Walt Bellamy vs. Jack Nichols Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Nichols 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, 5 more than Jack Nichols, who played 9. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Jack Nichols had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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	Jack Nichols
Season	1961-62	1948-49
Team	Chicago Packers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols 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
Jack Nichols	34	-	11.7	-	-	-	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	11.5	.390	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	11	-	14.4	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	13.8	.408	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.667

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Jack Nichols
Season	1962-63	1949-50
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Washington Capitols, Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Blackhawks Lost West Div 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	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Jack Nichols	67	-	13.1	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.6	12.7	.366	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	3	-	19.7	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	20.0	.300	-	-	-	7.7	10.3	.742

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Jack Nichols
Season	1963-64	1950-51
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
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
Jack Nichols	6	-	11.7	-	-	10.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	13.2	.342	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jack Nichols didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Jack Nichols
Season	1964-65	1952-53
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Milwaukee Hawks
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
Jack Nichols	69	38.1	15.8	-	-	7.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	17.0	.363	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.708
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
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Walt Bellamy	Jack Nichols
Season	1968-69	1956-57
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	88	35.9	17.4	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.4	12.5	.510	-	-	-	4.6	7.0	.649
Jack Nichols	61	22.5	8.2	-	-	6.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.2	8.8	.363	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	10	11.7	3.5	-	-	1.7	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.0	.400	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600