Charles Oakley vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Charles Oakley, 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.

Charles Oakley played 19 years in the NBA, 11 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Charles Oakley had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Charles Oakley	David Thompson
Season	1985-86	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
difference:	+5	+13.6	+16.3	+1.6	+2.9	+4.5	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2		-0.3	+6.4	+12.8	+.012				+3.5	+4.1	+.104
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		%
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615
difference:	+3	+10.2	+14.7	+1.1	+3.7	+4.8	+3.0	+0.5			-0.6	+5.6	+13.2	+.061				+3.3	+4.5	+.064
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
	Charles Oakley	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	36.3	14.5	3.6	9.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	3.8	5.7	12.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.367	3.0	4.4	.686
difference:	+2	+1.5	+12.7	+1.6	+6.6	+8.2	+0.9	+0.2	+0.8	-0.5	-1.1	+4.6	+7.0	+.076				+3.5	+4.0	+.092
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		%
Charles Oakley	3	43.0	20.0	5.7	9.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	4.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	1.3	.500	6.7	8.0	.833
difference:	+10	+6.0	+5.2	+4.3	+7.0	+11.2	+2.0	+0.6	+1.3	-0.3	-1.7	+3.8	+5.7	+.070				+1.6	+1.8	+.008
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
	Charles Oakley	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	34.3	12.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:	+6	+0.8	+11.6	+2.6	+6.8	+9.4		+0.1	+0.8	-0.5	-0.9	+4.5	+8.3	+.029				+2.6	+3.3	+.026
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		%
Charles Oakley	10	37.3	10.1	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	4.0	9.1	.440	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.4	.875
difference:	+7	+3.4	+17.9	+1.6	+4.2	+5.8	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	-2.2	-0.7	+8.7	+13.9	+.111				+0.6	+1.3	+.148
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 7
	Charles Oakley	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735
difference:	+7	+0.5	+9.7	+1.8	+3.1	+4.9	+1.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-1.2	+3.3	+7.4	+.041		+0.1		+3.0	+3.7	+.049
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		%
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741
difference:	+10	+3.0	+6.7	+3.7	+5.3	+9.0	+2.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+2.7	+7.7	+.019				+1.3	+2.7	+.141
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

Additional Years
* Charles Oakley played 11 seasons more than David Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 19, from 1994 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over David Thompson, Charles Oakley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game