Adrian Dantley vs. Dave Gambee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Gambee and Adrian Dantley, 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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dave Gambee, who played 12. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Dave Gambee had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1976-77	1958-59
Team	Buffalo Braves	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
Dave Gambee	2	3.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1979-80	1961-62
Team	Utah Jazz	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	7.7	.842
Dave Gambee	80	28.9	16.7	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	14.1	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	5	34.0	11.2	-	-	9.0	0.8	-	-	-	4.4	3.4	10.8	.315	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880

Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1980-81	1962-63
Team	Utah Jazz	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
Dave Gambee	60	20.6	11.2	-	-	4.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	9.0	.438	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	5	15.0	6.4	-	-	3.2	0.0	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	6.8	.294	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	.923

Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1981-82	1963-64
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.333	8.0	10.1	.792
Dave Gambee	41	22.6	11.0	-	-	6.2	0.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	9.2	.394	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	5	29.8	13.8	-	-	5.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.6	4.8	12.0	.400	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778

Season 8
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1983-84	1965-66
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859
Dave Gambee	72	14.8	6.9	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	6.1	.384	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863
Dave Gambee	5	16.4	6.0	-	-	2.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	5.8	.379	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727

Season 9
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1984-85	1966-67
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804
Dave Gambee	63	12.0	6.5	-	-	3.1	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	5.5	.435	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779
Dave Gambee	5	4.8	3.6	-	-	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	2.2	.545	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 10
	Adrian Dantley	Dave Gambee
Season	1985-86	1967-68
Team	Utah Jazz	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791
Dave Gambee	80	21.9	13.4	-	-	5.8	1.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	10.7	.440	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-