Pete Maravich vs. Wayman Tisdale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wayman Tisdale and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Wayman Tisdale, who played 12. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Wayman Tisdale had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Wayman Tisdale	81	28.1	14.7	2.4	4.9	7.2	1.0	0.4	0.5	2.3	3.6	6.4	12.4	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1972-73	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Wayman Tisdale	79	30.1	16.1	2.1	4.1	6.2	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.5	12.6	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.0	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1973-74	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Wayman Tisdale	79	30.8	17.5	2.4	5.3	7.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	2.2	3.7	6.7	13.1	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	5.2	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1975-76	1990-91
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Wayman Tisdale	33	33.8	20.0	2.3	5.4	7.7	2.0	0.7	0.8	2.5	3.0	7.9	16.4	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1976-77	1991-92
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	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		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Wayman Tisdale	72	35.0	16.6	1.9	4.6	6.5	1.5	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.4	7.3	14.5	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.8	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1977-78	1992-93
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Wayman Tisdale	76	30.0	16.6	1.7	4.9	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.5	3.6	7.2	14.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Wayman Tisdale
Season	1978-79	1993-94
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Wayman Tisdale	79	32.4	16.7	2.0	5.1	7.1	1.8	0.5	0.7	1.6	3.7	7.0	13.9	.501	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.4	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayman Tisdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-