Archie Clark vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Archie Clark, 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.

Archie Clark played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Archie Clark had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Archie Clark	10	10	1966-67 to 1975-76
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1966-67	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	76	23.2	10.5	-	-	2.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	9.6	.452	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.708
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	7.5	10.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	3	41.7	25.7	-	-	4.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	20.7	.516	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.765
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677


Season 2
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1967-68	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Archie Clark	81	37.5	19.9	-	-	4.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	16.2	.480	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.740
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	15	35.2	15.3	-	-	3.1	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	5.9	13.7	.427	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	.768
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868


Season 3
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1968-69	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Archie Clark	82	26.1	13.5	-	-	3.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.3	5.4	11.3	.478	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.697
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	5	37.0	19.4	-	-	3.8	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	8.0	15.4	.519	-	-	-	3.4	3.8	.895
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1969-70	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	76	36.5	19.7	-	-	4.0	5.0	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.8	.496	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	5	29.2	13.6	-	-	2.8	3.6	-	-	-	2.0	5.2	12.0	.433	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.727
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664


Season 5
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1970-71	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	82	39.6	21.3	-	-	4.8	5.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.1	16.3	.496	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.787
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	7	42.1	23.6	-	-	4.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.4	19.9	.475	-	-	-	4.7	6.4	.733
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741


Season 6
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1971-72	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	77	42.7	25.2	-	-	3.5	8.0	-	-	-	2.5	9.2	19.7	.470	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.771
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	6	45.2	26.7	-	-	4.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.5	9.2	21.0	.437	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812


Season 7
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1972-73	1995-96
Team	Baltimore Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	39	37.9	18.3	-	-	3.3	7.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	15.3	.507	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	5	42.8	21.2	-	-	3.4	5.2	-	-	-	4.0	9.2	18.4	.500	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.778
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667


Season 8
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1973-74	1996-97
Team	Capital Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Archie Clark	56	31.9	13.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.1	0.1	-	2.2	5.6	12.1	.467	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.786
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	7	23.1	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	-	1.9	2.9	8.4	.339	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.550
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1974-75	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	77	32.2	13.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.6	1.4	0.1	-	2.4	5.9	11.9	.495	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.834
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	9	29.9	11.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.4	0.7	0.1	-	2.6	4.6	10.4	.436	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.900
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635


Season 10
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	1975-76	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Archie Clark	79	20.1	7.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	-	2.0	3.2	7.3	.433	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.862
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.4	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	9	21.3	8.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	3.2	0.7	0.0	-	2.8	3.3	6.9	.484	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.667
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722


Season 11
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third 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		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	80	32.0	17.8	2.4	7.2	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.1	6.6	12.9	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.4	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	38.8	23.5	4.3	9.5	13.8	2.5	1.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	7.8	20.8	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	8.0	10.5	.762


Season 12
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	80	29.6	14.4	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.7	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	13	31.4	16.6	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.7	1.3	2.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.3	.695


Season 13
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	78	29.5	12.2	2.4	5.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.3	2.5	4.4	8.6	.507	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	20.5	4.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000


Season 14
	Archie Clark	David Robinson
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	64	26.2	8.5	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.3	2.0	3.1	6.6	.469	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	23	23.5	7.8	2.0	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	5.1	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.667

Archie Clark vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Archie Clark, 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