Sleepy Floyd vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Sleepy Floyd, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Sleepy Floyd played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Sleepy Floyd had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while George Gervin 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
Sleepy Floyd	13	7	1982-83 to 1994-95
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1982-83	1976-77
Team	New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	76	16.4	8.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.9	.429	0.1	0.3	.400	2.0	2.4	.833
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1983-84	1977-78
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	77	33.2	16.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.5	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.8	6.3	13.6	.463	0.1	0.6	.178	4.1	5.0	.816
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 3
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1984-85	1978-79
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	35.0	19.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	1.6	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.4	16.7	.445	0.5	1.7	.294	4.1	5.1	.810
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1985-86	1979-80
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	33.7	17.2	0.9	2.7	3.6	9.1	1.9	0.2	3.5	2.4	6.2	12.3	.506	0.5	1.5	.328	4.3	5.4	.796
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1986-87	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	37.4	18.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	10.3	1.8	0.2	3.4	2.4	6.1	12.6	.488	0.9	2.3	.384	5.6	6.5	.860
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	10	41.4	21.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	10.2	1.8	0.2	3.5	2.4	7.7	15.2	.507	1.3	2.8	.464	4.7	5.1	.922
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


Season 6
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1987-88	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	77	32.6	15.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	7.1	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.5	5.5	12.6	.433	0.2	0.9	.194	3.9	4.6	.850
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	4	38.5	18.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	8.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	6.5	15.3	.426	1.0	2.0	.500	4.8	5.5	.864
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


Season 7
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1988-89	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	34.0	14.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	3.1	2.4	4.8	10.9	.443	1.3	3.6	.373	3.2	3.8	.845
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	4	40.0	15.5	0.8	3.8	4.5	6.5	2.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	5.5	11.5	.478	2.0	3.8	.533	2.5	3.5	.714
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


Season 8
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1989-90	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	32.1	12.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	7.3	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.4	9.8	.451	1.1	2.9	.380	2.3	2.8	.806
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	4	43.0	18.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	10.3	1.3	0.3	3.8	1.3	7.5	16.0	.469	0.8	3.0	.250	2.8	4.3	.647
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1990-91	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	22.6	12.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.9	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.5	4.7	11.5	.411	0.6	2.1	.273	2.3	3.0	.752
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	3	13.7	5.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	.333	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 10
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1991-92	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sleepy Floyd	82	20.3	9.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	8.6	.406	0.5	1.5	.301	1.6	2.1	.794
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 11
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Sleepy Floyd	52	16.7	6.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.1	2.4	5.9	.407	0.3	1.1	.286	1.6	2.0	.794
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	7	8.6	2.9	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3	0.9	2.7	.316	0.1	0.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.700
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1993-94	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sleepy Floyd	53	13.9	3.8	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	3.9	.335	0.2	0.7	.222	1.0	1.5	.667
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	4	9.3	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Sleepy Floyd	George Gervin
Season	1994-95	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Sleepy Floyd	48	17.3	4.1	0.2	1.0	1.1	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.5	1.5	4.4	.335	0.5	1.8	.284	0.6	0.9	.698
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sleepy Floyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sleepy Floyd vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Sleepy Floyd, 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