Earl Lloyd vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Earl Lloyd, 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.

Earl Lloyd played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Earl Lloyd had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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
	Earl Lloyd	David Thompson
Season	1950-51	1976-77
Team	Washington Capitols	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Earl Lloyd	7	-	6.1	-	-	6.7	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	2.3	5.0	.457	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	.846
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		%
Earl Lloyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Earl Lloyd didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 2
	Earl Lloyd	David Thompson
Season	1952-53	1977-78
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Earl Lloyd	64	28.2	7.4	-	-	6.9	1.0	-	-	-	3.8	2.4	7.1	.344	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	.693
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		%
Earl Lloyd	2	36.5	7.5	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	5.0	2.0	8.5	.235	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.700
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

Season 3
	Earl Lloyd	David Thompson
Season	1953-54	1978-79
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Earl Lloyd	72	30.6	9.1	-	-	7.3	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	3.5	9.3	.374	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.746
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		%
Earl Lloyd	10	26.0	6.7	-	-	5.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.4	2.5	7.3	.342	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654
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 4
	Earl Lloyd	David Thompson
Season	1954-55	1979-80
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Earl Lloyd	72	30.7	10.2	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	10.9	.365	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Lloyd	11	32.3	11.5	-	-	8.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	11.1	.361	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Earl Lloyd	David Thompson
Season	1957-58	1982-83
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Earl Lloyd	61	17.1	5.2	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	2.9	2.0	5.9	.331	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.745
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		%
Earl Lloyd	3	10.7	3.3	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.7	1.7	4.7	.357	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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