Chucky Atkins vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Chucky Atkins, 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.

Chucky Atkins played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Chucky Atkins had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
Chucky Atkins	11	5	1999-00 to 2009-10
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Chucky Atkins	82	19.8	9.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.7	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.8	9.0	.424	0.7	2.0	.350	1.2	1.6	.729
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		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Chucky Atkins	81	29.2	12.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.3	4.7	11.8	.399	1.5	4.2	.357	1.1	1.6	.692
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		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Chucky Atkins	79	28.9	12.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.2	4.7	10.0	.466	1.7	4.3	.411	1.1	1.5	.692
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		%
Chucky Atkins	10	29.5	11.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.5	4.3	11.8	.364	1.4	3.9	.359	1.3	1.7	.765
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
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Chucky Atkins	65	21.5	7.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.6	7.2	.361	1.3	3.7	.355	0.6	0.8	.816
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		%
Chucky Atkins	17	18.4	6.1	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	1.9	5.4	.352	1.1	2.9	.367	1.2	1.5	.808
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Chucky Atkins	64	24.1	8.4	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.397	1.3	3.8	.336	1.1	1.5	.753
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		%
Chucky Atkins	4	33.5	13.5	0.8	2.8	3.5	3.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	0.5	4.3	9.8	.436	0.8	2.5	.300	4.3	4.8	.895
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Chucky Atkins	82	35.4	13.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.4	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.2	4.7	11.1	.426	2.1	5.5	.387	2.0	2.5	.803
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		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chucky Atkins	71	24.1	9.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.2	2.1	3.2	8.1	.394	1.4	3.9	.354	1.8	2.3	.791
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		%
Chucky Atkins	4	25.8	9.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.8	3.8	9.3	.405	1.0	2.8	.364	1.3	2.0	.625
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
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2006-07	1983-84
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Chucky Atkins	75	27.5	13.2	0.2	1.6	1.9	4.6	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.1	9.5	.434	1.5	4.1	.379	3.4	4.1	.810
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		%
Chucky Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Chucky Atkins	24	14.7	4.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.8	5.1	.344	1.0	3.3	.316	0.2	0.4	.444
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chucky Atkins	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City Thunder	-
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		%
Chucky Atkins	33	12.5	3.0	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.0	3.4	.301	0.5	1.7	.263	0.5	0.5	.938
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Chucky Atkins	David Thompson
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Chucky Atkins	40	16.1	4.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.4	3.9	.363	0.6	1.8	.301	0.6	0.7	.926
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Chucky Atkins vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Chucky Atkins, 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