner
Season	1979-80	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East 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 Frazier	3	9.0	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Christian Laettner	49	15.1	5.3	0.7	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.2	3.8	.582	0.0	0.1	.143	0.9	1.2	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	13	10.2	2.2	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833

Walt Frazier vs. Christian Laettner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Christian Laettner and Walt Frazier, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13