Tom Abernethy vs. LaMarcus Aldridge Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMarcus Aldridge and Tom Abernethy, 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.

Tom Abernethy played 5 years in the NBA, 11 less than LaMarcus Aldridge, who played 16. Tom Abernethy had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while LaMarcus Aldridge had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Tom Abernethy	5	2	1976-77 to 1980-81
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	9	2006-07 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	1976-77	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	70	19.7	6.3	1.6	2.5	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.1	-	1.7	2.4	5.0	.484	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.754
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	11	19.5	5.8	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.0	0.6	0.2	-	1.5	1.9	4.5	.420	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.815
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	1977-78	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	73	18.0	6.8	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.8	5.5	.498	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.820
LaMarcus Aldridge	76	34.9	17.8	2.9	4.7	7.6	1.6	0.7	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.4	15.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	2	6.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	1978-79	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	70	17.4	6.0	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	2.5	4.9	.515	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.745
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 4
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	1979-80	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	67	18.2	5.4	0.9	1.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.7	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.683
LaMarcus Aldridge	78	37.5	17.9	2.5	5.6	8.0	2.1	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.0	7.4	15.0	.495	0.1	0.2	.313	2.9	3.9	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	38.2	19.0	1.7	4.3	6.0	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.8	2.7	6.7	15.5	.430	0.2	0.3	.500	5.5	7.3	.750


Season 5
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	1980-81	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	39	7.6	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.6	1.5	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.591
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792


Season 6
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800


Season 9
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889


Season 10
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	30.6	18.0	2.4	6.2	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.0	7.2	14.1	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	3.5	4.1	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	10	33.7	21.9	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.8	8.8	16.9	.521	0.2	0.2	1.000	4.1	4.6	.891


Season 11
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	72	32.4	17.3	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.9	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	6.9	14.6	.477	0.3	0.8	.411	3.1	3.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	33.6	16.5	2.7	4.8	7.4	1.5	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.9	15.0	.458	0.1	0.9	.143	2.6	3.4	.764


Season 12
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	75	33.5	23.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.1	9.2	18.0	.510	0.4	1.2	.293	4.5	5.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	35.4	23.6	2.6	6.6	9.2	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.8	7.4	16.0	.463	0.6	1.0	.600	8.2	8.4	.976


Season 13
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	33.2	21.3	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.2	8.4	16.3	.519	0.1	0.5	.238	4.3	5.1	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	7	34.9	20.0	2.7	6.9	9.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.9	17.3	.455	0.4	1.6	.273	3.9	4.7	.818


Season 14
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	53	33.1	18.9	1.9	5.5	7.4	2.4	0.7	1.6	1.4	2.4	7.4	15.0	.493	1.2	3.0	.389	3.0	3.6	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	26	25.9	13.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	11.4	.473	1.2	3.1	.388	1.6	1.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tom Abernethy	LaMarcus Aldridge
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	47	22.3	12.9	1.6	3.9	5.5	0.9	0.3	1.0	0.9	1.7	5.4	9.7	.550	0.3	1.0	.304	1.9	2.2	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Abernethy vs. LaMarcus Aldridge Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMarcus Aldridge and Tom Abernethy, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16