Kent Benson vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich and Kent Benson, 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.

Kent Benson played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Kent Benson had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1977-78	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Kent Benson	69	18.7	7.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.2	6.9	.465	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.652
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	9	11.4	3.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.2	2.6	.478	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.545
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692

Season 3
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1979-80	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Kent Benson	73	25.9	9.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.2	3.4	4.1	8.5	.484	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.9	.702
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 4
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1980-81	1973-74
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Kent Benson	59	33.2	15.7	2.1	4.7	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	3.2	3.1	6.2	13.1	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.772
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1982-83	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
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		%
Kent Benson	21	28.5	9.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.9	4.0	8.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.760
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1983-84	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kent Benson	82	21.1	7.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.8	3.0	5.5	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.822
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	5	25.8	7.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	2.8	3.2	7.4	.432	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.600
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1984-85	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kent Benson	72	19.5	6.6	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.5	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.809
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	9	15.8	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.0	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kent Benson	Pete Maravich
Season	1985-86	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kent Benson	72	18.7	6.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.8	.484	0.0	0.0	.500	0.9	1.2	.795
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kent Benson	4	13.8	2.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.8	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-