Walt Frazier vs. Kelly Tripucka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kelly Tripucka 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.

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, 3 more than Kelly Tripucka, who played 10. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Kelly Tripucka had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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
Kelly Tripucka	82	37.5	21.6	2.7	2.7	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	3.4	2.9	7.8	15.6	.496	0.1	0.3	.227	6.0	7.6	.797
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
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
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
Kelly Tripucka	58	38.8	26.5	2.2	2.4	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.3	3.2	2.7	9.7	19.9	.489	0.2	0.6	.378	6.8	8.0	.845
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
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1969-70	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
Kelly Tripucka	76	32.8	21.3	1.6	2.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.5	7.8	17.1	.459	0.0	0.2	.118	5.6	6.9	.815
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
Kelly Tripucka	5	41.6	27.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.0	2.2	0.0	3.6	4.4	9.6	20.4	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	8.2	10.2	.804

Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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
Kelly Tripucka	55	30.5	19.1	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.1	7.2	15.1	.477	0.0	0.1	.400	4.6	5.2	.885
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
Kelly Tripucka	9	32.0	14.8	2.1	2.2	4.3	3.2	0.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	5.4	13.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.4	.875

Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Kelly Tripucka	81	32.4	20.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.3	2.1	7.6	15.3	.498	0.1	0.3	.480	4.7	5.5	.856
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
Kelly Tripucka	4	43.8	21.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.0	3.5	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	5.8	.913

Season 6
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Kelly Tripucka	79	23.6	10.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.9	3.7	7.9	.469	0.2	0.7	.365	2.5	2.9	.872
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
Kelly Tripucka	5	14.0	6.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	.700	0.0	0.6	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 7
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Kelly Tripucka	49	19.9	7.5	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.4	2.8	6.2	.459	0.6	1.5	.419	1.2	1.4	.868
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
Kelly Tripucka	2	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1974-75	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
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
Kelly Tripucka	71	32.4	22.6	1.1	2.6	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.8	8.0	17.1	.467	0.4	1.2	.357	6.2	7.2	.866
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
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Walt Frazier	Kelly Tripucka
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
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
Kelly Tripucka	79	30.4	15.6	1.0	3.0	4.1	2.8	0.9	0.2	2.2	2.8	5.6	13.0	.430	0.5	1.3	.365	3.9	4.4	.883
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kelly Tripucka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-