Mark Olberding vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Mark Olberding, 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.

Mark Olberding and Bob Pettit both played 11 years in the NBA. Mark Olberding had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Mark Olberding	11	8	1976-77 to 1986-87
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1976-77	1954-55
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mark Olberding	82	23.8	10.4	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.5	0.7	0.4	-	3.4	3.7	7.3	.503	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.794
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	2	21.0	6.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	-	4.0	2.5	4.5	.556	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1977-78	1955-56
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Olberding	79	22.4	8.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.0	2.9	6.1	.481	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.811
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	6	25.3	10.5	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.8	4.2	8.5	.490	-	-	-	2.2	2.5	.867
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1978-79	1956-57
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Mark Olberding	80	23.6	9.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.0	3.5	3.3	6.9	.474	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.803
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	14	25.6	7.9	0.9	4.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	2.9	7.4	.398	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.784
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1979-80	1957-58
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mark Olberding	75	28.1	10.6	1.1	4.5	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.9	8.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.795
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	32.3	9.7	1.7	5.7	7.3	3.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.7	4.3	7.7	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1980-81	1958-59
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Olberding	82	29.4	12.3	1.8	4.0	5.7	3.4	0.9	0.4	2.5	3.7	4.2	8.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.143	3.8	4.6	.829
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	7	36.3	19.7	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.3	0.6	0.0	2.4	4.4	8.3	15.0	.552	0.1	0.4	.333	3.0	3.6	.840
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1981-82	1959-60
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
Mark Olberding	68	30.9	13.8	1.7	4.7	6.5	3.0	0.8	0.4	2.0	3.7	4.9	10.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.167	4.0	5.0	.808
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	9	36.4	14.7	2.2	4.2	6.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.3	5.9	13.3	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.839
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1982-83	1960-61
Team	Chicago Bulls	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Mark Olberding	80	22.7	8.7	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.9	3.1	3.1	6.5	.481	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.1	.782
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1983-84	1961-62
Team	Kansas City Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Mark Olberding	81	26.7	9.4	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.4	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.6	3.1	6.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.9	.821
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	20.0	6.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1984-85	1962-63
Team	Kansas City Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Olberding	81	28.1	10.2	1.7	4.6	6.3	3.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	3.7	3.3	6.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.3	.832
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1985-86	1963-64
Team	Sacramento Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Olberding	81	26.6	7.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	3.3	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.4	2.8	5.0	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.6	.771
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	3	24.7	5.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	Mark Olberding	Bob Pettit
Season	1986-87	1964-65
Team	Sacramento Kings	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Mark Olberding	76	13.2	3.3	0.7	1.8	2.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.9	0.9	2.2	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.7	.885
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Olberding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800

Mark Olberding vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Mark Olberding, 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