Phil Chenier vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Phil Chenier, 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.

Phil Chenier and George Gervin both played 10 years in the NBA. Phil Chenier had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while George Gervin 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
Phil Chenier	10	7	1971-72 to 1980-81
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1971-72	1976-77
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Phil Chenier	81	30.6	12.3	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.737
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	6	25.5	9.0	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	9.8	.373	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.833
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800


Season 2
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1972-73	1977-78
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Phil Chenier	71	39.1	19.7	-	-	4.1	4.2	-	-	-	2.3	8.5	18.8	.452	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	5	42.2	17.8	-	-	4.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.6	17.0	.506	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768


Season 3
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1973-74	1978-79
Team	Capital Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Phil Chenier	76	38.7	21.9	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	-	1.8	9.2	21.1	.434	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.820
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	7	44.3	22.4	0.9	5.3	6.1	1.7	1.9	1.1	-	2.7	8.9	19.6	.453	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.892
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808


Season 4
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1974-75	1979-80
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Phil Chenier	77	37.3	21.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.2	2.3	0.8	-	2.1	9.0	19.9	.450	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.825
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	17	40.7	24.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.2	1.3	0.6	-	2.6	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.895
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867


Season 5
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1975-76	1980-81
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Phil Chenier	80	36.9	19.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.6	-	2.3	8.2	16.9	.483	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.827
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	7	37.9	18.0	0.9	2.9	3.7	1.6	0.9	0.4	-	3.9	8.0	18.3	.438	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.824
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800


Season 6
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Phil Chenier	78	36.4	20.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	-	2.1	8.4	18.9	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.841
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	9	40.0	25.0	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.6	1.7	0.4	-	1.8	10.0	21.0	.476	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.804
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831


Season 7
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Phil Chenier	36	26.0	14.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.5	5.6	12.5	.443	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.790
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884


Season 8
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Phil Chenier	27	14.3	5.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.0	2.6	5.9	.437	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.643
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	9	10.8	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	1.1	5.1	.217	-	-	-	0.6	1.2	.455
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Washington Bullets, Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Chenier	43	19.8	7.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.2	8.1	.390	0.1	0.3	.417	1.1	1.6	.731
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794


Season 10
	Phil Chenier	George Gervin
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Phil Chenier	9	9.1	3.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.7	.333	0.1	0.3	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Phil Chenier vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Phil Chenier, 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