Bill Walton vs. Jim Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Washington and Bill Walton, 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 Walton played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jim Washington, who played 11. Bill Walton had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Jim Washington had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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 Walton	10	4	1974-75 to 1986-87
Jim Washington	11	8	1965-66 to 1975-76

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1974-75	1965-66
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West 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 Walton	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686
Jim Washington	65	17.0	5.9	-	-	5.4	0.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.4	6.0	.402	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.567

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	4	1.5	1.0	-	-	0.8	0.0	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1975-76	1966-67
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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 Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583
Jim Washington	77	19.2	7.7	-	-	6.1	0.7	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	7.8	.417	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.553

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	3	12.7	8.0	-	-	3.3	0.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	7.3	.455	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 3
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1976-77	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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 Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Jim Washington	82	30.8	12.5	-	-	10.1	1.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.1	11.2	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684
Jim Washington	5	41.0	17.2	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	7.6	17.0	.447	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 4
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1977-78	1968-69
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Jim Washington	80	33.8	14.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	5.5	12.8	.430	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.677

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714
Jim Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.


Season 5
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1979-80	1969-70
Team	San Diego Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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 Walton	14	24.1	13.9	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.593
Jim Washington	79	31.1	12.7	-	-	9.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.1	10.7	.476	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	5	33.4	12.6	-	-	9.8	1.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	11.4	.439	-	-	-	2.6	4.6	.565

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 6
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1982-83	1970-71
Team	San Diego Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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 Walton	33	33.3	14.1	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.4	6.1	11.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.556
Jim Washington	78	32.1	13.4	-	-	9.6	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	5.1	10.6	.476	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	7	30.9	11.4	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	3.9	8.7	.443	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.722


Season 7
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1983-84	1971-72
Team	San Diego Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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 Walton	55	26.8	12.1	2.4	6.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.8	5.2	9.4	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.597
Jim Washington	84	35.3	12.4	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	10.5	.444	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	6	34.8	10.8	-	-	8.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	9.7	.483	-	-	-	1.5	2.7	.563


Season 8
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1984-85	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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 Walton	67	24.6	10.1	2.5	6.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	2.1	2.6	2.7	4.0	7.7	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.680
Jim Washington	75	37.8	10.4	-	-	10.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	9.5	.432	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	6	37.7	7.2	-	-	10.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	3.2	8.0	.396	-	-	-	0.8	2.8	.294


Season 9
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1985-86	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
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 Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713
Jim Washington	73	34.5	10.0	2.8	7.2	10.1	2.1	0.7	1.0	-	3.4	4.1	8.4	.485	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826
Jim Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	1986-87	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks, Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Braves 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 Walton	10	11.2	2.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	2.3	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.533
Jim Washington	80	19.7	5.6	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.4	0.4	0.3	-	2.1	2.4	5.3	.454	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	12	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.357
Jim Washington	6	6.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.3	0.8	.400	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Bill Walton	Jim Washington
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	Buffalo Braves
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		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	1	7.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Walton vs. Jim Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Washington and Bill Walton, 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

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Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11