David Robinson vs. Ray Tolbert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ray Tolbert and David Robinson, 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.

David Robinson played 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Ray Tolbert, who played 5. David Robinson had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Ray Tolbert had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03
Ray Tolbert	5	2	1981-82 to 1988-89

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	7.5	10.2	.732
Ray Tolbert	64	9.5	3.4	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.6	3.2	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.543

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677
Ray Tolbert	4	7.8	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 2
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762
Ray Tolbert	73	15.2	5.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.2	4.3	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.4	.505

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701
Ray Tolbert	49	9.7	3.1	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.8	1.3	2.5	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.511

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Tolbert	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Ray Tolbert didn't play in 1984-85, 1985-86 and 1986-87.


Season 4
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1992-93	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732
Ray Tolbert	25	10.4	3.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.6	1.4	2.8	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.633

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1993-94	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749
Ray Tolbert	50	6.8	2.1	0.6	1.1	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.8	1.9	.426	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1994-95	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1995-96	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1996-97	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1997-98	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.4	.658
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
David Robinson	80	32.0	17.8	2.4	7.2	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.1	6.6	12.9	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.4	.726
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	4	38.8	23.5	4.3	9.5	13.8	2.5	1.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	7.8	20.8	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	8.0	10.5	.762
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	2000-01	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
David Robinson	80	29.6	14.4	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.7	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.9	.747
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	13	31.4	16.6	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.7	1.3	2.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.3	.695
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	2001-02	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
David Robinson	78	29.5	12.2	2.4	5.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.3	2.5	4.4	8.6	.507	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.1	.681
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	4	20.5	4.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	David Robinson	Ray Tolbert
Season	2002-03	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
David Robinson	64	26.2	8.5	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.3	2.0	3.1	6.6	.469	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.710
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Robinson	23	23.5	7.8	2.0	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	5.1	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.667
Ray Tolbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

David Robinson vs. Ray Tolbert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ray Tolbert and David Robinson, 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