Raja Bell vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Raja Bell, 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.

Raja Bell played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Raja Bell had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
Raja Bell	12	6	2000-01 to 2011-12
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Raja Bell	5	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	.286	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Raja Bell	15	8.1	2.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	.444	0.1	0.5	.250	0.5	0.9	.571
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
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Raja Bell	74	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.2	.429	0.2	0.6	.273	0.5	0.6	.750
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		%
Raja Bell	3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	1978-79
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Raja Bell	75	15.6	3.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.2	2.8	.441	0.3	0.7	.412	0.3	0.5	.676
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		%
Raja Bell	17	17.8	5.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	4.3	.548	0.4	0.8	.462	0.6	1.2	.550
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
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	1979-80
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Raja Bell	82	24.6	11.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.4	3.2	4.0	9.8	.409	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.786
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		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	1980-81
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Raja Bell	63	28.4	12.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.3	3.3	4.8	10.6	.454	0.9	2.1	.403	1.8	2.4	.747
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		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2005-06	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Raja Bell	79	37.5	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	3.1	5.4	11.8	.457	2.5	5.6	.442	1.5	1.8	.788
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		%
Raja Bell	17	39.6	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.8	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	4.1	4.6	9.7	.479	2.4	5.1	.465	2.0	2.4	.829
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
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2006-07	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Raja Bell	78	37.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	3.0	5.3	12.2	.432	2.6	6.4	.413	1.5	1.9	.776
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		%
Raja Bell	11	39.8	10.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.6	3.6	7.9	.460	1.8	4.1	.444	1.1	1.3	.857
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
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2007-08	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Raja Bell	75	35.3	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.9	4.2	10.0	.421	2.3	5.9	.401	1.1	1.2	.868
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		%
Raja Bell	5	43.0	13.6	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.8	4.2	7.4	.568	2.6	4.0	.650	2.6	3.2	.813
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
Raja Bell	67	34.6	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.2	.437	1.7	4.0	.421	1.3	1.5	.853
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Raja Bell	6	30.0	11.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	4.5	.444	0.5	0.5	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Raja Bell	68	30.8	8.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.5	2.8	6.9	.409	1.0	2.8	.352	1.3	1.5	.892
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Raja Bell	David Thompson
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Raja Bell	34	23.4	6.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.1	.466	1.0	2.6	.391	0.6	0.7	.840
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Raja Bell vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Raja Bell, 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