Bill Laimbeer vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Bill Laimbeer, 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 / Games against each other

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 Laimbeer played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Bill Laimbeer had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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 Laimbeer	14	9	1980-81 to 1993-94
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1980-81	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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 Laimbeer	81	30.4	9.8	3.3	5.3	8.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.6	4.1	4.2	8.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.765
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 Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1981-82	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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 Laimbeer	80	22.9	9.0	2.9	4.8	7.7	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	3.7	3.3	6.7	.494	0.1	0.2	.308	2.3	2.9	.793
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 Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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 Laimbeer	82	35.0	13.6	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.2	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.9	5.3	10.7	.497	0.0	0.2	.154	3.0	3.8	.790
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 Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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 Laimbeer	82	34.9	17.3	4.0	8.2	12.2	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	3.3	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.5	.866
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 Laimbeer	5	33.0	15.2	2.8	9.6	12.4	2.4	0.8	0.6	2.4	4.6	5.8	10.2	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.0	.900
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1984-85	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	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 Laimbeer	82	35.3	17.5	3.6	8.8	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.6	3.8	7.3	14.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.222	3.0	3.7	.797
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 Laimbeer	9	36.1	14.7	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	11.9	.449	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.7	.706
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1985-86	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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 Laimbeer	82	35.3	16.6	3.7	9.4	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	6.6	13.5	.492	0.0	0.2	.286	3.2	3.9	.834
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 Laimbeer	4	42.0	22.5	5.0	9.0	14.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.8	8.5	17.0	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	5.3	5.8	.913
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 Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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 Laimbeer	82	34.8	15.4	3.0	8.7	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	1.5	3.5	6.2	12.3	.501	0.1	0.3	.286	3.0	3.3	.894
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 Laimbeer	15	36.2	12.3	2.0	8.4	10.4	2.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	5.6	10.9	.515	0.1	0.3	.200	1.0	1.6	.625
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 Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	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 Laimbeer	82	35.3	13.5	2.0	8.1	10.1	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.7	3.5	5.5	11.3	.493	0.2	0.5	.333	2.3	2.6	.874
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 Laimbeer	23	33.9	11.9	1.9	7.7	9.6	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	5.0	10.9	.456	0.2	0.7	.294	1.7	2.0	.889
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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 Laimbeer	81	32.6	13.7	1.7	7.9	9.6	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.2	5.5	11.1	.499	0.4	1.1	.349	2.2	2.6	.840
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	17	29.2	10.1	1.5	6.7	8.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	1.1	3.2	3.9	8.4	.465	0.9	2.5	.357	1.5	1.8	.806
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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 Laimbeer	81	33.0	12.1	2.0	7.6	9.6	2.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	3.4	4.7	9.7	.484	0.7	2.0	.361	2.0	2.4	.854
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	20	33.4	11.1	2.1	8.5	10.6	1.4	1.2	0.9	0.8	3.9	4.6	10.0	.457	0.8	2.2	.349	1.3	1.5	.862
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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 Laimbeer	82	32.5	11.0	2.1	6.9	9.0	1.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	3.0	4.5	9.5	.478	0.5	1.5	.296	1.5	1.8	.837
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	15	29.7	10.9	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.8	2.1	.871
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bill Laimbeer	81	27.6	9.7	1.3	4.3	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	9.0	.470	0.4	1.0	.376	0.8	0.9	.893
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	5	29.0	8.2	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.6	3.4	9.2	.370	0.4	2.0	.200	1.0	1.0	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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 Laimbeer	79	24.5	8.7	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.7	3.7	7.3	.509	0.1	0.3	.370	1.2	1.3	.894
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bill Laimbeer	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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 Laimbeer	11	22.5	9.8	0.8	4.3	5.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.7	4.3	8.2	.522	0.3	0.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.846
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Laimbeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Laimbeer vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14