Marcus Thornton vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Marcus Thornton, 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.
Marcus Thornton played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Marcus Thornton had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Bill Walton 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.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Marcus Thornton |
8 |
1 |
2009-10 to 2016-17 |
Bill Walton |
10 |
4 |
1974-75 to 1986-87 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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|
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Rookie Season |
|
Marcus Thornton |
Bill Walton |
Season |
2009-10 | 1974-75 |
Team |
New Orleans Hornets | Portland Trail Blazers |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie Second Team | - |
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 |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
73 |
25.6 |
14.5 |
1.0 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
5.5 |
12.1 |
.451 |
1.6 |
4.3 |
.374 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
.814 |
Bill Walton |
35 |
32.9 |
12.8 |
2.6 |
10.0 |
12.6 |
4.8 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
- |
3.3 |
5.1 |
9.9 |
.513 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
3.9 |
.686 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
73 |
24.3 |
12.8 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
4.8 |
11.1 |
.434 |
1.2 |
3.3 |
.367 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
.788 |
Bill Walton |
51 |
33.1 |
16.1 |
2.6 |
10.8 |
13.4 |
4.3 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
- |
2.8 |
6.8 |
14.4 |
.471 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
4.5 |
.583 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
72 |
24.0 |
12.7 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
4.6 |
10.8 |
.429 |
2.0 |
5.3 |
.372 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
.881 |
Bill Walton |
58 |
33.3 |
18.9 |
2.0 |
11.2 |
13.2 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
7.9 |
15.2 |
.522 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.2 |
.720 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
2 |
24.5 |
13.5 |
2.5 |
8.5 |
11.0 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
9.0 |
.611 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.5 |
.714 |
Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
72 |
24.2 |
9.8 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
8.9 |
.394 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
.345 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
.804 |
Bill Walton |
14 |
24.1 |
13.9 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
9.0 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
5.8 |
11.5 |
.503 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.3 |
3.9 |
.593 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
10 |
12.4 |
5.9 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
5.4 |
.389 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
.238 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
.667 |
Bill Walton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
48 |
15.0 |
7.9 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
2.9 |
7.2 |
.406 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
.378 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
.821 |
Bill Walton |
33 |
33.3 |
14.1 |
2.3 |
7.5 |
9.8 |
3.6 |
1.0 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
11.5 |
.528 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
3.5 |
.556 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
61 |
18.2 |
9.7 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
8.9 |
.399 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
.337 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
.848 |
Bill Walton |
55 |
26.8 |
12.1 |
2.4 |
6.3 |
8.7 |
3.3 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
5.2 |
9.4 |
.556 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
.597 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
33 |
17.4 |
6.6 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
.400 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
.350 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
.852 |
Bill Walton |
67 |
24.6 |
10.1 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
9.0 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
4.0 |
7.7 |
.521 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
.680 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
80 |
19.3 |
7.6 |
1.7 |
5.1 |
6.8 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
5.1 |
.562 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.8 |
2.5 |
.713 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
16 |
18.2 |
7.9 |
1.6 |
4.9 |
6.4 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
5.8 |
.581 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.826 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
10 |
11.2 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
2.6 |
.385 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
1.5 |
.533 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Marcus Thornton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Walton |
12 |
8.5 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
.480 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.4 |
1.2 |
.357 |