Jim Davis vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Jim Davis, 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.

Jim Davis and David Thompson both played 8 years in the NBA. Jim Davis had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, 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
	Jim Davis	David Thompson
Season	1967-68	1976-77
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Jim Davis	50	7.9	2.9	-	-	2.5	0.3	-	-	-	1.7	1.2	2.8	.439	-	-	-	0.5	1.3	.391
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		%
Jim Davis	2	4.5	1.0	-	-	1.5	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Jim Davis	David Thompson
Season	1968-69	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Jim Davis	78	17.5	8.8	-	-	6.8	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	3.4	7.3	.467	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
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		%
Jim Davis	8	6.5	1.6	-	-	2.1	0.1	-	-	-	0.9	0.5	1.9	.267	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.625
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
	Jim Davis	David Thompson
Season	1969-70	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Jim Davis	82	32.0	13.6	-	-	9.7	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	11.5	.464	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.755
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		%
Jim Davis	9	13.0	4.2	-	-	3.3	0.7	-	-	-	2.7	1.6	4.1	.378	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.588
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 7
	Jim Davis	David Thompson
Season	1973-74	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 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		%
Jim Davis	78	12.1	4.2	1.3	2.4	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.4	-	2.0	1.5	3.6	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.647
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		%
Jim Davis	7	9.9	3.7	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	-	1.6	1.6	2.7	.579	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.667
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