Hal Greer vs. Clyde Lovellette Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lovellette and Hal Greer, 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.

Hal Greer played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Clyde Lovellette, who played 11. Hal Greer had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Clyde Lovellette had his rookie season in 1953-54. 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
Hal Greer	15	13	1958-59 to 1972-73
Clyde Lovellette	11	10	1953-54 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1958-59	1953-54
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Hal Greer	68	23.9	11.1	-	-	2.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	10.0	.454	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.778
Clyde Lovellette	72	17.4	8.2	-	-	5.8	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	7.8	.423	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	9	30.8	11.6	-	-	5.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.813
Clyde Lovellette	13	20.4	10.5	-	-	9.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	9.2	.450	-	-	-	2.2	4.5	.483


Season 2
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1959-60	1954-55
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Hal Greer	70	28.3	13.2	-	-	4.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	11.6	.476	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Clyde Lovellette	70	33.7	18.7	-	-	11.5	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.4	17.0	.435	-	-	-	3.9	5.7	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	3	28.0	15.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	1.7	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Clyde Lovellette	7	28.1	16.7	-	-	9.1	0.4	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	14.0	.449	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	.725


Season 3
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1960-61	1955-56
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
Clyde Lovellette	71	35.5	21.5	-	-	14.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	8.4	19.3	.434	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825
Clyde Lovellette	3	23.0	19.0	-	-	8.3	2.0	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	13.0	.487	-	-	-	6.3	10.7	.594


Season 4
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1961-62	1956-57
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
Clyde Lovellette	69	36.1	20.8	-	-	13.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.3	19.5	.426	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Clyde Lovellette	5	36.2	24.2	-	-	9.4	2.2	-	-	-	4.2	10.2	23.6	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731


Season 5
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1962-63	1957-58
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Royals 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		%
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
Clyde Lovellette	71	36.5	23.4	-	-	12.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.3	9.6	21.7	.441	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	42.8	23.4	-	-	5.4	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	8.8	17.4	.506	-	-	-	5.8	7.0	.829
Clyde Lovellette	2	36.0	16.5	-	-	10.5	0.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.0	15.5	.387	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	.643


Season 6
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1963-64	1958-59
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
Clyde Lovellette	70	22.8	14.4	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.7	12.6	.454	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	42.2	21.4	-	-	5.6	6.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	19.0	.389	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.846
Clyde Lovellette	6	26.8	15.3	-	-	9.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	11.7	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.786


Season 7
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1964-65	1959-60
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Hal Greer	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811
Clyde Lovellette	68	28.7	20.8	-	-	10.6	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	8.1	17.3	.468	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	11	45.9	24.6	-	-	7.4	5.0	-	-	-	4.1	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.793
Clyde Lovellette	14	30.4	17.6	-	-	10.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	17.3	.393	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.824


Season 8
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1965-66	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Hal Greer	80	41.6	22.7	-	-	5.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.8	.445	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.804
Clyde Lovellette	67	31.5	22.0	-	-	10.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.9	19.7	.453	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	45.2	16.4	-	-	7.2	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	6.4	18.2	.352	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Clyde Lovellette	8	23.9	15.4	-	-	6.5	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	14.3	.404	-	-	-	3.9	5.9	.660


Season 9
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1966-67	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Hal Greer	80	38.6	22.1	-	-	5.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.1	.459	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.788
Clyde Lovellette	40	29.8	20.9	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	8.5	18.1	.471	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	15	45.9	27.7	-	-	5.9	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	25.0	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.797
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1967-68	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Hal Greer	82	39.8	24.1	-	-	5.4	4.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	19.8	.478	-	-	-	5.1	6.7	.769
Clyde Lovellette	61	9.3	6.5	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	6.2	.428	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	13	42.5	25.8	-	-	6.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.2	21.4	.432	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.856
Clyde Lovellette	6	6.7	3.0	-	-	0.8	0.2	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	4.3	.269	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 11
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1968-69	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Hal Greer	82	40.4	23.1	-	-	5.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	5.3	6.6	.796
Clyde Lovellette	45	9.7	6.7	-	-	2.8	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	6.8	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	40.8	16.0	-	-	6.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	16.2	.321	-	-	-	5.6	7.2	.778
Clyde Lovellette	5	8.0	4.0	-	-	1.4	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	1.6	6.8	.235	-	-	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 12
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Hal Greer	80	37.8	22.0	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	8.8	19.4	.455	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.815
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	5	35.6	15.4	-	-	3.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	14.8	.446	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1970-71	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Hal Greer	81	37.8	18.6	-	-	4.5	4.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.9	.431	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.805
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	7	37.9	17.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	5.0	7.0	16.0	.438	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.750
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1971-72	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Hal Greer	81	29.8	11.8	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	10.7	.449	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.774
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Hal Greer	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Hal Greer	38	22.3	5.6	-	-	2.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	6.1	.392	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.821
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hal Greer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Hal Greer vs. Clyde Lovellette Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lovellette and Hal Greer, 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

Season 15