Walt Bellamy vs. Pops Mensah-Bonsu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pops Mensah-Bonsu 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 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Pops Mensah-Bonsu had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Season	1961-62	2006-07
Team	Chicago Packers	Dallas Mavericks
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
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	12	5.9	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.4	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.5	.389
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Pops Mensah-Bonsu didn't play in 2007-08.

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Season	1962-63	2008-09
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors
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
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	22	12.9	5.0	2.5	2.6	5.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.0	1.8	4.7	.379	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.2	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Season	1963-64	2009-10
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors
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
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	20	6.0	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.7	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.542
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Season	1964-65	2010-11
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New Orleans Hornets
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
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	7	5.0	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-