George Gervin vs. Mike Scott Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Scott 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, 1 more than Mike Scott, who played 9. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Mike Scott had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Mike Scott
Season	1976-77	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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
Mike Scott	40	9.4	4.6	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.7	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.4	.768
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
Mike Scott	4	5.0	3.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 2
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1977-78	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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	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
Mike Scott	80	18.5	9.6	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.5	3.8	7.9	.479	0.8	2.5	.310	1.3	1.7	.780
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
Mike Scott	7	20.9	9.4	0.4	2.1	2.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.6	3.3	9.0	.365	1.4	4.4	.323	1.4	2.0	.714

Season 3
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1978-79	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East 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	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
Mike Scott	68	16.5	7.8	0.7	2.3	2.9	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.2	3.0	6.7	.444	1.0	2.8	.344	0.9	1.1	.792
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
Mike Scott	11	15.6	4.5	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.9	5.0	.382	0.4	2.4	.154	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 4
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1979-80	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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
Mike Scott	75	15.3	6.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.3	5.0	.468	0.8	2.1	.392	0.7	0.8	.794
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
Mike Scott	10	16.1	6.5	0.5	2.7	3.2	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	2.5	4.0	.625	0.8	1.6	.500	0.7	0.8	.875

Season 5
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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	33.7	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
Mike Scott	18	10.8	2.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.9	3.3	.288	0.2	1.5	.148	0.4	0.4	.875
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
Mike Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Wizards 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	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
Mike Scott	76	18.5	8.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.9	3.6	6.9	.527	0.9	2.1	.405	0.7	1.0	.658
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
Mike Scott	6	21.0	10.8	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.3	6.8	.634	1.2	1.8	.636	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 7
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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	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
Mike Scott	79	17.7	5.8	0.5	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.0	2.1	5.3	.400	1.3	3.2	.401	0.3	0.4	.667
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
Mike Scott	10	19.3	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.2	2.1	4.7	.447	1.2	3.4	.353	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 8
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Mike Scott	68	17.8	6.0	1.0	2.7	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.4	2.2	5.1	.426	1.2	3.2	.369	0.4	0.5	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Scott	4	5.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 9
	George Gervin	Mike Scott
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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	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
Mike Scott	51	16.7	4.2	0.2	2.1	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	4.1	.360	1.0	3.0	.342	0.2	0.2	.667
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
Mike Scott	5	6.8	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.8	.222	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.0	-