Don Ford vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker and Don Ford, 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.

Don Ford played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Tony Parker, who played 18. Don Ford had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Don Ford	7	3	1975-76 to 1981-82
Tony Parker	18	17	2001-02 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1975-76	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Don Ford	76	24.2	9.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.5	0.7	0.2	-	2.4	4.1	9.3	.438	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.748
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750


Season 2
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1976-77	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Don Ford	82	21.7	7.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	-	2.1	3.2	7.0	.460	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.716
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	11	30.3	10.1	2.0	3.3	5.3	3.4	1.5	0.4	-	2.5	3.8	8.9	.429	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.750
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713


Season 3
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1977-78	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Don Ford	79	24.6	7.7	1.3	3.1	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.1	2.7	3.4	7.3	.472	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.756
Tony Parker	75	34.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.0	5.6	12.6	.447	0.8	2.7	.312	2.5	3.6	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	1	10.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tony Parker	10	38.6	18.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.5	7.2	16.8	.429	1.7	4.3	.395	2.3	3.5	.657


Season 4
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1978-79	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Don Ford	79	19.5	6.7	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.2	2.9	5.7	.507	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.809
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	8	17.3	4.1	0.3	2.5	2.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	3.8	.533	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	.333
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632


Season 5
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1979-80	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Don Ford	73	13.7	4.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.8	3.8	.478	0.0	0.0	.333	0.6	0.7	.849
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810


Season 6
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1980-81	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Don Ford	64	15.6	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.6	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.6	1.6	3.5	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.917
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679


Season 7
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	1981-82	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Don Ford	21	9.6	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.4	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.833
Tony Parker	69	33.5	18.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.3	7.5	15.1	.494	0.2	1.0	.258	3.6	5.0	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	17	38.5	22.4	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	0.9	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.9	18.0	.497	0.4	1.2	.350	4.1	5.5	.753


Season 8
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2008-09
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710


Season 9
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2009-10
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	56	30.9	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.7	1.7	6.2	12.8	.487	0.2	0.6	.294	3.3	4.4	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	33.5	17.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.0	7.3	15.4	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	4.2	.595


Season 10
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	78	32.4	17.5	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.6	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.7	7.1	13.7	.519	0.3	0.9	.357	3.0	3.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	6	36.8	19.7	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.7	7.2	15.5	.462	0.2	1.3	.125	5.2	6.8	.756


Season 11
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	60	32.1	18.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.7	1.0	0.1	2.6	1.3	7.1	14.8	.480	0.2	1.0	.230	3.8	4.7	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	14	36.1	20.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	6.8	0.9	0.0	3.1	1.6	7.3	16.1	.453	0.5	1.5	.333	5.1	6.3	.807


Season 12
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	66	32.9	20.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.6	0.8	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.9	15.1	.522	0.4	1.0	.353	4.2	5.0	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	21	36.4	20.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	7.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.2	8.0	17.4	.458	0.5	1.5	.355	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 13
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	68	29.4	16.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.2	1.3	6.7	13.4	.499	0.4	1.0	.373	2.9	3.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	23	31.3	17.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	4.8	0.7	0.1	2.7	1.6	7.3	15.0	.486	0.6	1.5	.371	2.2	3.0	.729


Season 14
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	68	28.7	14.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.9	0.6	0.0	2.1	1.6	5.9	12.2	.486	0.6	1.3	.427	1.9	2.4	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	7	30.0	10.9	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.3	0.0	1.6	2.0	4.7	13.0	.363	0.0	1.3	.000	1.4	2.4	.588


Season 15
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2015-16
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	72	27.5	11.9	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.3	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.6	4.9	9.9	.493	0.4	0.9	.415	1.8	2.4	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	26.4	10.4	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.3	0.6	0.2	1.8	1.5	4.4	9.8	.449	0.4	1.6	.250	1.2	1.4	.857


Season 16
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	63	25.2	10.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.5	4.2	9.0	.466	0.4	1.1	.333	1.3	1.9	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	8	26.4	15.9	0.3	2.3	2.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	6.4	12.1	.526	1.4	2.4	.579	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 17
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	55	19.5	7.7	0.1	1.6	1.7	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.9	3.2	7.1	.459	0.2	0.7	.270	1.0	1.4	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	5	13.4	6.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.4	2.8	7.4	.378	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 18
	Don Ford	Tony Parker
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	56	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.7	0.4	0.1	1.3	0.9	3.8	8.3	.460	0.2	0.9	.255	1.6	2.2	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Don Ford vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker and Don Ford, 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

Season 18