Walt Bellamy vs. Andrew Bynum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Bynum 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.

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 played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Andrew Bynum, who played 8. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Andrew Bynum had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Andrew Bynum
Season	1961-62	2005-06
Team	Chicago Packers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Andrew Bynum	46	7.3	1.6	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.7	1.8	.402	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.296
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Bynum	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Andrew Bynum
Season	1962-63	2006-07
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Andrew Bynum	82	21.9	7.8	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.6	1.4	3.0	3.0	5.4	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.6	.668
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Bynum	5	11.0	4.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.400

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Andrew Bynum
Season	1963-64	2007-08
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
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	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Andrew Bynum	35	28.8	13.1	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.7	0.3	2.1	1.5	2.8	5.4	8.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Bynum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Andrew Bynum
Season	1964-65	2008-09
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Andrew Bynum	50	28.9	14.3	2.7	5.2	8.0	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.7	3.1	5.6	10.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.707
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
Andrew Bynum	23	17.4	6.3	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.8	3.3	2.5	5.5	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.651

Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Andrew Bynum
Season	1965-66	2009-10
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
Andrew Bynum	65	30.4	15.0	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.0	10.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Bynum	23	24.4	8.6	2.6	4.3	6.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.5	.537	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.679

Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Andrew Bynum
Season	1967-68	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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		%
Walt Bellamy	82	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
Andrew Bynum	60	35.2	18.7	3.2	8.6	11.8	1.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	1.7	7.4	13.3	.558	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.6	.692
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
Andrew Bynum	12	37.6	16.7	3.8	7.3	11.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	1.3	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.8	.783

Note: Andrew Bynum didn't play in 2012-13.