Alex Hannum vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Alex Hannum, 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.

Alex Hannum played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Alex Hannum had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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
	Alex Hannum	Bernard King
Season	1949-50	1977-78
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Alex Hannum	64	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.8	7.6	.363	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.688
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		%
Alex Hannum	11	-	8.5	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.5	3.5	7.8	.442	-	-	-	1.5	3.1	.500
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Alex Hannum	Bernard King
Season	1953-54	1981-82
Team	Rochester Royals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West 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		%
Alex Hannum	72	23.7	6.3	-	-	4.9	1.5	-	-	-	3.9	2.4	7.0	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.3	.622
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		%
Alex Hannum	6	17.8	6.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	4.7	2.0	4.8	.414	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	.625
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Alex Hannum	Bernard King
Season	1955-56	1983-84
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Alex Hannum	71	20.8	5.4	-	-	4.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	2.1	6.4	.322	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.604
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		%
Alex Hannum	8	19.9	7.6	-	-	3.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.5	2.6	8.3	.318	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	.543
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
	Alex Hannum	Bernard King
Season	1956-57	1984-85
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons, St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Alex Hannum	59	10.9	3.2	-	-	2.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	3.8	.345	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
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		%
Alex Hannum	2	3.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 13
	Alex Hannum	Bernard King
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Alex Hannum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Alex Hannum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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