James Ennis III vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and James Ennis III, 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.

James Ennis III and David Thompson both played 8 years in the NBA. James Ennis III had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
James Ennis III	8	3	2014-15 to 2021-22
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2014-15	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
James Ennis III	62	17.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.0	.409	0.5	1.5	.326	1.3	1.5	.840
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		%
James Ennis III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2015-16	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Ennis III	22	15.0	7.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.5	5.1	.478	1.2	2.6	.448	1.1	1.5	.735
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		%
James Ennis III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2016-17	1978-79
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
James Ennis III	64	23.5	6.7	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.6	2.3	5.0	.455	0.8	2.1	.372	1.3	1.7	.782
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		%
James Ennis III	6	26.5	8.3	1.3	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	3.3	2.7	6.3	.421	1.0	3.2	.316	2.0	2.3	.857
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
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Ennis III	72	22.3	7.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.9	2.5	5.3	.474	0.7	2.1	.333	1.3	1.6	.836
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		%
James Ennis III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
James Ennis III	58	21.2	6.7	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.6	2.4	5.1	.469	0.9	2.7	.353	1.0	1.4	.716
David Thompson	77	34.0	25.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	3.2	3.0	9.5	18.8	.506	0.1	0.5	.256	6.4	8.0	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Ennis III	11	21.1	7.5	1.5	2.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.8	2.8	5.8	.484	0.8	2.9	.281	1.1	1.7	.632
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
James Ennis III	69	18.3	6.6	1.0	2.5	3.6	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.2	.446	0.8	2.4	.325	1.1	1.4	.806
David Thompson	61	20.4	14.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	2.4	5.1	10.6	.486	0.1	0.2	.286	4.5	5.6	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Ennis III	5	23.8	7.0	1.2	4.6	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.2	3.8	2.4	7.0	.343	0.8	3.2	.250	1.4	1.8	.778
David Thompson	3	22.0	11.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	2.7	5.0	11.0	.455	0.3	1.0	.333	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 7
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Ennis III	41	24.0	8.4	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.0	2.8	5.9	.473	1.1	2.5	.433	1.7	2.1	.805
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		%
James Ennis III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	James Ennis III	David Thompson
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Ennis III	7	8.0	4.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.6	3.4	.458	0.4	1.1	.375	0.6	0.7	.800
David Thompson	19	18.4	12.6	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.4	1.6	4.7	8.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	3.8	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Ennis III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

James Ennis III vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and James Ennis III, 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