Bob Davies vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson 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, 6 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Bob Davies had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Tristan Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Tristan Thompson
Season	1948-49	2011-12
Team	Rochester Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
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	60	-	15.1	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	14.5	.364	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.552
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
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bob Davies	Tristan Thompson
Season	1949-50	2012-13
Team	Rochester Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
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
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.608
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
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Davies	Tristan Thompson
Season	1950-51	2013-14
Team	Rochester Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.693
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
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Davies	Tristan Thompson
Season	1951-52	2014-15
Team	Rochester Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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	65	36.8	16.2	-	-	2.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	15.2	.383	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641
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
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585

Season 5
	Bob Davies	Tristan Thompson
Season	1952-53	2015-16
Team	Rochester Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616
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
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575

Season 6
	Bob Davies	Tristan Thompson
Season	1953-54	2016-17
Team	Rochester Royals	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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	29.7	12.3	-	-	2.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.8	.371	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.718
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.7	.498
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
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667