Bob Davies vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and Bob Davies, 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.

Bob Davies played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Artis Gilmore, who played 12. Bob Davies had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Artis Gilmore 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
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1948-49	1976-77
Team	Rochester Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	Bulls 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		%
Bob Davies	60	-	15.1	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	14.5	.364	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	4	-	12.0	-	-	-	3.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	12.8	.373	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783

Season 2
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1949-50	1977-78
Team	Rochester Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost Cent Div 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		%
Bob Davies	64	-	14.0	-	-	-	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	13.9	.357	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.752
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	4.5	-	-	-	5.5	2.0	8.5	.235	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1950-51	1978-79
Team	Rochester Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Davies	63	-	15.2	-	-	3.1	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	13.9	.372	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	.795
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	14	-	15.9	-	-	3.1	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	16.7	.338	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.800
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1951-52	1979-80
Team	Rochester Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Bob Davies	65	36.8	16.2	-	-	2.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	15.2	.383	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	6	38.8	19.8	-	-	2.2	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.2	15.3	.402	-	-	-	7.5	9.2	.818
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1952-53	1980-81
Team	Rochester Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Bulls 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		%
Bob Davies	66	33.6	15.6	-	-	3.0	4.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.385	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.753
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	3	30.3	8.7	-	-	1.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	9.7	.207	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.700
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691

Season 6
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1953-54	1981-82
Team	Rochester Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Bob Davies	72	29.7	12.3	-	-	2.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.8	.371	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.718
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	6	28.7	8.5	-	-	2.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.8	8.7	.327	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.739
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	1954-55	1982-83
Team	Rochester Royals	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Bob Davies	72	26.0	12.1	-	-	2.8	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	4.5	10.9	.415	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.751
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	3	25.0	8.3	-	-	2.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	3.7	11.0	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696

Season 10
	Bob Davies	Artis Gilmore
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Bob Davies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571