Walt Bellamy vs. Billy Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Thomas 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, 11 more than Billy Thomas, who played 3. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Billy Thomas had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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	Billy Thomas
Season	1961-62	2004-05
Team	Chicago Packers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Billy Thomas	25	14.2	3.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.4	3.8	.362	0.7	2.2	.304	0.3	0.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Thomas	2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Billy Thomas
Season	1962-63	2005-06
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Billy Thomas	17	7.7	2.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.4	.325	0.6	1.8	.333	0.1	0.1	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Thomas	3	4.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.3	.000	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500

Note: Billy Thomas didn't play in 2006-07.

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Billy Thomas
Season	1963-64	2007-08
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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
Billy Thomas	11	3.8	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.5	.235	0.4	1.5	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Thomas	3	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Billy Thomas
Season	1964-65	-
Team	Baltimore Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Billy Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Billy Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-