Walt Bellamy vs. Elston Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elston Turner 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 Elston Turner, who played 8. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Elston Turner had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Elston Turner
Season	1961-62	1981-82
Team	Chicago Packers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

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
Elston Turner	80	25.0	8.3	1.8	2.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.0	1.5	2.3	3.5	8.0	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.7	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elston Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Elston Turner
Season	1962-63	1982-83
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

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
Elston Turner	59	14.9	3.6	1.2	1.4	2.6	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.6	4.0	.403	0.0	0.1	.667	0.3	0.5	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elston Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Elston Turner
Season	1963-64	1983-84
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

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
Elston Turner	47	11.4	2.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	3.2	.360	0.0	0.2	.111	0.6	0.7	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elston Turner	8	6.6	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.3	1.0	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.5	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Elston Turner
Season	1964-65	1984-85
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

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
Elston Turner	81	18.4	5.1	1.1	1.6	2.7	2.0	1.2	0.1	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.8	.466	0.0	0.1	.167	0.6	0.8	.785
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
Elston Turner	15	23.9	7.6	2.0	2.9	4.9	3.1	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.8	3.3	6.8	.490	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	1.3	.632