Walt Bellamy vs. John Lambert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Lambert 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, 7 more than John Lambert, who played 7. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while John Lambert had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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	John Lambert
Season	1961-62	1975-76
Team	Chicago Packers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
John Lambert	54	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	-	1.0	0.9	2.0	.445	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lambert	6	5.7	2.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	-	1.2	0.8	2.2	.385	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	John Lambert
Season	1962-63	1976-77
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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
John Lambert	63	8.8	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	-	1.2	1.1	2.5	.427	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.694
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lambert	3	6.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.3	0.7	1.3	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	John Lambert
Season	1963-64	1977-78
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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
John Lambert	76	14.1	4.1	1.6	2.6	4.3	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.2	1.9	4.4	.423	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.563
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lambert	2	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	John Lambert
Season	1964-65	1978-79
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
John Lambert	70	14.7	4.7	1.7	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	4.7	.450	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.636
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
John Lambert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-