Walt Bellamy vs. Avery Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Avery Johnson 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, 2 less than Avery Johnson, who played 16. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Avery Johnson had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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	Avery Johnson
Season	1961-62	1988-89
Team	Chicago Packers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Avery Johnson	43	6.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.9	.349	0.0	0.2	.111	0.2	0.4	.563
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	6	5.2	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Avery Johnson
Season	1962-63	1989-90
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Seattle Supersonics
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
Avery Johnson	53	10.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	2.7	.387	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.8	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Avery Johnson
Season	1963-64	1990-91
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Avery Johnson	68	14.1	4.7	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	4.1	.469	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.678
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Johnson	3	6.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Avery Johnson
Season	1964-65	1991-92
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Avery Johnson	69	17.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	4.8	.479	0.1	0.2	.267	1.0	1.5	.653
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
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Walt Bellamy	Avery Johnson
Season	1971-72	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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	82	38.9	18.6	-	-	12.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	7.2	13.3	.545	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	.585
Avery Johnson	50	33.4	9.7	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.4	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.0	4.4	9.2	.473	0.0	0.2	.083	1.0	1.8	.568
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
Avery Johnson	17	38.5	12.6	0.5	1.9	2.5	7.4	1.2	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.4	11.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	1.9	2.8	.681