Robin Lopez vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Robin Lopez, 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.

Robin Lopez played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Robin Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Robin Lopez	16	7	2008-09 to 2023-24
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2008-09	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Robin Lopez	60	10.2	3.2	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.691
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		%
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2009-10	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Robin Lopez	51	19.3	8.4	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.7	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.704
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		%
Robin Lopez	6	17.3	7.8	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8	3.2	5.8	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
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
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2010-11	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Robin Lopez	67	14.8	6.4	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.3	.501	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.740
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		%
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2011-12	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Robin Lopez	64	14.0	5.4	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.7	2.0	1.9	4.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.714
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		%
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2012-13	1980-81
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Robin Lopez	82	26.0	11.3	2.8	2.9	5.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.3	2.0	4.7	8.8	.534	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.778
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		%
Robin Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2013-14	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Robin Lopez	82	31.7	11.1	4.0	4.6	8.5	0.9	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.4	4.3	7.9	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.0	.818
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		%
Robin Lopez	11	33.4	10.0	4.3	4.9	9.2	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.0	3.6	3.9	8.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667
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
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2014-15	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Robin Lopez	59	27.8	9.6	3.2	3.5	6.7	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.2	2.1	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.772
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		%
Robin Lopez	5	23.4	5.2	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.6	1.000
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


Season 8
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2015-16	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Robin Lopez	82	27.1	10.3	3.3	4.1	7.3	1.4	0.2	1.6	1.6	2.2	4.4	8.1	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.795
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

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


Season 9
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Robin Lopez	81	28.0	10.4	3.0	3.4	6.4	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.1	1.9	4.7	9.6	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.721
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robin Lopez	6	27.0	12.7	4.7	2.5	7.2	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.2	5.7	8.7	.654	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Robin Lopez	64	26.4	11.8	2.1	2.4	4.5	1.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	1.7	5.3	10.1	.530	0.1	0.2	.286	1.1	1.4	.756
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Robin Lopez	74	21.7	9.5	1.9	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.1	1.1	1.3	1.7	4.1	7.2	.568	0.1	0.4	.226	1.2	1.7	.724
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Robin Lopez	66	14.5	5.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.5	2.2	4.5	.492	0.5	1.6	.333	0.4	0.8	.528
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robin Lopez	3	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Robin Lopez	71	19.1	9.0	2.0	1.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.5	3.8	6.0	.633	0.1	0.3	.278	1.4	1.9	.723
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robin Lopez	5	14.6	7.4	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	.720	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.250
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Robin Lopez	36	17.0	7.1	1.9	1.6	3.5	1.5	0.1	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.1	5.5	.553	0.1	0.2	.333	0.9	1.5	.593
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Robin Lopez	37	8.1	3.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.2	1.3	2.0	.640	0.1	0.1	.500	0.4	0.5	.778
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robin Lopez	2	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Robin Lopez	David Thompson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Robin Lopez	16	4.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.2	.368	0.1	0.5	.250	0.1	0.1	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Robin Lopez vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Robin Lopez, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16