Walt Frazier vs. Kurt Rambis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Rambis 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, 1 less than Kurt Rambis, who played 14. Walt Frazier had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Kurt Rambis 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Walt Frazier	13	8	1967-68 to 1979-80
Kurt Rambis	14	9	1981-82 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
Kurt Rambis	64	17.7	4.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	3.6	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.8	.504

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
Kurt Rambis	14	19.9	5.9	2.3	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.4	2.4	4.6	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.615


Season 2
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Lakers Lost NBA 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	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Kurt Rambis	78	23.2	7.5	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.0	5.3	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.687

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
Kurt Rambis	15	25.1	7.5	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.3	.570	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.657


Season 3
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1969-70	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA 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	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
Kurt Rambis	47	15.8	3.6	1.7	3.9	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.3	1.3	2.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.636

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
Kurt Rambis	21	20.4	6.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	4.4	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.636


Season 4
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
Kurt Rambis	82	19.7	5.2	2.0	4.4	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	2.2	4.0	.554	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.660

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
Kurt Rambis	19	19.7	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	4.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.679


Season 5
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West 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	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Kurt Rambis	74	21.3	5.5	2.1	4.9	7.0	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.7	2.2	3.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.721

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
Kurt Rambis	14	19.1	4.8	1.9	4.1	5.9	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	1.9	3.2	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.722


Season 6
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Kurt Rambis	78	19.4	5.7	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.1	4.0	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.764

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
Kurt Rambis	17	12.6	4.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	1.4	2.4	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.912


Season 7
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
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
Kurt Rambis	70	12.1	4.0	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.785

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
Kurt Rambis	19	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.1	1.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.692


Season 8
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
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
Kurt Rambis	75	29.8	11.1	3.6	5.8	9.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.4	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.734

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
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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	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
Kurt Rambis	74	25.7	6.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	1.4	2.8	2.6	5.0	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Rambis	16	24.1	4.2	2.4	5.3	7.7	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	3.2	1.5	3.4	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.679


Season 10
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1976-77	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	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
Kurt Rambis	62	14.5	3.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Rambis	4	13.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1977-78	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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
Kurt Rambis	28	13.6	3.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.463	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778

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


Season 12
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1978-79	1992-93
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings
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
Kurt Rambis	72	11.4	2.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.9	1.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.662

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


Season 13
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
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	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
Kurt Rambis	50	12.7	3.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.648

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


Season 14
	Walt Frazier	Kurt Rambis
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Rambis	26	7.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667

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

Walt Frazier vs. Kurt Rambis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Rambis 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

Season 14