Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 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.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Bernard King
Season	1997-98	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	82	29.0	13.9	3.4	5.4	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	3.5	5.5	10.7	.518	0.0	0.0	.250	2.8	3.7	.762
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	4	36.8	17.3	3.5	4.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.5	5.5	7.0	12.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	6.3	.520
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Zydrunas Ilgauskas didn't play in 1999-00.

Season 5
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Bernard King
Season	2002-03	1981-82
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	81	30.0	17.2	3.0	4.6	7.5	1.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.4	6.1	13.9	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.3	.781
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Bernard King
Season	2004-05	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	78	33.5	16.9	3.8	4.8	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.1	2.4	4.0	5.9	12.6	.468	0.0	0.1	.286	5.2	6.4	.799
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Bernard King
Season	2005-06	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	78	29.3	15.6	3.1	4.4	7.6	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.0	3.6	5.8	11.4	.506	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	4.9	.834
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	13	27.2	10.4	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.8	0.4	2.1	1.8	3.5	4.2	9.2	.454	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.750
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 13
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Bernard King
Season	2010-11	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	72	15.9	5.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.3	4.4	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.783
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	9	11.6	3.6	1.7	1.9	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.6	3.3	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.