Clint Capela vs. Slater Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Slater Martin and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Slater Martin, who played 11. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Slater Martin had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2014-15	1949-50
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
Slater Martin	67	-	4.0	-	-	-	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	1.6	4.5	.351	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517
Slater Martin	12	-	4.7	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	1.8	4.2	.420	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.583

Season 3
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2016-17	1951-52
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Clint Capela	65	23.9	12.6	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	8.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.531
Slater Martin	66	37.6	9.3	-	-	3.5	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	9.6	.375	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	11	26.0	10.5	2.4	6.4	8.7	1.1	0.7	2.5	0.7	2.5	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.615
Slater Martin	13	40.2	9.0	-	-	2.8	4.3	-	-	-	4.9	2.9	8.5	.345	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.732

Season 4
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2017-18	1952-53
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.5	13.9	3.3	7.6	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	1.4	2.5	6.0	9.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.560
Slater Martin	70	36.5	10.6	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	9.1	.410	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	17	30.6	12.7	3.6	8.0	11.6	1.3	0.8	2.1	0.9	2.2	5.6	8.5	.660	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.2	.473
Slater Martin	12	37.8	10.1	-	-	2.6	3.6	-	-	-	4.1	3.4	8.6	.398	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.765

Season 5
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2018-19	1953-54
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
Slater Martin	69	35.8	9.9	-	-	2.4	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	9.5	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
Slater Martin	13	41.0	9.7	-	-	2.2	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	2.8	8.6	.330	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743

Season 6
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2019-20	1954-55
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Clint Capela	39	32.8	13.9	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.6	2.6	6.3	9.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.529
Slater Martin	72	38.7	13.6	-	-	3.6	5.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	12.8	.381	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	7	45.0	13.7	-	-	4.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	13.4	.298	-	-	-	5.7	7.0	.816

Season 7
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2020-21	1955-56
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
Slater Martin	72	39.4	13.2	-	-	3.6	6.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	12.0	.358	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
Slater Martin	3	40.3	18.0	-	-	2.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.7	12.3	.459	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.833

Season 8
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2021-22	1956-57
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.6	11.1	3.8	8.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.2	5.0	8.2	.613	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.3	.473
Slater Martin	66	36.4	10.9	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	11.2	.332	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	2	20.0	2.0	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Slater Martin	10	43.9	16.6	-	-	4.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	15.5	.355	-	-	-	5.6	7.4	.757

Season 9
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2022-23	1957-58
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clint Capela	65	26.6	12.0	4.0	7.1	11.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	5.4	8.2	.653	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.603
Slater Martin	60	35.0	12.0	-	-	3.8	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	12.8	.336	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	6	25.2	8.3	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	3.8	6.3	.605	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Slater Martin	11	37.8	11.5	-	-	4.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	12.5	.321	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	.619

Season 10
	Clint Capela	Slater Martin
Season	2023-24	1958-59
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Clint Capela	73	25.8	11.5	4.6	6.0	10.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.2	4.8	8.5	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.8	.631
Slater Martin	71	35.3	9.7	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	9.9	.347	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	1	18.0	8.0	-	-	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	5.0	.800	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-