Dick Farley vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Dick Farley played 3 years in the NBA, 5 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Dick Farley had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dick Farley	David Thompson
Season	1954-55	1976-77
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dick Farley	69	16.1	5.9	-	-	2.4	1.6	-	-	-	2.1	2.0	5.1	.385	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.677
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		%
Dick Farley	11	15.3	4.7	-	-	1.2	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	1.7	5.1	.339	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.560
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
	Dick Farley	David Thompson
Season	1955-56	1977-78
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Dick Farley	72	19.8	6.7	-	-	2.3	2.1	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	6.3	.373	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.691
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		%
Dick Farley	8	21.1	10.9	-	-	2.6	3.5	-	-	-	3.9	4.3	9.0	.472	-	-	-	2.4	3.9	.613
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

Note: Dick Farley didn't play in 1956-57 and 1957-58.

Season 3
	Dick Farley	David Thompson
Season	1958-59	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Dick Farley	70	18.3	7.0	-	-	2.8	1.8	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	6.4	.395	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.737
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		%
Dick Farley	3	11.0	3.7	-	-	2.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.7	4.0	.417	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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 7
	Dick Farley	David Thompson
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dick Farley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Dick Farley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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