Scott Padgett vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Scott Padgett, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Scott Padgett and David Thompson both played 8 years in the NBA. Scott Padgett had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Scott Padgett	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Scott Padgett	47	9.2	2.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.0	.314	0.3	0.9	.295	0.4	0.6	.704
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		%
Scott Padgett	8	7.3	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.0	.375	0.4	1.1	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Scott Padgett	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Scott Padgett	27	4.7	2.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.6	.419	0.2	0.3	.556	0.6	0.7	.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		%
Scott Padgett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Scott Padgett	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Scott Padgett	75	17.3	6.7	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.5	5.3	.476	0.7	1.5	.434	1.0	1.4	.735
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		%
Scott Padgett	4	11.8	4.0	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	3.3	.462	0.0	0.8	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
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 7
	Scott Padgett	David Thompson
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Scott Padgett	62	11.6	3.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.2	.353	0.7	2.0	.347	0.4	0.5	.794
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		%
Scott Padgett	3	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500
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