David Thompson vs. Kermit Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kermit Washington 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.

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, 2 less than Kermit Washington, who played 10. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Kermit Washington had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
	David Thompson	Kermit Washington
Season	1976-77	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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	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
Kermit Washington	45	8.9	3.8	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	-	1.7	1.6	3.4	.483	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.531
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
Kermit Washington	3	4.7	5.0	3.0	0.3	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-	0.0	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 2
	David Thompson	Kermit Washington
Season	1977-78	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
Kermit Washington	55	17.3	4.5	1.9	4.4	6.4	1.2	0.5	0.6	-	2.8	1.6	3.8	.420	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.590
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
Kermit Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	David Thompson	Kermit Washington
Season	1978-79	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
Kermit Washington	36	13.7	3.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.6	0.3	0.7	-	2.1	1.1	2.5	.433	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.682
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
Kermit Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	David Thompson	Kermit Washington
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Kermit Washington	80	33.2	13.4	4.1	6.5	10.5	2.1	0.9	1.6	2.1	3.8	5.3	9.5	.553	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.5	.642
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
Kermit Washington	3	40.3	10.3	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	8.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.7	.625

Season 8
	David Thompson	Kermit Washington
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second 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		%
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
Kermit Washington	73	29.0	11.4	3.2	6.2	9.4	2.0	1.2	1.2	2.0	3.5	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kermit Washington	3	42.7	8.7	4.7	12.7	17.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.0	7.7	.522	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Note: Kermit Washington didn't play in 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86 and 1986-87.