Byron Scott vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Byron Scott, 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.

Byron Scott played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Byron Scott had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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
Byron Scott	14	13	1983-84 to 1996-97
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	74	22.1	10.6	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.4	4.5	9.3	.484	0.1	0.5	.235	1.5	1.9	.806
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		%
Byron Scott	20	20.2	8.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	8.1	.460	0.1	0.5	.200	1.1	1.8	.600
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
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1984-85	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Byron Scott	81	28.5	16.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.4	6.7	12.4	.539	0.3	0.7	.433	2.3	2.8	.820
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		%
Byron Scott	19	30.8	16.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	0.2	1.3	2.5	7.3	14.1	.517	0.5	1.1	.476	1.8	2.3	.795
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
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1985-86	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	76	28.8	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.7	13.0	.513	0.3	0.8	.361	1.8	2.3	.784
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		%
Byron Scott	14	33.6	16.0	1.1	2.9	3.9	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.7	6.4	12.9	.497	0.4	1.2	.353	2.7	3.0	.905
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
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Byron Scott	82	33.3	17.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.4	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	6.8	13.8	.489	0.8	1.8	.436	2.7	3.1	.892
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		%
Byron Scott	18	33.8	14.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.9	5.7	11.7	.490	0.4	1.9	.206	2.9	3.7	.791
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Byron Scott	81	37.6	21.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.0	2.5	8.8	16.6	.527	0.8	2.2	.346	3.4	3.9	.858
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		%
Byron Scott	24	37.4	19.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	7.4	14.9	.499	1.0	2.3	.436	3.8	4.3	.865
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	74	35.2	19.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.1	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	7.9	16.2	.491	1.0	2.6	.399	2.6	3.1	.863
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		%
Byron Scott	11	36.5	19.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	7.2	14.5	.494	1.4	3.5	.385	4.2	5.0	.836
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
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Byron Scott	77	33.7	15.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.3	6.1	13.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.423	2.1	2.7	.766
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		%
Byron Scott	9	36.1	13.4	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.6	2.2	0.3	1.4	3.6	5.4	11.8	.462	1.4	3.8	.382	1.1	1.4	.769
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
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Byron Scott	82	32.1	14.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	1.2	0.3	1.0	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.9	2.7	.324	1.4	1.8	.797
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		%
Byron Scott	18	37.7	13.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.9	5.3	10.3	.511	1.1	2.1	.526	1.5	1.9	.794
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	82	32.7	14.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	12.3	.458	0.7	1.9	.344	3.0	3.5	.838
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	4	37.0	18.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	5.5	11.0	.500	1.8	3.0	.583	6.0	6.8	.889
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	58	28.9	13.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	5.1	11.4	.449	0.8	2.3	.326	2.7	3.2	.848
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	5	35.4	13.6	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.2	8.4	.500	1.6	3.0	.533	3.6	4.6	.783
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Byron Scott	67	17.9	10.4	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.2	3.8	8.2	.467	0.4	1.1	.365	2.3	2.9	.805
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	16	14.9	7.8	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.0	.396	0.6	1.2	.474	2.5	3.2	.784
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Byron Scott	80	19.1	10.0	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.3	7.3	.455	1.0	2.5	.389	2.4	2.8	.850
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	17	17.5	6.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.9	5.5	.340	0.5	2.0	.265	1.8	2.0	.882
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	-
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		%
Byron Scott	80	23.7	10.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.5	.401	0.9	2.8	.335	2.5	3.0	.835
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Byron Scott	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	79	18.2	6.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.1	4.8	.430	0.9	2.4	.388	1.6	1.9	.841
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	8	16.6	6.4	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.9	4.1	.455	0.5	1.4	.364	2.1	2.4	.895
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Byron Scott vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Byron Scott, 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

Season 13

Season 14