Michael Jordan vs. Bill Willoughby Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Willoughby and Michael Jordan, 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.
Michael Jordan played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Bill Willoughby, who played 8. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Bill Willoughby had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
38.3 |
28.2 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
5.9 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
10.2 |
19.8 |
.515 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.173 |
7.7 |
9.1 |
.845 |
Bill Willoughby |
62 |
14.0 |
4.7 |
1.7 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
- |
1.4 |
1.8 |
4.6 |
.398 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.660 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
4 |
42.8 |
29.3 |
1.8 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
8.5 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
8.5 |
19.5 |
.436 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
.125 |
12.0 |
14.5 |
.828 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
18 |
25.1 |
22.7 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
8.3 |
18.2 |
.457 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.167 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
.840 |
Bill Willoughby |
39 |
14.1 |
4.9 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
4.4 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
- |
1.6 |
1.9 |
4.3 |
.444 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.683 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
3 |
45.0 |
43.7 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
6.3 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
1.3 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
16.0 |
31.7 |
.505 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
11.3 |
13.0 |
.872 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
40.0 |
37.1 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
5.2 |
4.6 |
2.9 |
1.5 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
13.4 |
27.8 |
.482 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
.182 |
10.2 |
11.9 |
.857 |
Bill Willoughby |
56 |
19.3 |
6.7 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
6.5 |
.430 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.4 |
.800 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
3 |
42.7 |
35.7 |
2.3 |
4.7 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
11.7 |
28.0 |
.417 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
.400 |
11.7 |
13.0 |
.897 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Bill Willoughby didn't play in 1978-79.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
81 |
40.2 |
32.5 |
1.8 |
6.2 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
3.6 |
3.0 |
11.9 |
22.2 |
.538 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
.276 |
8.3 |
9.8 |
.850 |
Bill Willoughby |
55 |
20.8 |
6.3 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
5.2 |
.523 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.766 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
17 |
42.2 |
34.8 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
7.0 |
7.6 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
11.7 |
22.9 |
.510 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
.286 |
10.8 |
13.5 |
.799 |
Bill Willoughby |
19 |
21.9 |
6.0 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
6.1 |
.362 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
39.0 |
33.6 |
1.7 |
5.1 |
6.9 |
6.3 |
2.8 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
12.6 |
24.0 |
.526 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
.376 |
7.2 |
8.5 |
.848 |
Bill Willoughby |
69 |
21.4 |
7.8 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
3.8 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
3.5 |
6.7 |
.517 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.429 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.727 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
16 |
42.1 |
36.7 |
1.5 |
5.7 |
7.2 |
6.8 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
13.7 |
26.6 |
.514 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
.320 |
8.3 |
9.9 |
.836 |
Bill Willoughby |
2 |
8.5 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
37.0 |
31.5 |
1.4 |
4.6 |
6.0 |
5.5 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
12.1 |
22.4 |
.539 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
.312 |
7.0 |
8.2 |
.851 |
Bill Willoughby |
62 |
18.5 |
5.5 |
1.0 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
5.2 |
.454 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.429 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.782 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
17 |
40.5 |
31.1 |
1.1 |
5.3 |
6.4 |
8.4 |
2.4 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
11.6 |
22.1 |
.524 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
.385 |
7.4 |
8.7 |
.845 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
80 |
38.8 |
30.1 |
1.1 |
5.3 |
6.4 |
6.1 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
11.8 |
22.7 |
.519 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.270 |
6.1 |
7.4 |
.832 |
Bill Willoughby |
67 |
14.0 |
4.5 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
.481 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
.873 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
22 |
41.8 |
34.5 |
1.7 |
4.5 |
6.2 |
5.8 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
13.2 |
26.4 |
.499 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
.386 |
7.4 |
8.6 |
.857 |
Bill Willoughby |
3 |
4.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
78 |
39.3 |
32.6 |
1.7 |
5.0 |
6.7 |
5.5 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
12.7 |
25.7 |
.495 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
.352 |
6.1 |
7.3 |
.837 |
Bill Willoughby |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
19 |
41.2 |
35.1 |
1.7 |
5.1 |
6.7 |
6.0 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
13.2 |
27.8 |
.475 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
.389 |
7.2 |
8.9 |
.805 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
17 |
39.3 |
26.9 |
1.5 |
5.4 |
6.9 |
5.3 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
9.8 |
23.8 |
.411 |
0.9 |
1.9 |
.500 |
6.4 |
8.0 |
.801 |
Bill Willoughby |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
10 |
42.0 |
31.5 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
4.5 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
4.1 |
3.0 |
12.0 |
24.8 |
.484 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
.367 |
6.4 |
7.9 |
.810 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
37.7 |
30.4 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
6.6 |
4.3 |
2.2 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
11.2 |
22.6 |
.495 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
.427 |
6.7 |
8.0 |
.834 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
18 |
40.7 |
30.7 |
1.7 |
3.2 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
10.4 |
22.6 |
.459 |
1.4 |
3.4 |
.403 |
8.5 |
10.4 |
.818 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
37.9 |
29.6 |
1.4 |
4.5 |
5.9 |
4.3 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
11.2 |
23.1 |
.486 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
.374 |
5.9 |
7.0 |
.833 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
19 |
42.3 |
31.1 |
2.2 |
5.7 |
7.9 |
4.8 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
11.9 |
26.2 |
.456 |
0.7 |
3.5 |
.194 |
6.5 |
7.8 |
.831 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
38.8 |
28.7 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
3.5 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
10.7 |
23.1 |
.465 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
.238 |
6.9 |
8.8 |
.784 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
21 |
41.5 |
32.4 |
1.6 |
3.5 |
5.1 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
11.6 |
25.0 |
.462 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
.302 |
8.6 |
10.6 |
.812 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
60 |
34.9 |
22.9 |
0.8 |
4.8 |
5.7 |
5.2 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
2.0 |
9.2 |
22.1 |
.416 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.189 |
4.4 |
5.6 |
.790 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
82 |
37.0 |
20.0 |
0.9 |
5.2 |
6.1 |
3.8 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
8.3 |
18.6 |
.445 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.291 |
3.2 |
4.0 |
.821 |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Michael Jordan |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Willoughby |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |