Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, 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.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	9	2	1990-91 to 2000-01
Bill Walton	10	4	1974-75 to 1986-87

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


Rookie Season
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1990-91	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	67	22.5	14.1	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.2	15.1	.413	0.4	1.5	.240	1.3	1.5	.857
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1991-92	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	81	19.0	10.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.6	4.4	10.4	.421	0.4	1.2	.330	1.2	1.3	.870
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1992-93	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	81	33.5	19.2	0.6	2.1	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	7.8	17.4	.450	0.9	2.4	.355	2.7	2.9	.935
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1993-94	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	80	32.7	18.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.5	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.9	7.4	16.0	.460	0.5	1.7	.316	2.7	2.9	.956
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	12	28.3	12.9	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.4	4.8	12.8	.370	1.0	3.1	.324	2.4	2.6	.935
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1994-95	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	73	28.5	16.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.6	1.1	0.1	1.6	1.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.1	2.9	.386	1.9	2.1	.885
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	3	25.3	13.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	11.0	.364	0.7	4.0	.167	4.7	4.7	1.000
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 6
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1995-96	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	57	35.6	19.2	0.5	2.0	2.4	6.8	1.1	0.1	2.0	2.1	7.3	16.8	.434	2.1	5.4	.392	2.6	2.8	.930
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1996-97	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	75	28.4	13.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.3	5.5	12.3	.445	1.3	3.3	.382	1.5	1.8	.846
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	1997-98	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	31	17.1	7.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.0	3.3	8.8	.377	0.2	1.0	.161	0.5	0.5	1.000
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.


Season 9
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	2000-01	1985-86
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	41	11.9	6.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2	2.9	6.0	.488	0.1	0.3	.286	0.5	0.7	.759
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Bill Walton
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, 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