Nicolas Batum vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Nicolas Batum, 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.

Nicolas Batum played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Nicolas Batum had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Nicolas Batum	16	9	2008-09 to 2023-24
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2008-09	1954-55
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	79	18.4	5.4	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.6	.446	0.8	2.1	.369	0.5	0.7	.808
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		%
Nicolas Batum	6	10.5	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.8	1.5	.556	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2009-10	1955-56
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	37	24.8	10.1	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.2	3.8	7.2	.519	1.5	3.6	.409	1.2	1.4	.843
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		%
Nicolas Batum	6	23.2	8.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.2	2.8	6.2	.459	1.5	3.5	.429	1.0	1.3	.750
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2010-11	1956-57
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nicolas Batum	80	31.5	12.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.4	4.6	10.1	.455	1.5	4.3	.345	1.7	2.1	.841
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		%
Nicolas Batum	6	25.2	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.3	3.2	7.7	.413	1.2	4.3	.269	0.5	0.7	.750
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2011-12	1957-58
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Nicolas Batum	59	30.4	13.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.9	10.9	.451	1.8	4.6	.391	2.3	2.7	.836
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2012-13	1958-59
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Nicolas Batum	73	38.5	14.3	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.9	1.2	1.1	2.6	1.9	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.1	.372	2.4	2.9	.848
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2013-14	1959-60
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nicolas Batum	82	36.0	13.0	1.4	6.0	7.5	5.1	0.9	0.7	2.5	1.9	4.6	10.0	.465	1.8	4.9	.361	2.0	2.5	.803
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		%
Nicolas Batum	11	41.7	15.2	0.9	6.7	7.6	4.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.9	6.1	12.9	.472	1.9	5.5	.350	1.1	1.4	.800
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2014-15	1960-61
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nicolas Batum	71	33.5	9.4	0.9	5.0	5.9	4.8	1.1	0.6	1.9	1.5	3.4	8.5	.400	1.4	4.4	.324	1.2	1.4	.857
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		%
Nicolas Batum	5	41.8	14.2	1.2	7.4	8.6	5.2	0.2	0.2	2.4	2.2	4.8	14.0	.343	2.6	7.8	.333	2.0	2.6	.769
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2015-16	1961-62
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Nicolas Batum	70	35.0	14.9	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	1.6	5.3	12.5	.426	2.0	5.7	.348	2.3	2.7	.849
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		%
Nicolas Batum	5	28.8	11.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.2	3.4	9.0	.378	1.2	4.4	.273	3.4	4.0	.850
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2016-17	1962-63
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Nicolas Batum	77	34.0	15.1	0.6	5.6	6.2	5.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	1.4	5.1	12.7	.403	1.8	5.3	.333	3.2	3.7	.856
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2017-18	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Nicolas Batum	64	31.0	11.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	5.5	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.1	4.2	10.2	.415	1.4	4.3	.336	1.7	2.0	.831
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2018-19	1964-65
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Nicolas Batum	75	31.4	9.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.5	.450	1.5	4.0	.389	1.0	1.2	.865
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 12
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Nicolas Batum	22	23.0	3.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.3	3.7	.346	0.6	2.2	.286	0.4	0.5	.900
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 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		%
Nicolas Batum	67	27.4	8.1	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.1	.464	1.6	4.1	.404	0.7	0.9	.828
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	19	29.2	8.1	1.0	4.5	5.5	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.8	5.7	.486	1.5	3.8	.389	1.0	1.2	.826
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Nicolas Batum	59	24.8	8.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.0	6.6	.463	1.8	4.6	.400	0.4	0.6	.658
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	78	21.9	6.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	4.9	.420	1.6	4.1	.391	0.4	0.6	.708
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	5	18.4	4.4	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.6	3.8	.421	1.2	3.4	.353	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Nicolas Batum	Bob Pettit
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	60	25.5	5.3	1.2	3.0	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.8	1.9	4.3	.453	1.2	3.1	.395	0.3	0.4	.714
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	6	28.3	6.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.2	2.0	4.8	.414	1.5	3.7	.409	0.8	1.3	.625
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nicolas Batum vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and Nicolas Batum, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16