Bradley Beal vs. Mel Counts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Counts 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.

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.

Bradley Beal and Mel Counts both played 12 years in the NBA. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Mel Counts had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Mel Counts	12	8	1964-65 to 1975-76

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2012-13	1964-65
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Mel Counts	54	10.6	4.8	-	-	4.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	5.0	.368	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	3.8	.267	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2013-14	1965-66
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Mel Counts	67	15.2	8.4	-	-	6.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	8.2	.403	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828

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
Mel Counts	10	8.2	4.3	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.6	1.4	3.9	.359	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.882


Season 3
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2014-15	1966-67
Team	Washington Wizards	Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
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
Mel Counts	56	15.4	7.6	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.2	7.5	.422	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.734

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
Mel Counts	3	9.7	4.7	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.7	6.3	.263	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 4
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2015-16	1967-68
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
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
Mel Counts	82	21.2	11.7	-	-	8.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	15	20.4	8.6	-	-	8.9	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	6.7	.535	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677


Season 5
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2016-17	1968-69
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
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
Mel Counts	77	24.2	12.4	-	-	7.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.3	.450	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.805

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
Mel Counts	18	24.6	11.2	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	10.7	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.761


Season 6
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2017-18	1969-70
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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
Mel Counts	81	27.1	12.6	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.427	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.776

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
Mel Counts	14	15.1	6.1	-	-	5.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.4	2.6	6.3	.420	-	-	-	0.8	0.9	.846


Season 7
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2018-19	1970-71
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Mel Counts	80	20.9	11.0	-	-	6.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	10.0	.457	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2019-20	1971-72
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
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		%
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
Mel Counts	76	11.9	5.2	-	-	3.4	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.9	4.5	.427	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Washington Wizards	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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
Mel Counts	66	10.0	4.6	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	4.5	.449	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.672

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
Mel Counts	17	19.2	9.1	-	-	6.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	7.8	.459	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.780


Season 10
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2021-22	1973-74
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
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
Mel Counts	45	11.1	3.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	-	1.9	1.4	3.7	.365	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	4	8.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	-	0.8	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2022-23	1974-75
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Jazz
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		%
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
Mel Counts	75	18.9	6.9	1.4	4.5	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	-	2.6	2.9	6.6	.438	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bradley Beal	Mel Counts
Season	2023-24	1975-76
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Mel Counts	30	10.6	3.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	2.5	1.2	3.0	.407	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.762

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
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bradley Beal vs. Mel Counts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Counts 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.

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