George Gervin vs. Allen Leavell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Leavell and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin and Allen Leavell both played 10 years in the NBA. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Allen Leavell had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1976-77	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Allen Leavell	77	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.6	4.3	8.5	.503	0.0	0.2	.158	2.3	2.9	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Allen Leavell	7	21.3	5.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.4	5.4	.263	0.0	0.6	.000	2.7	3.0	.905

Season 2
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1977-78	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Allen Leavell	79	21.3	8.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.471	0.0	0.2	.118	1.6	1.9	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Allen Leavell	17	12.8	4.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	4.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.0	.882

Season 3
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1978-79	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Allen Leavell	79	27.2	10.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.8	1.9	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	10.0	.467	0.1	0.4	.290	1.5	1.7	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Allen Leavell	3	31.0	14.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	6.7	15.7	.426	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 4
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1979-80	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Allen Leavell	79	32.9	14.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	6.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.6	13.4	.415	0.5	2.2	.240	3.1	3.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1980-81	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Allen Leavell	82	24.5	11.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.6	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.3	8.9	.477	0.1	0.9	.155	2.9	3.5	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1981-82	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Allen Leavell	42	12.8	5.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.0	.421	0.2	0.9	.216	1.0	1.4	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Allen Leavell	5	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 7
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1982-83	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Allen Leavell	74	16.1	7.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	6.2	.463	0.3	0.9	.358	1.8	2.1	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Allen Leavell	15	11.3	5.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	5.3	.300	0.5	1.0	.467	1.3	1.5	.870

Season 8
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1983-84	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Allen Leavell	53	22.2	7.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	.411	0.3	1.1	.316	1.9	2.2	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Leavell	10	38.4	14.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.2	1.9	0.3	2.8	4.2	4.4	10.7	.411	0.4	1.6	.250	4.9	6.0	.817

Season 9
	George Gervin	Allen Leavell
Season	1984-85	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Allen Leavell	80	26.9	10.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.1	1.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.3	.437	0.2	1.1	.216	2.7	3.1	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Allen Leavell	4	9.5	5.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	4.8	.368	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000