George Gervin vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside 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.

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.

George Gervin and Hassan Whiteside both played 10 years in the NBA. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86
Hassan Whiteside	10	4	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1977-78	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
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
Hassan Whiteside	18	6.1	1.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.417

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
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.


Season 3
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1978-79	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
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
Hassan Whiteside	48	23.8	11.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.1	0.6	2.6	1.2	2.7	5.1	8.1	.628	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.3	.500

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
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1979-80	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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	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
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650

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
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591


Season 5
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	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
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628

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
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
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
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.4	3.4	.703

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
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615


Season 7
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
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
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449

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
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500


Season 9
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
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
Hassan Whiteside	36	15.2	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	6.2	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.2	.519

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
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	George Gervin	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

George Gervin vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside 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.

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