Don Ohl vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Don Ohl, 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.

Don Ohl played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Don Ohl had the first of his seasons in 1960-61, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1960-61	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	79	27.5	13.3	-	-	3.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.4	13.7	.394	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.719
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	5	26.0	12.6	-	-	3.8	2.8	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	15.6	.321	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.684
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

Season 2
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1961-62	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	77	32.8	17.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.2	7.2	16.2	.444	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	8	39.6	20.5	-	-	3.4	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	8.9	21.4	.415	-	-	-	2.8	3.4	.815
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

Season 3
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1962-63	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	80	37.0	19.3	-	-	3.0	4.1	-	-	-	2.9	8.0	18.1	.439	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.724
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	4	38.8	21.3	-	-	3.0	4.8	-	-	-	4.5	8.3	20.8	.398	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.864
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

Season 4
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1963-64	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	71	33.3	17.3	-	-	2.5	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	17.2	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	.680
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1964-65	1980-81
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	77	36.6	18.4	-	-	4.4	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.438	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	10	43.2	26.1	-	-	6.4	2.7	-	-	-	4.6	10.0	20.8	.481	-	-	-	6.1	7.8	.782
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1965-66	1981-82
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	73	36.2	20.6	-	-	3.8	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.1	18.3	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.9	.735
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	3	37.0	26.7	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	11.3	22.3	.507	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.750
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

Season 7
	Don Ohl	David Thompson
Season	1966-67	1982-83
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	58	34.9	20.3	-	-	3.3	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	17.3	.451	-	-	-	4.8	6.1	.780
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Ohl	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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