Bill Bradley vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Bill Bradley, 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.

Bill Bradley and George Gervin both played 10 years in the NBA. Bill Bradley had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1967-68	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Bill Bradley	45	19.4	8.0	-	-	2.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	3.2	7.6	.416	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.731
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		%
Bill Bradley	6	10.7	5.5	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	4.7	.429	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.692
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1968-69	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bill Bradley	82	29.4	12.4	-	-	4.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	11.6	.429	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.814
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		%
Bill Bradley	10	41.9	16.0	-	-	7.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.1	.461	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.769
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1969-70	1978-79
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Bradley	67	31.3	14.5	-	-	3.6	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	6.2	13.4	.460	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.824
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		%
Bill Bradley	19	32.4	12.4	-	-	3.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	12.3	.429	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.814
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1970-71	1979-80
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bill Bradley	78	29.5	12.4	-	-	3.3	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	11.7	.453	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.823
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		%
Bill Bradley	12	30.7	10.5	-	-	3.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.0	.424	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.737
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1971-72	1980-81
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bill Bradley	78	35.6	15.1	-	-	3.2	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	6.5	13.9	.465	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.849
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		%
Bill Bradley	16	37.1	16.2	-	-	2.9	3.4	-	-	-	4.1	6.6	14.2	.467	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.839
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1972-73	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bill Bradley	82	36.6	16.1	-	-	3.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	15.3	.459	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.871
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		%
Bill Bradley	17	34.5	14.0	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	13.0	.448	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.800
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1973-74	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bill Bradley	82	34.3	14.0	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.5	0.3	-	3.4	6.1	13.6	.451	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.874
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		%
Bill Bradley	12	35.4	12.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.3	-	3.3	5.3	13.3	.396	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.862
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
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1974-75	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Bill Bradley	79	35.3	13.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.1	0.9	0.2	-	3.6	5.7	13.1	.436	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.873
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		%
Bill Bradley	3	29.3	6.7	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.7	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bill Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1975-76	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bill Bradley	82	33.0	11.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.0	0.8	0.2	-	3.1	4.8	11.0	.433	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.878
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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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