Walt Bellamy vs. Slater Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Slater Martin 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, 3 more than Slater Martin, who played 11. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Slater Martin had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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	Slater Martin
Season	1961-62	1949-50
Team	Chicago Packers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Slater Martin	67	-	4.0	-	-	-	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	1.6	4.5	.351	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	12	-	4.7	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	1.8	4.2	.420	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.583

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1962-63	1950-51
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Slater Martin	68	-	8.5	-	-	3.6	3.5	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	9.2	.362	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	7	-	7.1	-	-	6.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.3	.353	-	-	-	2.0	3.9	.519

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1963-64	1951-52
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Slater Martin	66	37.6	9.3	-	-	3.5	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	9.6	.375	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	13	40.2	9.0	-	-	2.8	4.3	-	-	-	4.9	2.9	8.5	.345	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.732

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1964-65	1952-53
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	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	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Slater Martin	70	36.5	10.6	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	9.1	.410	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780
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
Slater Martin	12	37.8	10.1	-	-	2.6	3.6	-	-	-	4.1	3.4	8.6	.398	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.765

Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1965-66	1953-54
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	80	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
Slater Martin	69	35.8	9.9	-	-	2.4	3.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	9.5	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	13	41.0	9.7	-	-	2.2	4.6	-	-	-	4.0	2.8	8.6	.330	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743

Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1966-67	1954-55
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West Div 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	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
Slater Martin	72	38.7	13.6	-	-	3.6	5.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	12.8	.381	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	4	39.3	18.3	-	-	16.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	4.3	7.3	.586
Slater Martin	7	45.0	13.7	-	-	4.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	13.4	.298	-	-	-	5.7	7.0	.816

Season 7
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1967-68	1955-56
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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	82	32.9	16.7	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	6.2	11.5	.541	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.662
Slater Martin	72	39.4	13.2	-	-	3.6	6.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	12.0	.358	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.833
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
Slater Martin	3	40.3	18.0	-	-	2.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.7	12.3	.459	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.833

Season 8
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1968-69	1956-57
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	88	35.9	17.4	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.4	12.5	.510	-	-	-	4.6	7.0	.649
Slater Martin	66	36.4	10.9	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	11.2	.332	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slater Martin	10	43.9	16.6	-	-	4.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	15.5	.355	-	-	-	5.6	7.4	.757

Season 9
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1969-70	1957-58
Team	Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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	79	25.7	11.6	-	-	8.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	8.5	.523	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	.576
Slater Martin	60	35.0	12.0	-	-	3.8	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	12.8	.336	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	9	40.9	16.8	-	-	15.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	14.0	.468	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.717
Slater Martin	11	37.8	11.5	-	-	4.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	12.5	.321	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	.619

Season 10
	Walt Bellamy	Slater Martin
Season	1970-71	1958-59
Team	Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div 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	82	35.5	14.7	-	-	12.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	10.7	.493	-	-	-	4.1	6.8	.604
Slater Martin	71	35.3	9.7	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	9.9	.347	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	5	43.2	20.8	-	-	14.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	13.8	.594	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
Slater Martin	1	18.0	8.0	-	-	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	5.0	.800	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-