Larry Kenon vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Larry Kenon, 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 Kenon played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Larry Kenon had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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 Kenon	7	5	1976-77 to 1982-83
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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 Kenon	78	37.6	21.9	3.6	7.7	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	-	2.4	9.1	18.4	.492	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.823
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 Kenon	2	39.5	17.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	3.0	2.5	0.5	-	4.5	8.0	16.5	.485	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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 Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	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 Kenon	81	35.4	20.6	3.0	6.5	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	3.4	2.6	8.6	17.6	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.854
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 Kenon	6	33.3	17.7	2.7	6.5	9.2	3.7	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.8	7.7	17.2	.447	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.737
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 Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 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		%
Larry Kenon	81	36.4	22.1	3.2	6.5	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	3.7	2.4	9.2	18.3	.504	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.845
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 Kenon	14	39.8	21.1	4.1	7.4	11.4	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.4	3.0	9.1	20.9	.438	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.736
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 Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1979-80	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Larry Kenon	78	35.9	20.1	3.3	6.6	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	3.0	2.5	8.3	17.1	.485	0.0	0.1	.111	3.5	4.4	.783
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 Kenon	3	27.0	8.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	3.3	11.3	.294	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.545
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1980-81	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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 Kenon	77	28.1	14.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	1.6	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.1	5.9	12.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.735
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 Kenon	6	19.0	6.7	2.8	1.7	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	3.0	7.7	.391	0.0	0.2	.000	0.7	1.3	.500
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Larry Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	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 Kenon	60	17.3	7.2	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.2	3.2	6.9	.466	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.568
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 Kenon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Kenon	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Larry Kenon	48	16.0	5.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.4	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.737
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 Kenon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Kenon	David Thompson
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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 Kenon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Kenon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Kenon vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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