Bradley Beal vs. Louie Nelson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Louie Nelson and Bradley Beal, 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.
Bradley Beal played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Louie Nelson, who played 5. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Louie Nelson had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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 |
Bradley Beal |
12 |
6 |
2012-13 to 2023-24 |
Louie Nelson |
5 |
0 |
1973-74 to 1977-78 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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|
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Rookie Season |
|
Bradley Beal |
Louie Nelson |
Season |
2012-13 | 1973-74 |
Team |
Washington Wizards | Capital Bullets |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie First Team | - |
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 |
% |
Bradley Beal |
56 |
31.2 |
13.9 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
12.3 |
.410 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
.386 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
.786 |
Louie Nelson |
49 |
11.3 |
4.9 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
- |
1.3 |
1.9 |
4.4 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.726 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
73 |
34.7 |
17.1 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
6.6 |
15.7 |
.419 |
1.9 |
4.7 |
.402 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
.788 |
Louie Nelson |
72 |
26.4 |
11.2 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
- |
2.6 |
4.3 |
9.4 |
.452 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
3.5 |
.768 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
11 |
41.6 |
19.2 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
6.8 |
16.1 |
.424 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
.415 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
.796 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
63 |
33.4 |
15.3 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.8 |
3.1 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
5.8 |
13.5 |
.427 |
1.7 |
4.1 |
.409 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
.783 |
Louie Nelson |
66 |
30.8 |
12.5 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
- |
2.2 |
5.0 |
11.4 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
3.5 |
.735 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
10 |
41.8 |
23.4 |
1.4 |
4.1 |
5.5 |
4.6 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
8.1 |
20.0 |
.405 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
.365 |
4.9 |
5.9 |
.831 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
55 |
31.1 |
17.4 |
0.7 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
2.9 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
6.5 |
14.5 |
.449 |
1.9 |
4.9 |
.387 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
.767 |
Louie Nelson |
4 |
14.3 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
- |
2.3 |
1.8 |
3.5 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.571 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
77 |
34.9 |
23.1 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
8.3 |
17.2 |
.482 |
2.9 |
7.2 |
.404 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
.825 |
Louie Nelson |
33 |
12.3 |
6.9 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
2.6 |
6.4 |
.403 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
2.5 |
.679 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
13 |
38.8 |
24.8 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
9.4 |
19.9 |
.471 |
2.2 |
7.8 |
.287 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
.820 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
82 |
36.3 |
22.6 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
2.0 |
8.3 |
18.1 |
.460 |
2.4 |
6.5 |
.375 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
.791 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
6 |
36.0 |
23.2 |
0.3 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
8.2 |
18.0 |
.454 |
3.5 |
7.5 |
.467 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
.870 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
82 |
36.9 |
25.6 |
1.1 |
3.9 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
9.3 |
19.6 |
.475 |
2.5 |
7.3 |
.351 |
4.4 |
5.5 |
.808 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
57 |
36.0 |
30.5 |
0.9 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
6.1 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
10.4 |
22.9 |
.455 |
3.0 |
8.4 |
.353 |
6.8 |
8.0 |
.842 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
60 |
35.8 |
31.3 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
11.2 |
23.0 |
.485 |
2.2 |
6.2 |
.349 |
6.8 |
7.7 |
.889 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
5 |
39.0 |
30.0 |
1.2 |
5.0 |
6.2 |
4.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
4.0 |
1.2 |
11.2 |
24.6 |
.455 |
1.4 |
6.4 |
.219 |
6.2 |
7.2 |
.861 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
40 |
36.0 |
23.2 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
6.6 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
2.4 |
8.7 |
19.3 |
.451 |
1.6 |
5.3 |
.300 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
.833 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
50 |
33.5 |
23.2 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
5.4 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
8.9 |
17.6 |
.506 |
1.6 |
4.4 |
.365 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
.842 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
53 |
33.3 |
18.2 |
1.0 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
7.1 |
13.9 |
.513 |
1.9 |
4.4 |
.430 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
.813 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Bradley Beal |
4 |
38.5 |
16.5 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
6.5 |
14.8 |
.441 |
2.5 |
5.8 |
.435 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
.800 |
Louie Nelson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |