Artis Gilmore vs. Rod Thorn Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Thorn and Artis Gilmore, 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.
Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Rod Thorn, who played 8. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Rod Thorn had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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 |
Artis Gilmore |
12 |
6 |
1976-77 to 1987-88 |
Rod Thorn |
8 |
2 |
1963-64 to 1970-71 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
35.1 |
18.6 |
3.8 |
9.2 |
13.0 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
- |
3.2 |
7.0 |
13.3 |
.522 |
- |
- |
- |
4.7 |
7.1 |
.660 |
Rod Thorn |
75 |
34.6 |
14.4 |
- |
- |
4.8 |
3.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
5.5 |
13.5 |
.405 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.7 |
.731 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
3 |
42.0 |
18.7 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
13.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
- |
3.0 |
6.3 |
13.3 |
.475 |
- |
- |
- |
6.0 |
7.7 |
.783 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Season 2 |
|
Artis Gilmore |
Rod Thorn |
Season |
1977-78 | 1964-65 |
Team |
Chicago Bulls | Detroit Pistons |
Honors & Awards |
All-Defensive Second Team | - |
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 |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
37.4 |
22.9 |
3.9 |
9.2 |
13.1 |
3.2 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
4.5 |
3.2 |
8.6 |
15.4 |
.559 |
- |
- |
- |
5.7 |
8.2 |
.704 |
Rod Thorn |
74 |
23.9 |
11.0 |
- |
- |
3.6 |
2.2 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
4.3 |
10.1 |
.427 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
3.3 |
.724 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
39.8 |
23.7 |
3.6 |
9.1 |
12.7 |
3.3 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
9.2 |
16.0 |
.575 |
- |
- |
- |
5.3 |
7.2 |
.739 |
Rod Thorn |
73 |
23.8 |
10.7 |
- |
- |
2.9 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
4.2 |
10.0 |
.420 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.2 |
.712 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rod Thorn |
10 |
11.9 |
3.8 |
- |
- |
1.7 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.9 |
1.2 |
3.9 |
.308 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.8 |
.778 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
48 |
32.7 |
17.8 |
2.3 |
6.8 |
9.0 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
6.4 |
10.7 |
.595 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.1 |
7.2 |
.712 |
Rod Thorn |
67 |
17.4 |
8.8 |
- |
- |
2.4 |
1.8 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
3.5 |
7.8 |
.445 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
2.6 |
.727 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rod Thorn |
9 |
17.3 |
10.1 |
- |
- |
3.1 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
3.7 |
8.6 |
.429 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.0 |
.926 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
34.5 |
17.9 |
2.7 |
7.4 |
10.1 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
6.7 |
10.0 |
.670 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.6 |
6.5 |
.705 |
Rod Thorn |
66 |
25.3 |
15.2 |
- |
- |
4.0 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
5.7 |
12.7 |
.451 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
5.2 |
.737 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
6 |
41.2 |
18.0 |
4.0 |
7.2 |
11.2 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
5.8 |
10.0 |
.583 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.3 |
9.2 |
.691 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
34.1 |
18.5 |
2.7 |
7.5 |
10.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
6.7 |
10.2 |
.652 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.000 |
5.2 |
6.7 |
.768 |
Rod Thorn |
29 |
19.6 |
11.5 |
- |
- |
2.9 |
2.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
4.5 |
9.8 |
.463 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
3.3 |
.732 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
34.1 |
18.0 |
3.6 |
8.4 |
12.0 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
6.8 |
10.8 |
.626 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.5 |
6.0 |
.740 |
Rod Thorn |
19 |
5.5 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
0.8 |
0.9 |
- |
- |
- |
0.4 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
.444 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.3 |
.625 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
11 |
36.5 |
16.7 |
3.4 |
9.5 |
12.9 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
6.9 |
12.0 |
.576 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.9 |
4.2 |
.696 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
64 |
31.8 |
15.3 |
3.3 |
7.0 |
10.3 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
5.5 |
8.7 |
.631 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.4 |
6.1 |
.718 |
Rod Thorn |
63 |
12.2 |
5.6 |
- |
- |
1.6 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
2.2 |
4.7 |
.472 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.676 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
81 |
34.0 |
19.1 |
2.9 |
7.6 |
10.4 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
6.6 |
10.5 |
.623 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
6.0 |
8.0 |
.749 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
5 |
37.0 |
17.8 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
10.0 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
4.6 |
3.6 |
5.8 |
10.4 |
.558 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.2 |
9.0 |
.689 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
71 |
33.7 |
16.7 |
2.3 |
6.1 |
8.5 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
6.0 |
9.6 |
.618 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.8 |
6.8 |
.701 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
3 |
35.7 |
13.3 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
0.3 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
8.0 |
.667 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.7 |
4.7 |
.571 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
82 |
29.3 |
11.4 |
2.3 |
4.8 |
7.1 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
7.1 |
.597 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.0 |
4.3 |
.680 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
71 |
12.6 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
.547 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.9 |
1.8 |
.523 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Artis Gilmore |
14 |
6.1 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
Rod Thorn |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |