Larry Hughes vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Larry Hughes, 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.

Larry Hughes played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Larry Hughes had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
Larry Hughes	13	5	1998-99 to 2011-12
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 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		%
Larry Hughes	50	19.8	9.1	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.4	8.3	.411	0.2	1.0	.154	2.1	3.0	.709
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		%
Larry Hughes	8	25.0	10.3	2.1	2.5	4.6	2.0	1.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	0.0	0.9	.000	2.5	3.0	.833
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
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors	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		%
Larry Hughes	82	28.3	15.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.5	1.4	0.3	2.4	2.3	5.6	14.0	.400	0.4	1.5	.232	3.4	4.6	.740
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1978-79
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Larry Hughes	50	36.9	16.5	1.5	4.0	5.5	4.5	1.9	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.2	16.1	.383	0.3	1.5	.187	3.9	5.0	.766
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1979-80
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Larry Hughes	73	28.1	12.3	1.1	2.2	3.4	4.3	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	4.7	11.1	.423	0.2	1.3	.194	2.6	3.5	.737
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	1980-81
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Larry Hughes	67	31.9	12.8	1.0	3.6	4.6	3.1	1.3	0.4	2.0	2.2	5.2	11.1	.467	0.4	1.2	.367	2.0	2.8	.731
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	1981-82
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Larry Hughes	61	33.8	18.8	1.6	3.8	5.3	2.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.4	6.6	16.5	.397	1.3	3.8	.341	4.4	5.5	.797
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	1982-83
Team	Washington Wizards	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Larry Hughes	61	38.7	22.0	1.2	5.0	6.3	4.7	2.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	7.7	17.8	.430	1.0	3.4	.282	5.8	7.4	.777
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		%
Larry Hughes	10	40.3	20.7	1.7	5.4	7.1	3.7	2.0	0.7	2.5	3.5	6.8	18.1	.376	0.7	3.3	.212	6.4	7.7	.831
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
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2005-06	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Larry Hughes	36	35.6	15.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.6	1.5	0.6	2.8	3.3	5.3	13.0	.409	0.8	2.1	.368	4.1	5.4	.756
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		%
Larry Hughes	9	37.3	11.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	2.2	0.1	1.8	3.8	4.0	12.6	.319	0.6	2.0	.278	2.6	3.4	.742
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Hughes	70	37.1	14.9	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.7	1.3	0.4	2.2	2.3	5.4	13.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.333	3.0	4.4	.676
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Hughes	18	35.5	11.3	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	1.9	3.8	11.1	.347	1.1	3.0	.352	2.6	3.5	.746
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Larry Hughes	68	29.7	12.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	1.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	11.8	.381	1.0	2.9	.345	2.2	2.8	.798
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks	-
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		%
Larry Hughes	55	26.9	11.6	0.3	2.6	2.9	2.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	4.1	10.1	.402	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.6	.807
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2009-10	-
Team	New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bobcats 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		%
Larry Hughes	45	24.8	9.1	0.5	2.6	3.2	3.0	1.2	0.3	1.7	1.6	3.0	8.6	.355	1.0	3.1	.309	2.1	2.5	.832
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Hughes	4	14.5	6.0	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.0	4.3	.471	1.0	2.5	.400	1.0	1.8	.571
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Larry Hughes didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 13
	Larry Hughes	David Thompson
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Larry Hughes	9	12.7	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.1	0.6	2.4	.227	0.1	0.8	.143	0.1	0.2	.500
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Larry Hughes vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Larry Hughes, 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

Season 13