Mark Bryant vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Mark Bryant, 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.

Mark Bryant played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Mark Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Mark Bryant	15	12	1988-89 to 2002-03
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Mark Bryant	56	14.3	5.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.580
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		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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		%
Mark Bryant	58	9.7	2.9	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.560
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		%
Mark Bryant	13	12.3	3.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.750
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
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	1978-79
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Mark Bryant	53	14.7	5.1	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.9	3.8	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.733
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		%
Mark Bryant	14	9.8	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.8	0.7	1.6	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.875
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
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	1979-80
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mark Bryant	56	14.3	4.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.5	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.667
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		%
Mark Bryant	12	9.7	1.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	.345	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Mark Bryant	80	17.5	6.0	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.8	2.3	4.6	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.703
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		%
Mark Bryant	4	20.8	9.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.5	4.3	9.3	.459	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Mark Bryant	79	18.2	5.6	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.4	2.3	4.9	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.692
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		%
Mark Bryant	4	16.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.8	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1994-95	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Bryant	49	13.4	5.0	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	3.9	.526	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.651
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		%
Mark Bryant	2	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
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
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Mark Bryant	71	22.4	8.6	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.2	3.3	3.4	6.3	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.718
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		%
Mark Bryant	8	18.1	6.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.6	2.6	4.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.800
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Mark Bryant	41	24.8	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.2	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	3.3	3.7	6.7	.553	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.704
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	9.0	2.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Mark Bryant	70	15.9	4.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.6	1.6	3.2	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.768
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	23.5	10.0	2.3	3.5	5.8	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.8	4.0	4.3	8.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.0	.500
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	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		%
Mark Bryant	45	26.8	9.0	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.7	7.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.645
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Mark Bryant	75	22.8	5.7	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.2	3.3	2.3	4.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.809
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Bryant	18	5.6	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.4	1.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.600
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	8.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mark Bryant	30	6.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	9	10.1	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.6	1.0	2.2	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mark Bryant	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Mark Bryant	16	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.3	1.2	.263	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mark Bryant vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Mark Bryant, 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

Season 14

Season 15