Tom Hawkins vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Tom Hawkins, 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.

Tom Hawkins played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Tom Hawkins had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
Tom Hawkins	10	10	1959-60 to 1968-69
Wes Unseld	13	12	1968-69 to 1980-81

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1959-60	1968-69
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Tom Hawkins	69	21.3	7.9	-	-	6.2	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	8.4	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.646
Wes Unseld	82	36.2	13.8	-	-	18.2	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	10.9	.476	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	.605

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	8	14.9	7.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	5.6	.489	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.833
Wes Unseld	4	41.3	18.8	-	-	18.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	14.3	.526	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.789


Season 2
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1960-61	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Tom Hawkins	78	23.7	9.7	-	-	6.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	9.2	.431	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.596
Wes Unseld	82	39.4	16.2	-	-	16.7	3.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.4	12.4	.518	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	12	23.6	11.6	-	-	6.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	9.7	.466	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.660
Wes Unseld	7	41.3	10.4	-	-	23.6	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	10.0	.414	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 3
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1961-62	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	24.1	9.1	-	-	6.5	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	8.9	.411	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.644
Wes Unseld	74	39.2	14.1	-	-	16.9	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	11.4	.501	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	13	15.6	4.2	-	-	5.1	1.5	-	-	-	2.6	1.7	4.7	.361	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	.417
Wes Unseld	18	42.2	13.2	-	-	18.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	11.6	.462	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.568


Season 4
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1962-63	1971-72
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	21.8	9.4	-	-	6.9	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	8.0	.471	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.610
Wes Unseld	76	41.7	13.0	-	-	17.6	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	5.4	10.8	.498	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	12	22.0	10.5	-	-	6.8	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	7.6	.505	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.723
Wes Unseld	6	44.3	12.3	-	-	12.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	10.8	.492	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526


Season 5
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1963-64	1972-73
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	73	24.2	8.6	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.9	.441	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.601
Wes Unseld	79	39.1	12.5	-	-	15.9	4.4	-	-	-	2.1	5.3	10.8	.493	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	10	27.3	10.1	-	-	9.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	9.7	.443	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.682
Wes Unseld	5	40.2	9.8	-	-	15.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.6	.417	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.474


Season 6
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1964-65	1973-74
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	23.6	7.0	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	6.8	.409	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.569
Wes Unseld	56	30.8	5.9	2.7	6.5	9.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	-	2.2	2.6	5.9	.438	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	4	23.8	9.5	-	-	7.0	0.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	8.3	.515	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.800
Wes Unseld	7	42.4	10.1	3.1	9.0	12.1	3.9	0.6	0.1	-	2.1	4.4	9.0	.492	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.600


Season 7
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1965-66	1974-75
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	26.9	8.4	-	-	7.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	7.6	.452	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.555
Wes Unseld	73	39.8	9.2	4.4	10.4	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.9	-	2.5	3.7	7.5	.502	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	5	21.8	4.6	-	-	4.4	0.2	-	-	-	3.2	2.2	4.8	.458	-	-	-	0.2	1.2	.167
Wes Unseld	17	43.2	10.7	3.8	12.4	16.2	3.8	0.9	1.2	-	2.3	4.2	7.6	.546	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.656


Season 8
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1966-67	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	76	23.7	8.3	-	-	5.7	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	7.5	.481	-	-	-	1.1	2.3	.474
Wes Unseld	78	37.5	9.6	3.5	9.8	13.3	5.2	1.1	0.8	-	2.6	4.1	7.3	.561	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	3	31.7	10.0	-	-	6.7	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	1.3	2.7	.500
Wes Unseld	7	44.3	7.0	3.7	8.4	12.1	4.0	0.9	0.6	-	2.7	2.6	5.6	.462	-	-	-	1.9	3.4	.542


Season 9
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1967-68	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	78	31.6	11.6	-	-	5.9	1.5	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	10.0	.499	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.546
Wes Unseld	82	34.9	7.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.4	1.1	0.5	-	3.1	3.3	6.7	.490	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.602

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	15	31.9	9.5	-	-	6.0	1.2	-	-	-	3.5	3.9	8.6	.457	-	-	-	1.6	2.7	.600
Wes Unseld	9	40.9	7.4	2.7	9.0	11.7	4.9	0.9	0.7	-	3.6	3.3	6.0	.556	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.583


Season 10
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	1968-69	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Hawkins	74	20.4	7.1	-	-	3.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	6.2	.499	-	-	-	0.8	2.0	.411
Wes Unseld	80	33.1	7.6	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.2	6.1	.523	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.538

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	14	12.9	3.9	-	-	2.9	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	3.6	.480	-	-	-	0.5	1.3	.389
Wes Unseld	18	37.6	9.4	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	3.9	7.4	.530	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.587


Season 11
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	77	31.2	10.9	3.6	7.2	10.8	4.1	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.5	7.8	.577	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	19	38.7	10.3	4.7	8.6	13.3	3.4	0.9	0.7	1.6	3.5	4.1	8.3	.494	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.609


Season 12
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Tom Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	82	36.3	9.7	4.1	9.3	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	1.9	3.0	4.0	7.8	.513	0.0	0.0	.500	1.7	2.5	.665

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	2	43.5	9.0	3.5	10.5	14.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	7.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 13
	Tom Hawkins	Wes Unseld
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Washington Bullets
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		%
Tom Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	63	32.3	8.0	3.3	7.4	10.7	2.7	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	6.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.4	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Unseld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Hawkins vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld and Tom Hawkins, 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