Walt Bellamy vs. Darvin Ham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darvin Ham 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 Darvin Ham, who played 8. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Darvin Ham 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Darvin Ham
Season	1961-62	1996-97
Team	Chicago Packers	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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
Darvin Ham	36	8.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	0.9	1.7	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.486
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Darvin Ham
Season	1962-63	1997-98
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Washington Wizards
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
Darvin Ham	71	8.9	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.8	1.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.473
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Darvin Ham didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Darvin Ham
Season	1963-64	1999-00
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Darvin Ham	35	22.6	5.1	2.4	2.5	4.9	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.9	2.0	3.7	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.2	.449
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darvin Ham	5	28.8	5.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.4	2.2	3.4	.647	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.8	.333

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Darvin Ham
Season	1964-65	2000-01
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Bucks 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	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Darvin Ham	29	18.6	3.8	1.9	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.9	1.3	2.8	.488	0.1	0.1	.667	1.0	1.7	.592
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
Darvin Ham	14	9.4	2.1	0.7	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	0.6	1.1	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.550

Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Darvin Ham
Season	1967-68	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
Darvin Ham	54	9.0	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.2	0.7	1.4	.493	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	0.6	.600
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
Darvin Ham	22	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-