Lew Hitch vs. Obi Toppin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Obi Toppin and Lew Hitch, 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.

Lew Hitch played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Obi Toppin, who played 4. Lew Hitch had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, while Obi Toppin had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Lew Hitch	Obi Toppin
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Lew Hitch	61	13.9	3.6	-	-	4.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	1.3	3.5	.358	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
Obi Toppin	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.4	.498	0.4	1.4	.306	0.3	0.4	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	13	11.7	1.8	-	-	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.2	0.7	1.9	.360	-	-	-	0.5	1.6	.286
Obi Toppin	5	13.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.6	.522	0.6	1.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 2
	Lew Hitch	Obi Toppin
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lew Hitch	70	14.7	3.7	-	-	3.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.6	.349	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.610
Obi Toppin	72	17.1	9.0	1.0	2.8	3.7	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.5	6.6	.531	0.7	2.3	.308	1.3	1.7	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	12	15.8	4.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.7	1.3	3.8	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.7	.531
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