Walt Frazier vs. Joe Graboski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Graboski 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 Joe Graboski both played 13 years in the NBA. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Joe Graboski had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
Joe Graboski	13	10	1948-49 to 1961-62

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1967-68	1948-49
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Stags Lost West Div 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	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
Joe Graboski	45	-	2.8	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	1.9	1.2	3.5	.344	-	-	-	0.4	1.1	.347

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
Joe Graboski	1	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	6.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1968-69	1949-50
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Stags Lost Cent Div 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	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Joe Graboski	57	-	3.6	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	4.3	.304	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.596

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
Joe Graboski	1	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Joe Graboski didn't play in 1950-51.


Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1969-70	1951-52
Team	New York Knicks	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Olympians Lost West Div 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	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
Joe Graboski	66	37.0	13.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	12.5	.387	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.667

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
Joe Graboski	2	48.0	23.0	-	-	11.5	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	24.0	.396	-	-	-	4.0	7.5	.533


Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1970-71	1952-53
Team	New York Knicks	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Olympians Lost West Div 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
Joe Graboski	69	40.1	13.0	-	-	10.0	2.3	-	-	-	4.4	3.9	11.6	.340	-	-	-	5.1	7.4	.682

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
Joe Graboski	2	38.0	17.0	-	-	8.0	0.0	-	-	-	2.5	7.0	14.0	.500	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1971-72	1953-54
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Joe Graboski	71	38.9	13.3	-	-	9.4	2.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.0	14.1	.354	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	.674

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
Joe Graboski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1972-73	1954-55
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Joe Graboski	70	35.9	13.6	-	-	9.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	15.7	.340	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.686

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
Joe Graboski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1973-74	1955-56
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Joe Graboski	72	33.0	14.4	-	-	8.9	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	14.9	.369	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.706

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
Joe Graboski	10	31.3	13.2	-	-	9.4	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	15.4	.344	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.743


Season 8
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1974-75	1956-57
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Joe Graboski	72	34.7	14.3	-	-	8.5	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	15.5	.349	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.783

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
Joe Graboski	2	45.5	17.5	-	-	11.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	20.0	.325	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818


Season 9
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1975-76	1957-58
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Joe Graboski	72	28.8	12.6	-	-	7.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	14.1	.335	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Graboski	8	31.5	12.3	-	-	10.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	17.3	.290	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.783


Season 10
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1976-77	1958-59
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia Warriors
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
Joe Graboski	72	34.5	14.7	-	-	10.4	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	15.5	.353	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.750

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


Season 11
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1977-78	1959-60
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Joe Graboski	73	17.4	7.7	-	-	4.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	8.0	.372	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Graboski	9	14.3	4.6	-	-	3.3	1.0	-	-	-	2.6	1.9	6.4	.293	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.778


Season 12
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1978-79	1960-61
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Joe Graboski	68	14.9	6.8	-	-	3.9	1.1	-	-	-	2.2	2.5	7.5	.333	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Graboski	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Walt Frazier	Joe Graboski
Season	1979-80	1961-62
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Packers, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Joe Graboski	38	12.3	5.1	-	-	4.1	0.7	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	5.8	.348	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Graboski	4	6.0	0.8	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.8	0.3	1.8	.143	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Walt Frazier vs. Joe Graboski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Graboski 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