David Thompson vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu and David Thompson, 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 Thompson played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Hedo Turkoglu had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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 Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84
Hedo Turkoglu	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1976-77	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Kings 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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	74	16.8	5.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.5	.412	0.4	1.2	.326	1.2	1.5	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	8	17.6	7.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	1.0	1.8	.571	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 2
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1977-78	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Kings 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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	80	24.6	10.1	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.6	8.6	.422	0.8	2.1	.368	2.1	2.9	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	16	27.8	8.6	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.4	8.6	.401	0.8	2.1	.353	1.0	1.9	.516


Season 3
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1978-79	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	67	17.5	6.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.8	.422	0.4	1.2	.372	1.3	1.6	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	10	17.3	5.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.0	.360	0.4	1.4	.286	1.3	1.8	.722


Season 4
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1979-80	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	80	25.9	9.2	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.1	.406	1.3	3.0	.419	1.4	2.0	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	10	27.2	7.7	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.6	8.1	.321	1.4	4.2	.333	1.1	1.8	.611


Season 5
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1980-81	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	67	26.2	14.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.9	11.7	.419	1.4	3.7	.380	2.8	3.4	.836

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


Season 6
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1981-82	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	78	33.5	14.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.7	3.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.5	3.6	.403	3.3	3.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1982-83	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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 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
Hedo Turkoglu	73	31.1	13.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.0	4.7	11.3	.419	1.5	3.8	.388	2.3	3.0	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	4	39.0	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	1.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	6.3	12.5	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1983-84	2007-08
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
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
Hedo Turkoglu	82	36.9	19.5	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	14.9	.456	2.0	5.1	.400	4.0	4.8	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	10	39.9	17.5	1.4	5.0	6.4	5.5	0.8	0.2	3.8	3.5	6.3	14.1	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.9	4.6	.848


Season 9
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic Lost NBA 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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	77	36.6	16.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	5.5	13.3	.413	1.7	4.9	.356	4.1	5.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	24	38.9	15.8	0.4	4.2	4.5	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	5.3	12.3	.427	1.3	3.5	.386	3.9	4.8	.817


Season 10
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	74	30.7	11.3	0.6	4.1	4.6	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.0	3.7	9.1	.409	1.5	3.9	.374	2.4	3.1	.774

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


Season 11
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	81	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.8	4.4	4.2	0.9	0.4	1.6	3.0	4.0	8.9	.446	1.6	3.8	.410	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	6	34.8	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.3	11.3	.294	1.2	5.0	.233	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 12
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	53	31.2	10.9	0.5	3.3	3.8	4.4	0.8	0.3	2.7	2.6	3.9	9.5	.415	1.7	4.9	.353	1.3	1.8	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	5	32.4	8.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	3.0	8.2	.366	1.0	2.4	.417	1.4	2.2	.636


Season 13
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Orlando Magic
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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	17.2	2.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.3	4.8	.264	0.1	2.2	.042	0.3	0.5	.500

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


Season 14
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	38	10.3	3.0	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.9	.385	0.6	1.3	.440	0.2	0.5	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	5	8.2	3.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	.462	0.8	2.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	David Thompson	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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 Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	62	11.4	3.7	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	.441	1.0	2.2	.432	0.1	0.2	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	5.0	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	.235	0.2	1.2	.154	0.0	0.0	-

David Thompson vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu and David Thompson, 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

Season 15