Walt Frazier vs. Cliff Levingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cliff Levingston 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 played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Cliff Levingston, who played 11. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Cliff Levingston had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Cliff Levingston	11	8	1982-83 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1967-68	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	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
Cliff Levingston	62	14.2	5.6	1.7	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	4.4	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.571

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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Cliff Levingston	80	21.8	7.3	2.9	3.9	6.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.9	5.5	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.3	.672

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
Cliff Levingston	5	20.2	8.0	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	3.0	3.0	3.8	.789	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.625


Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1969-70	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
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
Cliff Levingston	74	27.3	9.8	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	3.1	3.9	7.5	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.653

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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	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
Cliff Levingston	81	24.0	9.3	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.2	3.6	6.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	.678

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
Cliff Levingston	9	20.0	5.8	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.1	.595	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	1.0	.778


Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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
Cliff Levingston	82	22.5	8.0	2.7	3.8	6.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.9	3.2	3.1	6.0	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.731

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
Cliff Levingston	9	12.0	3.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.778


Season 6
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1972-73	1987-88
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 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	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Cliff Levingston	82	26.0	10.0	2.8	3.4	6.1	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.5	3.8	6.9	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	3.0	.772

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
Cliff Levingston	12	13.6	5.0	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 7
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Cliff Levingston	80	27.3	9.2	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.4	3.8	7.1	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.4	.696

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
Cliff Levingston	5	15.4	3.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.2	.273	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.8	2.0	.900


Season 8
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1974-75	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Cliff Levingston	75	22.7	6.9	1.5	2.7	4.3	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.9	2.9	5.7	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	1.1	1.6	.680

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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
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 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
Cliff Levingston	78	13.0	4.0	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.6	3.6	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.648

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliff Levingston	17	11.3	2.6	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 10
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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 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
Cliff Levingston	79	12.9	3.9	1.4	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.6	3.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.167	0.8	1.2	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliff Levingston	22	8.7	2.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.6	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	.500

Note: Cliff Levingston didn't play in 1992-93 and 1993-94.


Season 11
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1977-78	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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 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
Cliff Levingston	57	8.2	2.3	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.0	2.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.8	.422

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cliff Levingston	3	11.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 12
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Walt Frazier	Cliff Levingston
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	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
Cliff Levingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Walt Frazier vs. Cliff Levingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cliff Levingston 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