Matt Bonner vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and Matt Bonner, 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.

Matt Bonner and Artis Gilmore both played 12 years in the NBA. Matt Bonner had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Artis Gilmore 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
Matt Bonner	12	9	2004-05 to 2015-16
Artis Gilmore	12	6	1976-77 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2004-05	1976-77
Team	Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Matt Bonner	82	18.9	7.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.7	3.0	5.6	.533	0.5	1.1	.424	0.7	0.9	.789
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783


Season 2
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2005-06	1977-78
Team	Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Matt Bonner	78	21.9	7.5	1.1	2.5	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.7	6.0	.448	1.3	3.1	.420	0.8	1.0	.829
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2006-07	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Matt Bonner	56	11.7	4.9	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.2	.447	0.6	1.7	.383	0.5	0.7	.711
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	9	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	.286	0.1	0.4	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2007-08	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Matt Bonner	68	12.5	4.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.3	.416	0.7	2.0	.336	0.6	0.6	.864
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	2	4.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2008-09	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Matt Bonner	81	23.8	8.2	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.3	3.3	6.6	.496	1.5	3.3	.440	0.2	0.3	.739
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	5	20.0	3.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.0	4.6	.217	0.6	2.6	.231	0.4	0.4	1.000
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691


Season 6
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2009-10	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	65	17.9	7.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	5.7	.446	1.4	3.6	.390	0.5	0.7	.729
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	10	17.3	5.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.9	4.4	.432	1.0	2.7	.370	0.2	0.2	1.000
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2010-11	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	66	21.7	7.3	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.6	5.6	.464	1.6	3.5	.457	0.5	0.7	.744
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	6	20.5	6.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	3.0	2.0	4.2	.480	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	1.7	.800
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696


Season 8
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2011-12	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Matt Bonner	65	20.4	6.6	0.4	2.8	3.3	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	5.4	.440	1.6	3.8	.420	0.2	0.3	.762
Artis Gilmore	64	31.8	15.3	3.3	7.0	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.6	5.5	8.7	.631	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	6.1	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	13	12.7	2.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.8	2.5	.313	0.6	1.8	.348	0.2	0.4	.600
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	68	13.4	4.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	3.4	.487	0.8	1.8	.442	0.2	0.2	.733
Artis Gilmore	81	34.0	19.1	2.9	7.6	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	10.5	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	8.0	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	20	13.4	4.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.8	1.4	3.0	.475	0.8	1.6	.469	0.5	0.6	.833
Artis Gilmore	5	37.0	17.8	2.0	8.0	10.0	1.4	0.4	1.4	4.6	3.6	5.8	10.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	9.0	.689


Season 10
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	61	11.3	3.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.7	.445	0.7	1.6	.429	0.1	0.2	.750
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	22	6.2	1.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.0	.476	0.2	0.5	.333	0.1	0.2	.750
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 11
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	72	13.0	3.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.3	3.2	.409	0.6	1.8	.365	0.4	0.5	.811
Artis Gilmore	82	29.3	11.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.2	7.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	7	5.1	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.3	1.4	.200	0.3	1.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Matt Bonner	Artis Gilmore
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Matt Bonner	30	6.9	2.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.9	.509	0.5	1.1	.441	0.1	0.1	.750
Artis Gilmore	71	12.6	3.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	14	6.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Matt Bonner vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and Matt Bonner, 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