Chuck Person vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Chuck Person, 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.

Chuck Person played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Chuck Person had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
Chuck Person	13	8	1986-87 to 1999-00
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1976-77
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chuck Person	82	36.0	18.8	2.0	6.2	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	7.7	16.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.355	2.7	3.6	.747
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		%
Chuck Person	4	39.8	27.0	1.5	6.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	3.8	3.5	9.5	18.5	.514	0.5	2.0	.250	7.5	9.8	.769
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
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chuck Person	79	35.5	17.0	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.9	0.9	0.1	2.7	3.4	7.3	15.8	.459	0.7	2.2	.333	1.7	2.5	.670
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		%
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chuck Person	80	37.7	21.6	1.8	4.7	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.9	3.5	8.9	18.2	.489	0.8	2.6	.307	3.0	3.8	.792
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		%
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Chuck Person	77	35.2	19.7	1.6	4.1	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.9	16.1	.487	1.2	3.3	.372	2.7	3.5	.781
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		%
Chuck Person	3	41.0	13.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	5.7	15.0	.378	0.3	3.3	.100	1.7	4.0	.417
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	1980-81
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Chuck Person	80	32.1	18.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	15.4	.504	0.9	2.5	.340	2.1	2.9	.721
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		%
Chuck Person	5	38.4	26.0	0.6	5.0	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.0	.533	3.4	6.2	.548	3.4	4.2	.810
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Chuck Person	81	36.1	18.5	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.7	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.0	7.6	15.9	.480	1.6	4.4	.373	1.6	2.4	.675
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		%
Chuck Person	3	39.3	17.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	3.7	6.3	15.7	.404	1.7	5.0	.333	2.7	4.0	.667
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
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	1982-83
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Chuck Person	78	38.3	16.8	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.433	1.5	4.3	.355	1.4	2.2	.649
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		%
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chuck Person	77	26.4	11.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.1	4.6	10.9	.422	1.3	3.5	.368	1.1	1.4	.759
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		%
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1994-95	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Chuck Person	81	25.1	10.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	9.3	.423	2.1	5.5	.387	0.8	1.3	.647
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	15	17.2	5.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.8	5.1	.351	0.9	3.0	.289	0.5	0.7	.727
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Chuck Person	80	26.6	10.9	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	3.9	8.8	.437	2.4	5.8	.410	0.8	1.3	.644
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	10	28.4	12.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	3.2	4.1	7.7	.532	2.5	4.7	.532	1.4	1.7	.824
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Chuck Person didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 11
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Chuck Person	61	23.9	6.7	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.3	6.5	.359	1.6	4.5	.344	0.5	0.6	.757
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	9	21.9	5.8	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.9	.340	1.6	4.4	.350	0.2	0.2	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Charlotte 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		%
Chuck Person	50	19.8	6.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.8	.388	1.1	3.1	.350	0.5	0.6	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Chuck Person	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Chuck Person	37	9.2	2.8	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.0	3.3	.301	0.6	2.6	.253	0.1	0.2	.500
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Person	2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chuck Person vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Chuck Person, 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