Rick Fox vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Rick Fox, 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.

Rick Fox played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Rick Fox had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
Rick Fox	13	9	1991-92 to 2003-04
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Rick Fox	81	19.0	8.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.5	.459	0.3	0.9	.329	1.7	2.3	.755
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		%
Rick Fox	8	8.4	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.9	.478	0.4	0.8	.500	0.5	0.5	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
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Rick Fox	71	15.2	6.4	0.8	1.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.9	2.6	5.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.174	1.1	1.4	.802
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		%
Rick Fox	4	17.8	4.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.8	6.3	.280	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Rick Fox	82	25.6	10.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.6	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	4.1	8.9	.467	0.4	1.2	.330	2.1	2.8	.757
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1994-95	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	53	19.6	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.6	.481	0.6	1.4	.413	1.8	2.3	.772
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	81	32.0	14.0	2.0	3.6	5.6	4.6	1.4	0.5	2.7	3.6	5.2	11.5	.454	1.2	3.4	.364	2.4	3.1	.772
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	76	34.9	15.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.8	2.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	5.7	12.5	.456	1.3	3.7	.363	2.7	3.5	.787
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Rick Fox	82	33.0	12.0	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.8	4.4	9.4	.471	1.0	3.2	.325	2.1	2.8	.743
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		%
Rick Fox	13	33.1	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	3.9	8.8	.447	1.6	4.1	.396	1.5	1.8	.826
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
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	44	21.5	9.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	3.4	7.5	.448	0.7	2.2	.337	1.5	2.0	.742
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		%
Rick Fox	8	22.6	6.6	1.1	1.6	2.8	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.8	3.3	3.0	7.5	.400	0.5	2.6	.190	0.1	0.1	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	82	18.0	6.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.2	.326	0.8	1.0	.808
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	23	14.4	4.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	3.0	1.4	3.2	.452	0.8	1.7	.462	0.7	0.9	.762
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	9.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	3.5	7.9	.444	1.4	3.7	.393	1.2	1.5	.779
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	16	35.8	10.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.9	0.4	2.3	3.4	3.6	8.1	.450	1.1	3.6	.316	1.6	1.9	.867
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	7.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.6	3.0	3.1	7.4	.421	0.8	2.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.824
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	19	34.5	9.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.5	7.3	.482	0.8	2.3	.349	1.9	2.6	.755
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	76	28.7	9.0	0.8	3.4	4.3	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.8	3.4	8.2	.422	1.4	3.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.754
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	4	20.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.8	2.0	4.5	.444	1.3	2.5	.500	0.8	1.0	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rick Fox	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Rick Fox	38	22.3	4.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.9	4.9	.392	0.4	1.6	.246	0.6	0.8	.733
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	16	9.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.5	1.3	.400	0.1	0.4	.143	0.1	0.1	.500
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rick Fox vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Rick Fox, 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