Kenny Anderson vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Kenny Anderson, 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.

Kenny Anderson played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Bill Walton, who played 10. Kenny Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
Kenny Anderson	14	6	1991-92 to 2004-05
Bill Walton	10	4	1974-75 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1991-92	1974-75
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Anderson	64	17.0	7.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.0	0.2	.231	1.1	1.5	.745
Bill Walton	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1992-93	1975-76
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Anderson	55	36.5	16.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	8.2	1.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.7	15.5	.435	0.1	0.5	.280	3.3	4.2	.776
Bill Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1993-94	1976-77
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenny Anderson	82	38.2	18.8	1.1	2.8	3.9	9.6	1.9	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.0	16.8	.417	0.5	1.6	.303	4.2	5.2	.818
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	45.3	15.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.8	2.3	0.0	2.3	2.8	4.8	13.5	.352	0.8	2.5	.300	5.5	8.3	.667
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684


Season 4
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1994-95	1977-78
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kenny Anderson	72	37.3	17.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.4	1.4	0.2	3.1	2.6	5.7	14.3	.399	1.3	4.1	.330	4.8	5.8	.841
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.


Season 5
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1995-96	1979-80
Team	New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Hornets	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Anderson	69	34.0	15.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.6	5.1	12.1	.418	1.3	3.7	.359	3.8	4.9	.769
Bill Walton	14	24.1	13.9	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 6
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1996-97	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Anderson	82	37.6	17.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	7.1	2.0	0.2	2.4	2.7	5.9	13.9	.427	1.6	4.5	.361	4.1	5.3	.768
Bill Walton	33	33.3	14.1	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.4	6.1	11.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	42.3	17.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	4.8	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.5	5.5	11.5	.478	1.3	4.8	.263	4.8	5.0	.950
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1997-98	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Anderson	61	30.5	12.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.7	1.4	0.0	2.3	2.2	4.4	11.0	.398	0.9	2.6	.356	2.5	3.2	.789
Bill Walton	55	26.8	12.1	2.4	6.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.8	5.2	9.4	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1998-99	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Anderson	34	29.7	12.1	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.7	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.3	4.7	10.5	.451	0.2	0.7	.250	2.5	3.0	.832
Bill Walton	67	24.6	10.1	2.5	6.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	2.1	2.6	2.7	4.0	7.7	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	1999-00	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
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		%
Kenny Anderson	82	31.6	14.0	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.1	1.7	0.1	1.6	2.8	5.3	12.0	.440	1.0	2.7	.386	2.4	3.1	.775
Bill Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826


Season 10
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	2000-01	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Kenny Anderson	33	25.7	7.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.6	1.9	2.7	6.9	.388	0.3	1.0	.333	1.8	2.2	.831
Bill Walton	10	11.2	2.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	2.3	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	12	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.357


Season 11
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Kenny Anderson	76	32.0	9.6	0.8	2.9	3.6	5.3	1.9	0.1	1.6	2.8	4.1	9.4	.436	0.1	0.4	.273	1.3	1.7	.742
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	16	34.9	12.0	0.8	2.3	3.1	4.8	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.6	5.1	12.3	.416	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.2	.800
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics, New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	61	18.6	6.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	6.3	.427	0.0	0.1	.143	0.7	0.9	.789
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	5	10.4	2.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Kenny Anderson	44	20.6	6.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.7	2.6	5.8	.441	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.1	.729
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	4.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kenny Anderson	Bill Walton
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Kenny Anderson	43	17.3	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	4.7	.423	0.1	0.3	.462	0.6	0.9	.730
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kenny Anderson vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Kenny Anderson, 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