Kyle Anderson vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Kyle 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.

Kyle Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bill Sharman, who played 11. Kyle Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Bill Sharman had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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
Kyle Anderson	10	7	2014-15 to 2023-24
Bill Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2014-15	1950-51
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Capitols
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		%
Kyle Anderson	33	10.8	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	.348	0.1	0.3	.273	0.3	0.4	.643
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889

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


Season 2
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2015-16	1951-52
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Kyle Anderson	78	16.0	4.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	3.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.324	0.8	1.1	.747
Bill Sharman	63	22.0	10.7	-	-	3.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	10.0	.389	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	10	12.9	2.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.5	.320	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.7	.857
Bill Sharman	1	27.0	15.0	-	-	3.0	7.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	12.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2016-17	1952-53
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kyle Anderson	72	14.2	3.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.9	.445	0.2	0.6	.375	0.6	0.8	.789
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	15	13.0	5.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.4	4.3	.563	0.2	0.7	.300	0.5	0.7	.727
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 4
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2017-18	1953-54
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kyle Anderson	74	26.7	7.9	1.1	4.2	5.4	2.7	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.5	3.1	5.9	.527	0.3	0.8	.333	1.4	2.0	.712
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	5	14.6	5.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.8	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860


Season 5
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2018-19	1954-55
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kyle Anderson	43	29.8	8.0	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.9	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.4	.543	0.2	0.8	.265	0.9	1.5	.578
Bill Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921


Season 6
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2019-20	1955-56
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Kyle Anderson	67	19.9	5.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.3	4.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.282	0.8	1.2	.667
Bill Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941


Season 7
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2020-21	1956-57
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	27.3	12.4	0.8	5.0	5.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	4.5	9.5	.468	1.4	3.8	.360	2.1	2.7	.783
Bill Sharman	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	5	28.4	8.4	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.6	2.4	.250	0.6	0.8	.750
Bill Sharman	10	37.7	21.1	-	-	3.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	7.5	19.7	.381	-	-	-	6.1	6.4	.953


Season 8
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2021-22	1957-58
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	21.5	7.6	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.8	.446	0.5	1.6	.330	1.0	1.5	.638
Bill Sharman	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	12	18.4	6.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.4	4.3	.569	0.3	1.0	.250	0.9	1.5	.611
Bill Sharman	11	36.9	21.1	-	-	4.9	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	20.1	.407	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	.929


Season 9
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2022-23	1958-59
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	28.4	9.4	1.0	4.4	5.3	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.7	7.2	.509	0.6	1.5	.410	1.4	2.0	.735
Bill Sharman	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	4	26.0	8.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.5	1.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.8	7.5	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Bill Sharman	11	29.3	20.1	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	7.5	17.5	.425	-	-	-	5.2	5.4	.966


Season 10
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	2023-24	1959-60
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	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		%
Kyle Anderson	79	22.6	6.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	5.5	.460	0.1	0.6	.229	1.2	1.7	.708
Bill Sharman	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	9	12.8	2.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.1	2.8	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.7	.833
Bill Sharman	13	28.0	16.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.7	6.8	16.1	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.811


Season 11
	Kyle Anderson	Bill Sharman
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889

Kyle Anderson vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Kyle 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