Gene Tormohlen vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Gene Tormohlen, 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.

Gene Tormohlen played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Gene Tormohlen had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
	Gene Tormohlen	Wes Unseld
Season	1962-63	1968-69
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Gene Tormohlen	7	6.7	1.7	-	-	2.1	0.7	-	-	-	1.6	0.7	1.4	.500	-	-	-	0.3	1.4	.200
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Tormohlen	5	3.0	1.6	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.2	0.8	2.0	.400	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789

Note: Gene Tormohlen didn't play in 1964-65.

Season 3
	Gene Tormohlen	Wes Unseld
Season	1965-66	1970-71
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Bullets 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		%
Gene Tormohlen	71	10.9	4.8	-	-	4.4	0.8	-	-	-	1.9	2.0	4.6	.444	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.659
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Tormohlen	6	6.3	1.2	-	-	3.0	1.0	-	-	-	1.2	0.3	1.7	.200	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568

Season 4
	Gene Tormohlen	Wes Unseld
Season	1966-67	1971-72
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Bullets 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		%
Gene Tormohlen	63	16.4	6.3	-	-	5.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	2.7	6.4	.427	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.595
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Tormohlen	6	8.7	4.0	-	-	3.7	0.3	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	3.5	.524	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.400
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 5
	Gene Tormohlen	Wes Unseld
Season	1967-68	1972-73
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Gene Tormohlen	77	9.3	3.0	-	-	2.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.2	1.3	3.4	.374	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.589
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Tormohlen	3	8.3	2.3	-	-	2.0	1.7	-	-	-	1.3	0.7	2.0	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474

Note: Gene Tormohlen didn't play in 1968-69.

Season 7
	Gene Tormohlen	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	73	39.8	9.2	4.4	10.4	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.9	-	2.5	3.7	7.5	.502	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	17	43.2	10.7	3.8	12.4	16.2	3.8	0.9	1.2	-	2.3	4.2	7.6	.546	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.656

Season 10
	Gene Tormohlen	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1977-78
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	-	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		%
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	80	33.1	7.6	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.2	6.1	.523	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.538
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Tormohlen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	18	37.6	9.4	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	3.9	7.4	.530	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.587