Walt Bellamy vs. Brooks Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brooks Thompson 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, 10 more than Brooks Thompson, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Brooks Thompson had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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	Brooks Thompson
Season	1961-62	1994-95
Team	Chicago Packers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Brooks Thompson	38	6.5	3.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.2	3.0	.395	0.5	1.5	.310	0.2	0.3	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brooks Thompson	3	3.7	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	.750	1.0	1.3	.750	1.0	1.3	.750

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Brooks Thompson
Season	1962-63	1995-96
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Brooks Thompson	33	7.5	4.2	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.5	3.1	.466	0.8	1.9	.391	0.6	0.8	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brooks Thompson	5	9.6	5.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.2	1.8	1.4	2.0	4.2	.476	0.2	1.2	.167	1.0	1.4	.714

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Brooks Thompson
Season	1963-64	1996-97
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets
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
Brooks Thompson	67	15.7	6.6	0.3	1.2	1.4	2.7	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.9	2.4	6.1	.399	1.4	3.6	.398	0.4	0.6	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brooks Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Brooks Thompson
Season	1964-65	1997-98
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks
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
Brooks Thompson	30	5.6	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.9	.411	0.3	1.0	.300	0.1	0.3	.500
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
Brooks Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-