Allen Leavell vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Allen Leavell, 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.

Allen Leavell played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Allen Leavell had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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
Allen Leavell	10	8	1979-80 to 1988-89
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1979-80	1976-77
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1980-81	1977-78
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1981-82	1978-79
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
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
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		%
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
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
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		%
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1984-85	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1985-86	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
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		%
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
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Allen Leavell	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Allen Leavell	55	11.4	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	3.4	.346	0.1	0.7	.122	0.8	1.1	.733
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	2	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Allen Leavell vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Allen Leavell, 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