Darryl Dawkins vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Darryl Dawkins, 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.

Darryl Dawkins and Jerry West both played 14 years in the NBA. Darryl Dawkins had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Darryl Dawkins	14	10	1975-76 to 1988-89
Jerry West	14	13	1960-61 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1975-76	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	37	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	-	1.1	1.1	2.2	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.333
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726


Season 2
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1976-77	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	59	11.6	5.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	-	2.2	2.3	3.6	.628	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.506
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	18	18.4	7.3	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.9	0.4	1.0	-	2.6	2.8	5.3	.526	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.660
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807


Season 3
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1977-78	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	70	24.6	11.7	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	4.7	8.2	.575	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.709
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	10	18.0	6.3	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	2.7	5.3	.509	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	.529
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740


Season 4
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1978-79	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	78	26.1	13.1	1.6	6.5	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	3.8	5.5	10.7	.517	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.672
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	9	28.3	16.0	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.7	6.2	11.8	.528	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.681
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792


Season 5
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1979-80	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	80	31.8	14.7	2.5	6.2	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.1	6.2	11.8	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.6	.653
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	18	33.7	17.3	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.8	0.7	2.3	2.6	4.2	7.0	13.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	3.3	5.2	.645
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890


Season 6
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1980-81	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	76	27.5	14.0	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	4.2	5.6	9.2	.607	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.720
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	16	26.3	13.8	1.8	4.4	6.1	0.9	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.3	.721
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872


Season 7
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1981-82	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	48	23.4	11.0	1.4	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.3	7.6	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.695
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	21	21.9	11.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.8	4.5	4.7	8.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.660
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1982-83	1967-68
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	81	25.8	12.0	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.5	4.7	5.0	8.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	2	29.5	18.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	3.5	8.5	11.0	.773	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781


Season 9
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1983-84	1968-69
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	81	29.8	16.8	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.8	6.3	10.6	.593	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	5.7	.735
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	11	30.9	18.4	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	6.0	10.7	.559	0.0	0.3	.000	6.4	7.5	.843
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804


Season 10
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1984-85	1969-70
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	39	24.9	13.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.4	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.2	.711
Jerry West	74	42.0	31.2	-	-	4.6	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	11.2	22.6	.497	-	-	-	8.7	10.6	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	3	21.3	8.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.7	7.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Jerry West	18	46.1	31.2	-	-	3.7	8.4	-	-	-	3.1	10.9	23.2	.469	-	-	-	9.4	11.8	.802


Season 11
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1985-86	1970-71
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	51	23.7	15.3	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.4	4.5	5.6	8.6	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.8	.707
Jerry West	69	41.2	26.9	-	-	4.6	9.5	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.6	.494	-	-	-	7.6	9.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	1	17.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1986-87	1971-72
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	6	17.7	9.5	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.2	3.3	5.3	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.708
Jerry West	77	38.6	25.8	-	-	4.2	9.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.5	20.0	.477	-	-	-	6.7	8.2	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	15	40.5	22.9	-	-	4.9	8.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.5	22.7	.376	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.830


Season 13
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1987-88	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	6	5.5	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	2.3	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.5	.400
Jerry West	69	35.7	22.8	-	-	4.2	8.8	-	-	-	2.0	9.0	18.7	.479	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	17	37.5	23.6	-	-	4.5	7.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.9	19.8	.449	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.780


Season 14
	Darryl Dawkins	Jerry West
Season	1988-89	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Darryl Dawkins	14	3.4	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.4	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.500
Jerry West	31	31.2	20.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7	-	2.6	7.5	16.7	.447	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	1	14.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	9.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Darryl Dawkins vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Darryl Dawkins, 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