Jeff Ayres vs. Walt Bellamy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Bellamy and Jeff Ayres, 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.

Jeff Ayres played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Walt Bellamy, who played 14. Jeff Ayres had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Walt Bellamy had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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
	Jeff Ayres	Walt Bellamy
Season	2009-10	1961-62
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Packers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jeff Ayres	39	10.4	2.7	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.9	1.1	1.7	.662	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	.900
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ayres	3	5.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jeff Ayres didn't play in 2010-11.

Season 2
	Jeff Ayres	Walt Bellamy
Season	2011-12	1962-63
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Zephyrs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jeff Ayres	20	5.3	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.571
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ayres	4	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jeff Ayres	Walt Bellamy
Season	2012-13	1963-64
Team	Indiana Pacers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jeff Ayres	37	10.0	3.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.4	.484	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.913
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ayres	9	7.9	1.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jeff Ayres	Walt Bellamy
Season	2013-14	1964-65
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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		%
Jeff Ayres	73	13.0	3.3	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	1.4	2.4	.580	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.691
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Ayres	17	3.8	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.625
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663