Spencer Haywood vs. Gene Shue Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gene Shue and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Gene Shue, who played 10. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Gene Shue 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.

Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1971-72	1955-56
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Gene Shue	72	24.3	9.2	-	-	2.9	2.5	-	-	-	1.5	3.3	8.7	.384	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1972-73	1956-57
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Gene Shue	72	34.3	10.9	-	-	5.8	3.3	-	-	-	1.9	3.8	9.9	.385	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Shue	2	39.5	16.0	-	-	3.5	4.0	-	-	-	1.5	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1973-74	1957-58
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Gene Shue	63	37.0	15.6	-	-	5.3	2.7	-	-	-	2.4	5.6	14.6	.384	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Shue	7	40.1	18.6	-	-	6.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.1	6.4	17.6	.366	-	-	-	5.7	6.1	.930

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1974-75	1958-59
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Gene Shue	72	38.1	17.6	-	-	4.7	3.2	-	-	-	1.8	6.4	16.6	.388	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Gene Shue	3	39.3	27.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	9.3	20.0	.467	-	-	-	9.0	11.0	.818

Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1975-76	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Gene Shue	75	44.5	22.8	-	-	5.5	3.9	-	-	-	1.9	8.3	20.0	.413	-	-	-	6.3	7.2	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Shue	2	44.5	24.0	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	7.5	19.0	.395	-	-	-	9.0	10.0	.900

Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1976-77	1960-61
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Gene Shue	78	43.1	22.6	-	-	4.3	6.8	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.8	.421	-	-	-	6.0	7.0	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Shue	5	37.2	18.6	-	-	2.4	4.4	-	-	-	2.2	7.0	14.4	.486	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.793

Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1977-78	1961-62
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Gene Shue	80	39.3	19.0	-	-	4.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.8	.408	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Gene Shue	10	36.9	16.1	-	-	3.0	4.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.2	15.1	.411	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.771

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Gene Shue
Season	1979-80	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Gene Shue	47	20.5	4.2	-	-	2.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	1.7	5.9	.293	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Gene Shue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.