David Thompson vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward and David Thompson, 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.

David Thompson played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Charlie Ward, who played 11. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Charlie Ward had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84
Charlie Ward	11	7	1994-95 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1976-77	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	10	4.4	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.9	.211	0.1	1.0	.100	0.7	1.0	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	62	12.7	3.9	0.5	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.4	3.5	.399	0.5	1.6	.333	0.6	0.9	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Charlie Ward	7	13.1	4.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.9	.481	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	1.0	.429


Season 3
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	79	22.3	5.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	4.3	.395	0.6	1.9	.312	1.2	1.6	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Charlie Ward	9	20.3	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	1.7	2.0	0.9	3.0	.296	0.1	1.0	.111	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 4
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	82	28.3	7.8	0.4	3.0	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.5	2.1	2.4	2.9	6.3	.455	1.0	2.6	.377	1.1	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	10	26.2	6.6	0.3	2.5	2.8	6.0	2.0	0.2	1.7	2.4	2.3	5.5	.418	0.9	2.1	.429	1.1	1.6	.688


Season 5
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1980-81	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	50	31.1	7.6	0.5	3.0	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	.404	1.1	3.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	20	24.7	4.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.7	4.7	.366	0.9	2.8	.321	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 6
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1981-82	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	72	27.6	7.3	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	2.6	6.2	.423	1.4	3.7	.386	0.7	0.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Charlie Ward	16	27.4	9.4	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	7.1	.504	1.3	3.3	.396	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 7
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1982-83	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Charlie Ward	61	24.5	7.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.5	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.2	2.5	6.1	.416	1.1	2.9	.383	0.9	1.1	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Charlie Ward	5	17.2	5.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	5.4	.296	0.6	2.4	.250	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 8
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	1983-84	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
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		%
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
Charlie Ward	63	16.8	5.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.6	1.8	4.8	.373	0.8	2.6	.323	0.7	0.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	New York Knicks
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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	66	22.2	7.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.6	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	2.5	6.3	.399	1.5	4.0	.378	0.6	0.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New York Knicks, 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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	71	17.6	6.0	0.2	1.9	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.5	2.3	5.5	.410	1.2	2.9	.408	0.3	0.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	5	2.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	David Thompson	Charlie Ward
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Houston Rockets
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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	14	25.7	5.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.1	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.6	1.7	5.5	.312	1.1	3.6	.314	0.8	0.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

David Thompson vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward and David Thompson, 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