Red Rocha vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Red Rocha, 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.

Red Rocha played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Red Rocha had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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.

Season 3
	Red Rocha	Bill Walton
Season	1949-50	1976-77
Team	St. Louis Bombers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Red Rocha	65	-	11.8	-	-	-	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	10.4	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.703
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Season 4
	Red Rocha	Bill Walton
Season	1950-51	1977-78
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Red Rocha	64	-	13.1	-	-	8.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	13.2	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.809
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.

Season 5
	Red Rocha	Bill Walton
Season	1951-52	1979-80
Team	Syracuse Nationals	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Red Rocha	66	38.5	12.9	-	-	8.3	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	11.3	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
Bill Walton	14	24.1	13.9	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.9	.593
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	7	39.4	17.0	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	13.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.3	.725
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.

Note: Red Rocha didn't play in 1953-54.

Season 7
	Red Rocha	Bill Walton
Season	1954-55	1983-84
Team	Syracuse Nationals	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Red Rocha	72	34.3	11.3	-	-	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	11.1	.368	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.782
Bill Walton	55	26.8	12.1	2.4	6.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.8	5.2	9.4	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.597
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	11	33.7	12.4	-	-	6.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	4.2	10.0	.418	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.759
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Red Rocha	Bill Walton
Season	1956-57	1985-86
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Red Rocha	72	16.0	5.3	-	-	3.8	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	1.9	5.4	.349	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.757
Bill Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	2	9.0	2.0	-	-	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	0.0	2.5	.000	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826