George Gervin vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Rose 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.

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, 3 less than Malik Rose, who played 13. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Malik Rose had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1976-77	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
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
Malik Rose	54	9.7	3.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.1	1.1	2.4	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.613
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
Malik Rose	2	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1977-78	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Malik Rose	53	8.1	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.1	2.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.333	0.7	1.2	.639
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
Malik Rose	5	3.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 3
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1978-79	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
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
Malik Rose	47	12.9	6.0	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.0	4.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.1	.671
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
Malik Rose	17	11.5	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.1	0.8	2.2	.368	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.692

Season 4
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1979-80	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Malik Rose	74	18.1	6.7	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.3	3.1	2.4	5.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.7	.722
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
Malik Rose	4	20.8	5.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.0	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556

Season 5
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1980-81	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Malik Rose	57	21.4	7.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.8	6.5	.435	0.1	0.3	.176	2.0	2.8	.713
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
Malik Rose	13	16.6	4.9	1.2	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.9	1.8	4.2	.418	0.1	0.2	.333	1.3	1.5	.850

Season 6
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1981-82	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Malik Rose	82	21.0	9.4	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.5	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.1	.083	2.3	3.1	.720
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
Malik Rose	10	29.2	12.9	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.6	9.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.740

Season 7
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1982-83	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
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
Malik Rose	79	24.5	10.4	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.400	3.1	3.9	.791
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
Malik Rose	24	23.3	9.3	2.0	3.7	5.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	3.0	3.1	7.5	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.9	.766

Season 8
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1983-84	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
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
Malik Rose	67	18.7	7.9	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.7	2.4	2.6	6.0	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.4	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	7	8.1	1.4	1.7	0.7	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.6	2.3	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.6	.500

Season 9
	George Gervin	Malik Rose
Season	1984-85	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
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
Malik Rose	76	19.4	7.0	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.7	2.6	5.8	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	1.8	2.4	.737
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
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-