Bill Bridges vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Bill Bridges, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Bill Bridges played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Bill Bridges had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Bill Bridges 13 12 1962-63 to 1974-75
David Thompson 8 5 1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1962-631976-77
Team St. Louis HawksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsNuggets Lost West 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 %
Bill Bridges 27 13.9 6.1 - - 5.3 0.9 - - - 2.1 2.4 5.9 .413 - - - 1.2 1.9 .627
David Thompson 82 36.6 25.9 1.7 2.4 4.1 4.1 1.4 0.6 - 2.9 10.0 19.8 .507 - - - 5.8 7.6 .766
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 11 18.5 9.3 - - 7.8 0.8 - - - 2.8 3.7 8.7 .427 - - - 1.8 2.5 .741
David Thompson 6 39.5 24.7 2.2 3.0 5.2 4.0 1.5 0.7 - 3.7 9.3 20.2 .463 - - - 6.0 8.8 .679

Season 2
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1963-641977-78
Team St. Louis HawksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsNuggets Lost West Conf 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 %
Bill Bridges 80 24.4 8.5 - - 8.5 2.3 - - - 3.4 3.4 8.4 .397 - - - 1.8 2.8 .652
David Thompson 80 37.8 27.2 2.0 2.9 4.9 4.5 1.2 1.2 3.1 2.7 10.3 19.8 .521 - - - 6.5 8.4 .778
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 12 20.0 5.3 - - 7.0 2.0 - - - 3.3 2.2 6.9 .313 - - - 1.0 1.6 .632
David Thompson 13 37.0 25.2 1.4 2.7 4.1 4.0 0.7 1.6 3.0 2.6 10.1 22.4 .450 - - - 5.1 6.2 .825

Season 3
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1964-651978-79
Team St. Louis HawksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
-Achievement All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div SemisNuggets Lost West 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 %
Bill Bridges 79 29.9 11.5 - - 10.8 2.4 - - - 3.5 4.6 11.9 .386 - - - 2.4 3.5 .676
David Thompson 76 35.1 24.0 1.4 2.2 3.6 3.0 0.9 1.1 2.4 2.4 9.1 17.8 .512 - - - 5.8 7.7 .753
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 4 36.3 13.0 - - 16.8 2.3 - - - 4.8 5.3 14.8 .356 - - - 2.5 3.8 .667
David Thompson 3 40.7 28.0 2.3 4.7 7.0 4.0 1.3 0.3 4.0 4.0 12.7 23.0 .551 - - - 2.7 3.7 .727

Season 4
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1965-661979-80
Team St. Louis HawksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Bill Bridges 78 34.3 13.0 - - 12.2 2.7 - - - 4.3 4.8 11.9 .407 - - - 3.3 4.7 .706
David Thompson 39 31.8 21.5 1.4 3.0 4.5 3.2 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.7 7.4 15.8 .468 0.2 0.5 .368 6.5 8.6 .758
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 10 42.1 20.3 - - 14.9 2.8 - - - 4.7 8.6 17.0 .506 - - - 3.1 4.3 .721
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1966-671980-81
Team St. Louis HawksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid Not Play
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 79 39.6 17.4 - - 15.1 2.8 - - - 4.1 6.4 14.0 .455 - - - 4.6 6.6 .702
David Thompson 77 34.0 25.5 1.4 2.3 3.7 3.0 0.7 0.8 3.2 3.0 9.5 18.8 .506 0.1 0.5 .256 6.4 8.0 .795
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 9 41.0 15.7 - - 18.8 2.4 - - - 4.0 5.3 14.2 .375 - - - 5.0 7.4 .672
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1967-681981-82
Team St. Louis HawksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div SemisNuggets Lost West 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 %
Bill Bridges 82 39.0 15.6 - - 13.4 3.1 - - - 4.5 5.7 12.3 .462 - - - 4.2 5.9 .717
David Thompson 61 20.4 14.9 0.9 1.5 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.4 5.1 10.6 .486 0.1 0.2 .286 4.5 5.6 .814
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 6 36.0 15.7 - - 12.8 2.3 - - - 3.8 6.3 12.5 .507 - - - 3.0 4.2 .720
David Thompson 3 22.0 11.7 1.3 2.0 3.3 2.0 0.3 0.0 2.7 2.7 5.0 11.0 .455 0.3 1.0 .333 1.3 2.3 .571

Season 7
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1968-691982-83
Team Atlanta HawksSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsSupersonics Lost West 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 %
Bill Bridges 80 36.6 11.8 - - 14.2 3.7 - - - 3.6 4.4 9.7 .453 - - - 3.0 4.4 .677
David Thompson 75 28.7 15.9 1.3 2.3 3.6 3.0 0.6 0.4 2.2 1.9 5.9 12.3 .481 0.0 0.1 .200 4.0 5.1 .784
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 11 40.2 15.6 - - 16.2 3.4 - - - 4.4 6.3 14.2 .442 - - - 3.1 4.4 .708
David Thompson 2 32.5 12.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 3.5 4.5 12.5 .360 0.0 0.0 - 3.0 5.0 .600

Season 8
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1969-701983-84
Team Atlanta HawksSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid Not Play
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 82 39.9 14.8 - - 14.4 4.2 - - - 3.6 5.4 11.4 .475 - - - 4.0 5.5 .734
David Thompson 19 18.4 12.6 0.9 1.4 2.3 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.6 4.7 8.7 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 3.8 .849
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 9 42.3 11.6 - - 17.1 3.2 - - - 4.1 4.9 12.2 .400 - - - 1.8 3.0 .593
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1970-71-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks 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 %
Bill Bridges 82 38.3 11.9 - - 15.0 2.9 - - - 3.9 4.7 10.2 .458 - - - 2.6 4.0 .639
David Thompson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 5 45.8 9.8 - - 20.8 1.0 - - - 3.4 4.6 11.6 .397 - - - 0.6 1.8 .333
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1971-72-
Team Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Bill Bridges 78 35.3 12.6 - - 13.5 2.5 - - - 3.4 4.9 10.0 .487 - - - 2.8 4.1 .703
David Thompson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges ------- --- ----------
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 11
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1972-73-
Team Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost NBA Finals-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 82 35.0 10.3 - - 11.0 2.7 - - - 3.6 4.1 8.8 .461 - - - 2.2 3.1 .702
David Thompson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 17 34.2 8.9 - - 9.3 1.7 - - - 4.0 3.4 8.0 .419 - - - 2.2 2.9 .776
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 12
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1973-74-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Conf Semis-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 65 27.9 8.4 3.0 4.7 7.7 2.3 0.9 0.5 - 3.4 3.3 7.9 .421 - - - 1.8 2.5 .707
David Thompson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 5 28.8 6.0 2.8 3.2 6.0 1.2 1.4 0.0 - 3.8 2.4 8.2 .293 - - - 1.2 2.6 .462
David Thompson ------- --- ----------

Season 13
Bill Bridges David Thompson
Season 1974-75-
Team Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion 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 %
Bill Bridges 32 13.0 2.7 2.0 2.2 4.2 1.0 0.3 0.2 - 2.0 1.1 2.9 .376 - - - 0.5 1.1 .500
David Thompson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Bill Bridges 14 10.6 1.6 0.9 2.6 3.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 - 1.6 0.7 1.6 .435 - - - 0.1 0.5 .286
David Thompson ------- --- ----------
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