Walt Bellamy vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy and Allen Iverson both played 14 years in the NBA. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Walt Bellamy	14	7	1961-62 to 1974-75
Allen Iverson	14	8	1996-97 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1961-62	1996-97
Team	Chicago Packers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1962-63	1997-98
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Allen Iverson	80	39.4	22.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	3.1	2.5	8.1	17.6	.461	0.9	2.9	.298	4.9	6.7	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1963-64	1998-99
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712


Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1964-65	1999-00
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739


Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1965-66	2000-01
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
Allen Iverson	71	42.0	31.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	2.1	10.7	25.5	.420	1.4	4.3	.320	8.2	10.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	22	46.5	32.9	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.1	2.4	0.3	2.9	2.5	11.7	30.0	.389	2.2	6.5	.338	7.3	9.5	.774


Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1966-67	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
Allen Iverson	60	43.7	31.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	4.0	1.7	11.1	27.8	.398	1.3	4.5	.291	7.9	9.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	4	39.3	18.3	-	-	16.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	4.3	7.3	.586
Allen Iverson	5	42.0	30.0	0.2	3.4	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.0	2.4	1.6	9.0	23.6	.381	1.8	5.4	.333	10.2	12.6	.810


Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1967-68	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	76ers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
Allen Iverson	82	42.5	27.6	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	1.8	9.8	23.7	.414	1.0	3.7	.277	7.0	9.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	46.2	20.0	-	-	16.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	7.5	17.8	.421	-	-	-	5.0	8.0	.625
Allen Iverson	12	46.4	31.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	7.4	2.4	0.1	3.9	2.1	11.4	27.4	.416	1.6	4.6	.345	7.3	9.8	.737


Season 8
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1968-69	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Walt Bellamy	88	35.9	17.4	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.4	12.5	.510	-	-	-	4.6	7.0	.649
Allen Iverson	48	42.5	26.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.1	4.4	1.8	9.1	23.4	.387	1.2	4.1	.286	7.1	9.5	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1969-70	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	76ers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	25.7	11.6	-	-	8.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	8.5	.523	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	.576
Allen Iverson	75	42.3	30.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.9	2.4	0.1	4.6	1.9	10.3	24.2	.424	1.4	4.5	.308	8.7	10.5	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	9	40.9	16.8	-	-	15.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	14.0	.468	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.717
Allen Iverson	5	47.6	31.2	0.0	2.2	2.2	10.0	2.0	0.4	4.2	2.4	11.8	25.2	.468	2.4	5.8	.414	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 10
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1970-71	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	35.5	14.7	-	-	12.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	10.7	.493	-	-	-	4.1	6.8	.604
Allen Iverson	72	43.1	33.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	3.4	1.7	11.3	25.3	.447	1.0	3.1	.323	9.4	11.5	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	5	43.2	20.8	-	-	14.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	13.8	.594	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1971-72	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	38.9	18.6	-	-	12.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	7.2	13.3	.545	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	.585
Allen Iverson	65	42.5	26.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.2	1.9	0.2	4.1	1.5	8.9	20.2	.442	1.0	3.0	.315	7.5	9.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	41.2	18.5	-	-	13.7	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	14.3	.488	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.628
Allen Iverson	5	44.6	22.8	0.0	0.6	0.6	5.8	1.4	0.0	3.0	2.2	8.4	22.8	.368	1.0	3.4	.294	5.0	6.2	.806


Season 12
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1972-73	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Walt Bellamy	74	37.9	16.1	-	-	13.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	12.2	.505	-	-	-	3.8	7.1	.538
Allen Iverson	82	41.8	26.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	3.0	1.3	8.7	19.0	.458	1.2	3.4	.345	7.9	9.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	6	41.2	13.7	-	-	12.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	14.3	.395	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	.452
Allen Iverson	4	39.5	24.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	9.0	20.8	.434	0.8	3.5	.214	5.8	8.3	.697


Season 13
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1973-74	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
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		%
Walt Bellamy	77	31.7	13.1	3.4	6.2	9.6	2.5	0.7	0.6	-	3.0	5.1	10.4	.486	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	.608
Allen Iverson	57	36.7	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	1.5	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.1	14.6	.417	0.5	1.7	.283	4.8	6.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Walt Bellamy	Allen Iverson
Season	1974-75	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Walt Bellamy	1	14.0	6.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Allen Iverson	28	30.9	13.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.9	11.3	.430	0.3	0.9	.360	3.7	4.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walt Bellamy vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Walt Bellamy, 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