Bobby Jackson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Bobby Jackson, 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

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.

Bobby Jackson played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Bobby Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
Bobby Jackson	12	8	1997-98 to 2008-09
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bobby Jackson	68	30.0	11.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.4	4.6	11.6	.392	0.3	1.2	.259	2.2	2.7	.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		%
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	1977-78
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bobby Jackson	50	18.8	7.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.8	7.0	.405	0.2	0.5	.370	1.2	1.6	.772
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		%
Bobby Jackson	4	6.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	1978-79
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Bobby Jackson	73	14.2	5.1	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.4	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.9	4.7	.405	0.2	0.6	.283	1.0	1.3	.776
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		%
Bobby Jackson	3	10.0	5.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.3	2.7	.500	0.3	1.0	.333	2.0	2.0	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
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1979-80
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Bobby Jackson	79	20.9	7.2	0.9	2.2	3.1	2.0	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.8	2.9	6.7	.439	0.5	1.3	.375	0.8	1.1	.739
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		%
Bobby Jackson	8	22.8	7.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.9	2.3	2.6	6.0	.438	0.5	1.8	.286	1.3	1.8	.714
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1980-81
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 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		%
Bobby Jackson	81	21.6	11.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.8	4.1	9.3	.443	1.0	2.7	.361	1.8	2.3	.810
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		%
Bobby Jackson	16	23.4	10.9	0.9	2.3	3.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.9	4.1	9.1	.445	0.7	2.7	.256	2.1	2.7	.791
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Bobby Jackson	59	28.4	15.2	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.1	1.2	0.1	1.8	2.1	5.8	12.4	.464	1.5	4.0	.379	2.1	2.5	.846
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		%
Bobby Jackson	12	27.6	14.3	0.9	3.6	4.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.8	5.3	11.5	.457	1.3	3.6	.349	2.6	2.9	.886
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
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bobby Jackson	50	23.7	13.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.1	5.3	11.8	.444	1.6	4.4	.370	1.6	2.2	.752
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		%
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Bobby Jackson	25	21.4	12.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.3	4.4	10.2	.427	1.3	3.8	.344	2.0	2.3	.862
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		%
Bobby Jackson	5	15.8	5.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	7.4	.270	0.6	3.6	.167	0.6	0.6	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Bobby Jackson	71	25.0	11.4	0.6	2.5	3.1	2.7	0.9	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	10.5	.382	1.8	4.7	.389	1.5	2.1	.733
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	4	25.0	8.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	3.5	1.8	3.0	7.3	.414	1.0	2.8	.364	1.3	1.8	.714
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	-
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		%
Bobby Jackson	56	23.8	10.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.6	9.3	.394	1.0	2.9	.327	2.3	3.0	.774
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets, 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		%
Bobby Jackson	72	19.3	7.7	0.5	2.1	2.5	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	7.0	.403	1.1	3.1	.358	0.9	1.1	.790
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	6	23.0	8.7	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.8	3.3	11.7	.286	0.8	4.0	.208	1.2	1.8	.636
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bobby Jackson	David Thompson
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Bobby Jackson	71	20.9	7.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.7	6.8	.398	0.8	2.8	.305	1.2	1.4	.851
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Bobby Jackson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Bobby Jackson, 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