T.R. Dunn vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and T.R. Dunn, 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.

T.R. Dunn played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bob Pettit, who played 11. T.R. Dunn had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Bob Pettit 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
T.R. Dunn	14	12	1977-78 to 1990-91
Bob Pettit	11	9	1954-55 to 1964-65

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1977-78	1954-55
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
T.R. Dunn	63	12.2	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.8	.417	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
Bob Pettit	72	36.9	20.4	-	-	13.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	4	8.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1978-79	1955-56
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	22.9	7.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	6.9	.448	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.772
Bob Pettit	72	38.8	25.7	-	-	16.2	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.0	20.9	.429	-	-	-	7.7	10.5	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	17.3	3.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	8	34.3	19.1	-	-	10.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	16.0	.367	-	-	-	7.4	8.8	.843


Season 3
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1979-80	1956-57
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	22.5	6.9	1.6	2.3	4.0	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.757
Bob Pettit	71	35.1	24.7	-	-	14.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	8.6	20.8	.415	-	-	-	7.5	9.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	8.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Bob Pettit	10	43.0	29.8	-	-	16.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	9.8	23.7	.414	-	-	-	10.2	13.3	.767


Season 4
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1980-81	1957-58
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	17.4	4.5	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.653
Bob Pettit	70	36.1	24.6	-	-	17.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	8.3	20.3	.410	-	-	-	8.0	10.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	11	39.1	24.2	-	-	16.5	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	20.9	.391	-	-	-	7.8	10.7	.729


Season 5
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1981-82	1958-59
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	30.7	8.2	2.6	4.2	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.6	3.1	6.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.712
Bob Pettit	72	39.9	29.2	-	-	16.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	10.0	22.8	.438	-	-	-	9.3	12.2	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	27.0	6.3	3.3	2.7	6.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.7	.875
Bob Pettit	6	42.8	27.8	-	-	12.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	9.7	22.8	.423	-	-	-	8.5	10.8	.785


Season 6
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1982-83	1959-60
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	32.2	7.6	2.8	4.7	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.1	6.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.730
Bob Pettit	72	40.2	26.1	-	-	17.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.8	9.3	21.2	.438	-	-	-	7.6	10.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	8	37.5	5.1	3.4	6.4	9.8	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.3	5.1	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625
Bob Pettit	14	41.1	26.1	-	-	15.8	3.7	-	-	-	3.1	9.2	20.9	.442	-	-	-	7.6	10.1	.754


Season 7
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1983-84	1960-61
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	33.8	5.7	2.4	4.7	7.2	2.9	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.9	2.2	4.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.731
Bob Pettit	76	39.8	27.9	-	-	20.3	3.4	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	22.6	.447	-	-	-	7.7	10.6	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	5	35.6	6.6	4.0	3.8	7.8	1.6	2.0	0.8	1.6	3.8	2.8	5.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.714
Bob Pettit	12	43.8	28.6	-	-	17.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	9.8	23.7	.412	-	-	-	9.1	12.0	.757


Season 8
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1984-85	1961-62
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	28.3	5.4	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.4	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724
Bob Pettit	78	42.1	31.1	-	-	18.7	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	11.1	24.7	.450	-	-	-	8.9	11.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	15	24.7	4.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	1.8	4.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.737
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1985-86	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	29.3	5.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.1	4.6	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.773
Bob Pettit	79	39.1	28.4	-	-	15.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	9.8	22.1	.446	-	-	-	8.7	11.2	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	10	27.6	4.9	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.0	0.3	3.4	2.0	4.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.643
Bob Pettit	11	42.1	31.8	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	10.8	23.5	.459	-	-	-	10.2	13.1	.778


Season 10
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1986-87	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	23.9	3.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.5	3.4	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.655
Bob Pettit	80	41.2	27.4	-	-	15.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.9	21.4	.463	-	-	-	7.6	9.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	7.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	12	41.2	21.0	-	-	14.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	18.8	.412	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835


Season 11
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1987-88	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	18.7	2.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.769
Bob Pettit	50	35.1	22.5	-	-	12.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	7.9	18.5	.429	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	11	16.8	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.8	1.0	1.8	.550	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.500
Bob Pettit	4	23.8	11.5	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	10.3	.366	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 12
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
T.R. Dunn	34	9.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.4	1.0	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	8	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	65	10.1	1.8	0.9	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	10.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	T.R. Dunn	Bob Pettit
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
T.R. Dunn	17	12.8	3.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.8	.447	0.1	0.2	.250	0.5	0.6	.900
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Pettit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

T.R. Dunn vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit and T.R. Dunn, 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