Clifford Robinson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Clifford Robinson, 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.

Clifford Robinson played 18 years in the NBA, 10 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Clifford Robinson had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
Clifford Robinson	18	17	1989-90 to 2006-07
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	19.1	9.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.8	3.6	9.2	.397	0.1	0.5	.273	1.7	3.1	.550
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		%
Clifford Robinson	21	18.6	6.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.2	3.4	2.6	7.2	.358	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.5	.558
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
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	23.7	11.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.8	.463	0.1	0.2	.316	2.5	3.8	.653
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		%
Clifford Robinson	16	22.1	10.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.9	3.9	7.3	.538	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	4.3	.551
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
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	1978-79
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	25.9	12.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	1.7	1.0	1.3	1.9	3.3	4.9	10.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.091	2.7	4.0	.664
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		%
Clifford Robinson	21	24.9	10.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	4.0	4.3	9.4	.462	0.0	0.3	.167	2.1	3.7	.571
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
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	1979-80
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	31.4	19.1	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	3.5	7.7	16.3	.473	0.2	0.9	.247	3.5	5.1	.690
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		%
Clifford Robinson	4	32.8	10.3	2.5	1.8	4.3	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.0	4.3	4.0	15.3	.262	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.5	.409
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	34.8	20.1	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.9	1.4	1.4	2.1	3.2	7.8	17.1	.457	0.2	0.6	.245	4.3	5.6	.765
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		%
Clifford Robinson	4	37.3	16.3	2.8	3.5	6.3	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.8	3.3	7.0	17.0	.412	0.5	2.3	.222	1.8	2.0	.875
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1994-95	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	75	36.3	21.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	2.6	1.1	1.1	2.1	3.2	8.0	17.6	.452	1.9	5.1	.371	3.5	5.1	.694
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		%
Clifford Robinson	3	39.7	15.7	2.3	4.0	6.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.7	4.3	5.7	15.7	.362	1.3	5.7	.235	3.0	5.3	.563
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
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	78	38.2	21.1	1.6	4.1	5.7	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.5	3.2	7.1	16.7	.423	2.3	6.0	.378	4.6	6.9	.664
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		%
Clifford Robinson	5	36.2	15.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.6	1.4	1.0	3.2	3.8	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	4.6	.261	5.6	7.4	.757
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
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	81	38.0	15.1	1.1	2.9	4.0	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.1	3.1	5.5	12.9	.426	1.5	4.3	.346	2.7	3.8	.696
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		%
Clifford Robinson	4	40.3	12.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.3	4.3	11.8	.362	0.8	4.0	.188	2.8	4.0	.688
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Clifford Robinson	80	29.5	14.2	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.2	1.1	1.8	3.1	5.4	11.2	.479	0.3	1.1	.321	3.1	4.5	.689
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	23.0	6.3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	4.8	2.3	8.3	.273	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	2.3	.778
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Clifford Robinson	50	34.8	16.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	2.6	1.5	1.2	1.8	3.1	6.0	12.6	.475	1.2	2.8	.417	3.3	4.7	.697
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	3	39.0	15.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.7	2.0	0.3	2.3	4.0	6.3	13.3	.475	0.7	3.0	.222	2.3	3.7	.636
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Clifford Robinson	80	35.5	18.5	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.0	6.6	14.3	.464	1.5	4.1	.370	3.7	4.8	.782
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	9	37.0	17.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.1	1.2	0.8	2.0	3.9	6.2	16.1	.386	1.4	4.4	.325	3.7	5.0	.733
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	33.5	16.4	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.9	1.1	1.0	2.3	3.1	6.1	14.5	.422	1.1	3.0	.361	3.1	4.4	.709
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	28.3	15.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.5	5.3	12.5	.420	1.0	4.0	.250	3.5	5.5	.636
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Clifford Robinson	80	35.7	14.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.7	13.4	.425	1.4	3.8	.378	1.8	2.6	.694
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	10	40.8	13.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.9	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.8	4.5	12.4	.363	1.8	5.3	.340	2.4	3.0	.800
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Clifford Robinson	81	34.9	12.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.3	1.1	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.6	11.5	.398	1.1	3.2	.336	2.0	2.9	.676
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	17	30.8	9.3	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.6	3.4	9.4	.358	1.3	3.5	.373	1.3	2.2	.595
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	34.7	11.8	0.7	3.3	3.9	3.3	0.8	0.9	2.1	2.9	4.5	11.5	.387	1.4	3.8	.357	1.5	2.1	.711
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Clifford Robinson	71	23.8	7.5	0.8	2.2	2.9	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.5	2.8	7.4	.386	0.9	2.7	.347	0.9	1.4	.639
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	17.8	7.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	5.0	2.8	6.8	.407	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	0.5	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2005-06	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Clifford Robinson	80	23.3	6.9	0.7	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.7	6.4	.427	0.8	2.2	.343	0.7	1.0	.658
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	8	24.8	4.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	3.5	1.6	4.9	.333	0.8	2.4	.316	0.5	0.6	.800
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Clifford Robinson	David Thompson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Clifford Robinson	50	19.1	4.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	2.0	1.6	4.4	.372	0.5	1.3	.379	0.3	0.7	.444
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.5	.167	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Clifford Robinson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Clifford Robinson, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18