Bill Sharman vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu and Bill Sharman, 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.

Bill Sharman played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15. Bill Sharman had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Hedo Turkoglu had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1950-51	2000-01
Team	Washington Capitols	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889
Hedo Turkoglu	74	16.8	5.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.5	.412	0.4	1.2	.326	1.2	1.5	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	8	17.6	7.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	1.0	1.8	.571	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 3
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1952-53	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Kings 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		%
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850
Hedo Turkoglu	67	17.5	6.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.8	.422	0.4	1.2	.372	1.3	1.6	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938
Hedo Turkoglu	10	17.3	5.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.0	.360	0.4	1.4	.286	1.3	1.8	.722

Season 4
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1953-54	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Spurs 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		%
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844
Hedo Turkoglu	80	25.9	9.2	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.1	.406	1.3	3.0	.419	1.4	2.0	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860
Hedo Turkoglu	10	27.2	7.7	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.6	8.1	.321	1.4	4.2	.333	1.1	1.8	.611

Season 5
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1954-55	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bill Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897
Hedo Turkoglu	67	26.2	14.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.9	11.7	.419	1.4	3.7	.380	2.8	3.4	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1955-56	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bill Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867
Hedo Turkoglu	78	33.5	14.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.7	3.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.5	3.6	.403	3.3	3.8	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1956-57	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Bill Sharman	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905
Hedo Turkoglu	73	31.1	13.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.0	4.7	11.3	.419	1.5	3.8	.388	2.3	3.0	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	10	37.7	21.1	-	-	3.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	7.5	19.7	.381	-	-	-	6.1	6.4	.953
Hedo Turkoglu	4	39.0	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	1.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	6.3	12.5	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 8
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1957-58	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Magic 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		%
Bill Sharman	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893
Hedo Turkoglu	82	36.9	19.5	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	14.9	.456	2.0	5.1	.400	4.0	4.8	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	11	36.9	21.1	-	-	4.9	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	20.1	.407	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	.929
Hedo Turkoglu	10	39.9	17.5	1.4	5.0	6.4	5.5	0.8	0.2	3.8	3.5	6.3	14.1	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.9	4.6	.848

Season 9
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1958-59	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Bill Sharman	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932
Hedo Turkoglu	77	36.6	16.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	5.5	13.3	.413	1.7	4.9	.356	4.1	5.1	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	11	29.3	20.1	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	7.5	17.5	.425	-	-	-	5.2	5.4	.966
Hedo Turkoglu	24	38.9	15.8	0.4	4.2	4.5	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	5.3	12.3	.427	1.3	3.5	.386	3.9	4.8	.817

Season 10
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1959-60	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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		%
Bill Sharman	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866
Hedo Turkoglu	74	30.7	11.3	0.6	4.1	4.6	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.0	3.7	9.1	.409	1.5	3.9	.374	2.4	3.1	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	13	28.0	16.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.7	6.8	16.1	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.811
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Bill Sharman	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1960-61	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Bill Sharman	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921
Hedo Turkoglu	81	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.8	4.4	4.2	0.9	0.4	1.6	3.0	4.0	8.9	.446	1.6	3.8	.410	1.3	1.9	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889
Hedo Turkoglu	6	34.8	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.3	11.3	.294	1.2	5.0	.233	1.3	2.3	.571