Jeff Hornacek vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Jeff Hornacek, 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.

Jeff Hornacek played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Jeff Hornacek	14	11	1986-87 to 1999-00
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1986-87	1954-55
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Hornacek	80	19.5	5.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.5	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.6	2.0	4.4	.454	0.2	0.5	.279	1.2	1.5	.777
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1987-88	1955-56
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	27.4	9.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.6	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.7	7.4	.506	0.2	0.7	.293	1.9	2.3	.822
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1988-89	1956-57
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	78	31.9	13.5	1.0	2.4	3.4	6.0	1.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.495	0.3	1.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.826
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	12	31.2	14.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.8	6.2	12.4	.497	0.0	0.6	.000	1.8	2.1	.840
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1989-90	1957-58
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	67	34.0	17.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.0	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.4	.536	0.6	1.5	.408	2.6	3.0	.856
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	36.4	18.6	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.6	1.5	0.0	2.1	2.7	7.0	13.7	.511	0.4	1.5	.250	4.3	4.6	.932
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1990-91	1958-59
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	34.2	16.9	0.9	3.1	4.0	5.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.3	6.8	13.1	.518	0.8	1.8	.418	2.5	2.8	.897
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	4	36.3	18.3	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.431	0.8	1.5	.500	6.5	7.0	.929
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1991-92	1959-60
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	38.0	20.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.1	2.0	0.4	2.1	2.7	7.8	15.3	.512	1.0	2.3	.439	3.4	3.9	.886
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	8	42.9	20.4	1.5	4.9	6.4	5.3	1.8	0.3	2.4	2.9	7.8	16.0	.484	1.0	2.1	.471	3.9	4.3	.912
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1992-93	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	79	36.2	19.1	1.1	3.3	4.3	6.9	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	7.4	15.7	.470	1.2	3.2	.390	3.2	3.7	.865
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1993-94	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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 Hornacek	80	35.3	15.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.2	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.9	12.6	.470	0.9	2.6	.337	3.3	3.7	.878
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	34.9	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.0	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.8	5.3	11.2	.475	0.9	2.1	.441	3.9	4.3	.912
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1994-95	1962-63
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	33.3	16.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	6.0	11.6	.514	1.1	2.7	.406	3.5	4.0	.882
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	5	35.6	14.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	4.0	1.6	0.2	1.4	3.8	5.2	10.2	.510	1.4	2.6	.538	2.2	2.8	.786
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1995-96	1963-64
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	15.2	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.1	1.3	0.2	1.5	2.1	5.4	10.7	.502	1.3	2.7	.466	3.2	3.5	.893
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	18	35.8	17.5	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.3	5.8	11.5	.502	1.9	3.2	.586	4.1	4.6	.890
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1996-97	1964-65
Team	Utah Jazz	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	14.5	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	1.6	2.3	5.0	10.4	.482	0.9	2.4	.369	3.6	4.0	.899
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	20	35.2	14.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.4	.433	1.0	2.7	.358	4.6	5.3	.876
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 12
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	30.8	14.2	0.8	2.6	3.4	4.4	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.0	10.4	.482	0.7	1.6	.441	3.6	4.0	.885
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	20	31.8	10.9	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.6	3.7	8.9	.416	0.7	1.5	.467	2.8	3.3	.846
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	48	29.9	12.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	9.4	.477	0.7	1.7	.420	2.6	2.9	.893
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	11	27.6	12.2	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.4	1.0	0.0	1.1	3.1	4.5	9.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.389	2.6	3.0	.879
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jeff Hornacek	Bob Pettit
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	77	27.7	12.4	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.6	9.5	.492	0.9	1.8	.478	2.2	2.3	.950
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	10	29.9	11.5	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	10.2	.422	0.9	2.2	.409	2.0	2.4	.833
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jeff Hornacek vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Jeff Hornacek, 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