Bob Pettit vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma and Bob Pettit, 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.

Bob Pettit played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jack Sikma, who played 14. Bob Pettit had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Jack Sikma 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65
Jack Sikma	14	11	1977-78 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1954-55	1977-78
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751
Jack Sikma	82	27.3	10.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.2	9.2	.455	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	22	31.9	13.7	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	4.6	5.2	11.2	.466	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780


Season 2
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1955-56	1978-79
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736
Jack Sikma	82	36.1	15.6	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	5.8	12.6	.460	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843
Jack Sikma	17	38.5	14.9	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	6.0	13.2	.455	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.787


Season 3
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1956-57	1979-80
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773
Jack Sikma	82	34.1	14.3	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	5.7	12.1	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767
Jack Sikma	15	35.6	11.7	2.0	6.4	8.4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.3	10.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.852


Season 4
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1957-58	1980-81
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	18.7	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.5	3.4	7.3	16.0	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.0	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1958-59	1981-82
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759
Jack Sikma	82	37.2	19.6	2.7	9.9	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.3	7.1	14.8	.479	0.0	0.2	.154	5.5	6.4	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785
Jack Sikma	8	39.4	20.5	2.6	9.5	12.1	3.0	1.1	1.0	2.0	4.3	7.1	16.0	.445	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	7.3	.862


Season 6
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1959-60	1982-83
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753
Jack Sikma	75	34.2	18.2	2.8	8.6	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.5	13.9	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	6.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754
Jack Sikma	2	37.5	15.0	3.0	10.0	13.0	5.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	15.5	.355	0.0	0.5	.000	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 7
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1960-61	1983-84
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724
Jack Sikma	82	36.5	19.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	2.9	3.7	7.0	14.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	5.9	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757
Jack Sikma	5	38.6	22.0	2.2	8.0	10.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.8	4.4	9.8	19.6	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 8
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1961-62	1984-85
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771
Jack Sikma	68	35.3	18.5	2.4	8.2	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	6.8	13.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.200	4.9	5.8	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1962-63	1985-86
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774
Jack Sikma	80	34.9	17.1	1.8	7.5	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	2.7	3.7	6.4	13.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.1	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1963-64	1986-87
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Bucks 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		%
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789
Jack Sikma	82	30.9	12.7	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.8	10.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.8	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835
Jack Sikma	12	35.5	16.2	2.8	8.1	10.8	1.9	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.7	6.1	12.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.1	.980


Season 11
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	1964-65	1987-88
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Bucks 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		%
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.6	3.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	3.9	4.2	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Jack Sikma	5	38.0	19.0	4.8	7.6	12.4	2.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.6	7.0	15.2	.461	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 12
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	80	32.3	13.4	1.8	6.0	7.8	3.6	1.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	4.5	10.4	.431	1.0	2.7	.380	3.3	3.7	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	9	33.4	11.7	1.0	4.6	5.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	4.6	4.1	10.4	.394	0.9	3.1	.286	2.6	3.1	.821


Season 13
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	71	31.7	13.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.0	3.4	4.8	11.6	.416	1.0	2.8	.342	3.2	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	4	29.3	5.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.5	5.8	.261	0.5	1.8	.286	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 14
	Bob Pettit	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	77	25.2	10.4	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.8	3.8	9.0	.427	0.6	1.8	.341	2.2	2.6	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	3	17.0	4.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500

Bob Pettit vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma and Bob Pettit, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14