Walt Bellamy vs. Steve Hawes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Hawes 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, 4 more than Steve Hawes, who played 10. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Steve Hawes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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	Steve Hawes
Season	1961-62	1974-75
Team	Chicago Packers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost East Conf 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	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Steve Hawes	55	16.3	5.9	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	-	1.8	2.5	5.1	.502	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	8	16.0	5.5	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	-	1.4	2.3	4.8	.474	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.889

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Steve Hawes
Season	1962-63	1975-76
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers
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
Steve Hawes	72	19.6	6.7	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	-	2.3	2.8	5.6	.494	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Steve Hawes
Season	1963-64	1976-77
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
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
Steve Hawes	44	21.5	8.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	-	3.2	3.3	6.9	.482	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Steve Hawes
Season	1964-65	1977-78
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Hawks 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	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Steve Hawes	75	31.0	12.7	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.0	3.1	5.2	11.4	.453	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.818
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
Steve Hawes	2	35.5	8.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	4.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.667