Oscar Robertson vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak and Oscar Robertson, 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.

Oscar Robertson played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Wally Szczerbiak, who played 10. Oscar Robertson had the first of his seasons in 1960-61, while Wally Szczerbiak had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Oscar Robertson	14	10	1960-61 to 1973-74
Wally Szczerbiak	10	7	1999-00 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1960-61	1999-00
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
Wally Szczerbiak	73	29.7	11.6	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	9.2	.511	0.4	1.1	.359	1.8	2.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	4	23.5	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1961-62	2000-01
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
Wally Szczerbiak	82	34.8	14.0	1.6	3.8	5.5	3.2	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.8	5.7	11.2	.510	0.3	0.9	.338	2.2	2.5	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795
Wally Szczerbiak	4	35.8	14.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	3.0	1.5	4.5	9.3	.486	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 3
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1962-63	2001-02
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
Wally Szczerbiak	82	38.0	18.7	1.5	3.3	4.8	3.1	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.6	.508	1.1	2.3	.455	2.8	3.3	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864
Wally Szczerbiak	3	43.3	20.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.7	.477	0.7	3.0	.222	5.3	6.0	.889


Season 4
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1963-64	2002-03
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	31.4	-	-	9.9	11.0	-	-	-	3.5	10.6	22.0	.483	-	-	-	10.1	11.9	.853
Wally Szczerbiak	52	35.3	17.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.4	6.8	14.0	.481	1.2	2.8	.421	2.9	3.3	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	29.3	-	-	8.9	8.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	10.9	12.7	.858
Wally Szczerbiak	6	42.0	14.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	4.8	10.2	.475	0.5	2.3	.214	4.3	5.0	.867


Season 5
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1964-65	2003-04
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Oscar Robertson	75	45.6	30.4	-	-	9.0	11.5	-	-	-	2.7	10.8	22.4	.480	-	-	-	8.9	10.6	.839
Wally Szczerbiak	28	22.2	10.2	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.8	8.4	.449	0.7	1.6	.435	1.9	2.3	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	4	48.8	28.0	-	-	4.8	12.0	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	22.3	.427	-	-	-	9.0	9.8	.923
Wally Szczerbiak	12	24.8	11.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	9.3	.420	0.8	2.4	.345	3.2	3.4	.927


Season 6
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Oscar Robertson	76	46.0	31.3	-	-	7.7	11.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.8	22.7	.475	-	-	-	9.8	11.6	.842
Wally Szczerbiak	81	31.6	15.5	1.0	2.7	3.7	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.2	5.7	11.3	.506	0.8	2.1	.373	3.2	3.8	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	5	44.8	31.8	-	-	7.6	7.8	-	-	-	4.0	9.8	24.0	.408	-	-	-	12.2	13.6	.897
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1966-67	2005-06
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	43.9	30.5	-	-	6.2	10.7	-	-	-	2.9	10.6	21.5	.493	-	-	-	9.3	10.7	.873
Wally Szczerbiak	72	37.9	19.0	1.1	3.3	4.3	3.0	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.1	6.8	14.1	.487	1.4	3.5	.400	3.9	4.3	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	4	45.8	24.8	-	-	4.0	11.3	-	-	-	2.3	8.3	16.0	.516	-	-	-	8.3	9.3	.892
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1967-68	2006-07
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Oscar Robertson	65	42.5	29.2	-	-	6.0	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.2	20.3	.500	-	-	-	8.9	10.2	.873
Wally Szczerbiak	32	28.1	15.0	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.0	5.0	12.1	.415	1.4	3.3	.415	3.5	3.9	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	43.8	24.7	-	-	6.4	9.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.3	17.1	.486	-	-	-	8.1	9.7	.838
Wally Szczerbiak	75	23.1	11.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.6	.431	1.2	2.9	.413	2.0	2.3	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	13	28.8	10.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.5	3.6	9.6	.376	1.5	4.8	.323	2.0	2.2	.929


Season 10
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Oscar Robertson	69	41.5	25.3	-	-	6.1	8.1	-	-	-	2.5	9.4	18.4	.511	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.809
Wally Szczerbiak	74	20.6	7.0	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.4	5.4	.450	0.9	2.3	.411	1.2	1.4	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Szczerbiak	12	12.8	3.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.3	3.0	.444	0.2	1.0	.167	0.8	0.9	.818


Season 11
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1970-71	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Oscar Robertson	81	39.4	19.4	-	-	5.7	8.2	-	-	-	2.5	7.3	14.7	.496	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	14	37.1	18.3	-	-	5.0	8.9	-	-	-	2.8	7.3	15.0	.486	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.754
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1971-72	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Oscar Robertson	64	37.3	17.4	-	-	5.0	7.7	-	-	-	1.8	6.5	13.9	.472	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.836
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	11	34.5	13.1	-	-	5.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.6	5.2	12.7	.407	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.833
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Oscar Robertson	73	37.5	15.5	-	-	4.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.3	6.1	13.5	.454	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.847
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	6	42.7	21.2	-	-	4.7	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	8.0	16.0	.500	-	-	-	5.2	5.7	.912
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Oscar Robertson	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Oscar Robertson	70	35.4	12.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.4	1.1	0.1	-	1.9	4.8	11.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.835
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	16	43.1	14.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	9.3	0.9	0.3	-	2.9	5.6	12.5	.450	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Oscar Robertson vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak and Oscar Robertson, 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