Luc Longley vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Luc Longley, 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.

Luc Longley played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bill Sharman, who played 11. Luc Longley had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
Luc Longley	10	7	1991-92 to 2000-01
Bill Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1991-92	1950-51
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Luc Longley	66	15.0	4.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	3.8	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.663
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		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1992-93	1951-52
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Luc Longley	55	19.0	5.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.1	2.4	5.3	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.716
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		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1993-94	1952-53
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Luc Longley	76	19.8	6.9	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.8	2.9	6.1	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.720
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		%
Luc Longley	10	17.0	6.3	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.8	0.6	0.8	2.1	3.8	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1994-95	1953-54
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Luc Longley	55	18.2	6.5	1.5	3.3	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.5	5.5	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.822
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		%
Luc Longley	10	20.4	5.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	0.5	1.0	4.1	2.4	5.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1995-96	1954-55
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Luc Longley	62	26.5	9.1	1.7	3.5	5.1	1.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.6	3.9	8.1	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.777
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		%
Luc Longley	18	24.4	8.3	1.9	2.7	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.6	3.4	7.2	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.757
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1996-97	1955-56
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Luc Longley	59	24.9	9.1	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.4	0.4	1.1	1.9	3.2	3.7	8.2	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.792
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		%
Luc Longley	19	22.8	6.5	2.1	2.4	4.4	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.4	.385
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1997-98	1956-57
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Luc Longley	58	29.4	11.4	1.9	3.9	5.9	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	4.8	10.5	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.736
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		%
Luc Longley	18	25.4	7.9	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.7	0.8	2.0	4.1	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.872
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1998-99	1957-58
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Luc Longley	39	23.9	8.7	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.1	3.6	7.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.776
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		%
Luc Longley	3	17.0	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	1999-00	1958-59
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Luc Longley	72	19.7	6.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.1	2.6	5.5	.466	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.825
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		%
Luc Longley	9	18.1	4.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	4.0	2.0	5.7	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.667
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
	Luc Longley	Bill Sharman
Season	2000-01	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Luc Longley	25	12.0	2.0	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.9	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.765
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		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luc Longley	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		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889

Luc Longley vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Luc Longley, 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