Bill Sharman vs. Jack Twyman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Twyman 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.

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.

Bill Sharman and Jack Twyman both played 11 years in the NBA. Bill Sharman had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Jack Twyman had his rookie season in 1955-56. 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
Bill Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61
Jack Twyman	11	6	1955-56 to 1965-66

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1950-51	1955-56
Team	Washington Capitols	Rochester Royals
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		%
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889
Jack Twyman	72	30.4	14.4	-	-	6.5	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.8	13.7	.422	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Twyman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1951-52	1956-57
Team	Boston Celtics	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	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	63	22.0	10.7	-	-	3.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	10.0	.389	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.859
Jack Twyman	72	32.5	16.3	-	-	4.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.2	.439	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Sharman	1	27.0	15.0	-	-	3.0	7.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	12.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jack Twyman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1952-53	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Royals Lost West Div 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
Jack Twyman	72	30.3	17.2	-	-	6.4	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.5	14.3	.452	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.775

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
Jack Twyman	2	37.0	18.5	-	-	11.0	0.5	-	-	-	3.0	7.5	22.5	.333	-	-	-	3.5	6.0	.583


Season 4
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1953-54	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844
Jack Twyman	72	37.7	25.8	-	-	9.1	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	23.5	.420	-	-	-	6.1	7.8	.783

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
Jack Twyman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1954-55	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	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
Jack Twyman	75	40.3	31.2	-	-	8.9	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	11.6	27.5	.422	-	-	-	8.0	10.2	.785

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
Jack Twyman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1955-56	1960-61
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Jack Twyman	79	37.0	25.3	-	-	8.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	10.1	20.7	.488	-	-	-	5.1	7.0	.731

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
Jack Twyman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1956-57	1961-62
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost West Div 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	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905
Jack Twyman	80	37.4	22.9	-	-	8.0	2.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.2	19.3	.479	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.811

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
Jack Twyman	4	37.3	19.0	-	-	7.3	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	19.5	.436	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 8
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1957-58	1962-63
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Royals Lost East Div 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	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893
Jack Twyman	80	32.8	19.8	-	-	7.5	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.0	16.7	.480	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.811

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
Jack Twyman	12	34.2	20.8	-	-	8.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.7	17.1	.449	-	-	-	5.4	6.4	.844


Season 9
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1958-59	1963-64
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost East Div 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
Jack Twyman	68	29.4	15.9	-	-	5.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.9	6.6	14.6	.450	-	-	-	2.8	3.4	.829

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
Jack Twyman	10	35.4	20.5	-	-	8.7	1.6	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	17.6	.472	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.796


Season 10
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1959-60	1964-65
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost East Div 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	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866
Jack Twyman	80	28.0	14.5	-	-	4.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.0	13.5	.443	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.828

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
Jack Twyman	4	24.3	12.3	-	-	4.3	0.8	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	12.0	.396	-	-	-	2.8	2.8	1.000


Season 11
	Bill Sharman	Jack Twyman
Season	1960-61	1965-66
Team	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost East Div 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	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921
Jack Twyman	73	12.9	7.4	-	-	2.3	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	3.1	6.8	.450	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.812

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
Jack Twyman	2	5.5	2.5	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.5	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Bill Sharman vs. Jack Twyman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Twyman 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.

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