George Gervin vs. Bobby Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Jackson and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bobby Jackson, who played 12. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bobby Jackson had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86
Bobby Jackson	12	8	1997-98 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1976-77	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Bobby Jackson	68	30.0	11.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.4	4.6	11.6	.392	0.3	1.2	.259	2.2	2.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1977-78	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Bobby Jackson	50	18.8	7.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.8	7.0	.405	0.2	0.5	.370	1.2	1.6	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Bobby Jackson	4	6.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1978-79	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Bobby Jackson	73	14.2	5.1	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.4	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.9	4.7	.405	0.2	0.6	.283	1.0	1.3	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Bobby Jackson	3	10.0	5.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.3	2.7	.500	0.3	1.0	.333	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 4
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1979-80	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Bobby Jackson	79	20.9	7.2	0.9	2.2	3.1	2.0	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.8	2.9	6.7	.439	0.5	1.3	.375	0.8	1.1	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Bobby Jackson	8	22.8	7.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.9	2.3	2.6	6.0	.438	0.5	1.8	.286	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 5
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1980-81	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Bobby Jackson	81	21.6	11.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.8	4.1	9.3	.443	1.0	2.7	.361	1.8	2.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Bobby Jackson	16	23.4	10.9	0.9	2.3	3.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.9	4.1	9.1	.445	0.7	2.7	.256	2.1	2.7	.791


Season 6
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1981-82	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Bobby Jackson	59	28.4	15.2	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.1	1.2	0.1	1.8	2.1	5.8	12.4	.464	1.5	4.0	.379	2.1	2.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Bobby Jackson	12	27.6	14.3	0.9	3.6	4.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.8	5.3	11.5	.457	1.3	3.6	.349	2.6	2.9	.886


Season 7
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1982-83	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Bobby Jackson	50	23.7	13.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.1	5.3	11.8	.444	1.6	4.4	.370	1.6	2.2	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1983-84	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Bobby Jackson	25	21.4	12.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.3	4.4	10.2	.427	1.3	3.8	.344	2.0	2.3	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jackson	5	15.8	5.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	7.4	.270	0.6	3.6	.167	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1984-85	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Bobby Jackson	71	25.0	11.4	0.6	2.5	3.1	2.7	0.9	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	10.5	.382	1.8	4.7	.389	1.5	2.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Bobby Jackson	4	25.0	8.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	3.5	1.8	3.0	7.3	.414	1.0	2.8	.364	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 10
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	1985-86	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
Bobby Jackson	56	23.8	10.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.6	9.3	.394	1.0	2.9	.327	2.3	3.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jackson	72	19.3	7.7	0.5	2.1	2.5	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	7.0	.403	1.1	3.1	.358	0.9	1.1	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jackson	6	23.0	8.7	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.8	3.3	11.7	.286	0.8	4.0	.208	1.2	1.8	.636


Season 12
	George Gervin	Bobby Jackson
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jackson	71	20.9	7.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.7	6.8	.398	0.8	2.8	.305	1.2	1.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

George Gervin vs. Bobby Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Jackson and George Gervin, 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