David Thompson vs. Mark West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark West 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 / 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.

David Thompson played 8 years in the NBA, 9 less than Mark West, who played 17. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Mark West had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Mark West	17	11	1983-84 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks 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
Mark West	34	5.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.2	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.318

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
Mark West	4	8.0	3.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.8	1.3	2.3	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 2
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark West	66	13.5	3.9	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.9	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.494

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
Mark West	4	17.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400


Season 3
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	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
Mark West	67	17.5	4.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.5	1.7	3.1	.541	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.524

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
Mark West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	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
Mark West	78	17.1	6.5	1.6	2.7	4.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	2.9	2.7	4.9	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.2	.514

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


Season 5
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
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
Mark West	83	25.3	9.7	2.0	4.3	6.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.1	3.2	3.8	6.9	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.596

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


Season 6
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1981-82	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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	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
Mark West	82	24.6	7.2	2.0	4.7	6.7	0.5	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.3	3.0	4.5	.653	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.5	.535

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
Mark West	12	18.9	6.2	1.8	2.7	4.4	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.1	3.0	2.7	4.2	.640	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714


Season 7
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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	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
Mark West	82	29.3	10.5	2.6	6.3	8.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	1.5	3.4	4.0	6.5	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.691

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
Mark West	16	34.0	11.1	3.3	6.9	10.3	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.6	4.6	4.7	8.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.1	.540


Season 8
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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 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
Mark West	82	23.9	7.7	2.1	4.8	6.9	0.5	0.4	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.0	4.7	.647	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	23.3	5.8	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.8	3.8	2.3	3.8	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 9
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	82	17.5	6.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.9	2.4	3.8	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	8	12.0	4.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.6	1.8	2.4	.737	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 10
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	82	19.0	5.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.1	3.0	2.1	3.5	.614	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.518

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	24	19.5	4.8	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.7	2.9	1.8	3.3	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.609


Season 11
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	82	15.1	4.7	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.9	2.6	2.0	3.5	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	7	9.9	2.4	1.6	1.3	2.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.7	0.7	2.1	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 12
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1994-95
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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	67	23.0	7.5	2.4	3.7	6.1	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.7	3.2	5.8	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.478

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


Season 13
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1995-96
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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	47	14.5	3.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	2.9	1.3	2.7	.484	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	3	26.0	9.3	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	4.0	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.3	.462


Season 14
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	70	13.7	3.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.4	2.6	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.482

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


Season 15
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	15	7.0	1.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.4	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	4	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.333


Season 16
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1998-99
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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	49	10.2	1.2	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.2	.373	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.356

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	9	7.6	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.6	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 17
	David Thompson	Mark West
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark West	22	5.8	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.5	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.625

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

David Thompson vs. Mark West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark West 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

Season 16

Season 17