Darryl Dawkins vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Darryl Dawkins, 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.

Darryl Dawkins and David Robinson both played 14 years in the NBA. Darryl Dawkins had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Darryl Dawkins	14	10	1975-76 to 1988-89
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03

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


Rookie Season
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1975-76	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	37	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	-	1.1	1.1	2.2	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.333
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	7.5	10.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677


Season 2
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1976-77	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	59	11.6	5.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	-	2.2	2.3	3.6	.628	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.506
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	18	18.4	7.3	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.9	0.4	1.0	-	2.6	2.8	5.3	.526	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.660
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868


Season 3
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1977-78	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	70	24.6	11.7	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	4.7	8.2	.575	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.709
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	10	18.0	6.3	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	2.7	5.3	.509	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	.529
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1978-79	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	78	26.1	13.1	1.6	6.5	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	3.8	5.5	10.7	.517	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.672
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	9	28.3	16.0	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.7	6.2	11.8	.528	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.681
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664


Season 5
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	80	31.8	14.7	2.5	6.2	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.1	6.2	11.8	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.6	.653
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	18	33.7	17.3	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.8	0.7	2.3	2.6	4.2	7.0	13.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	3.3	5.2	.645
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741


Season 6
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1980-81	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	76	27.5	14.0	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	4.2	5.6	9.2	.607	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.720
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	16	26.3	13.8	1.8	4.4	6.1	0.9	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	5.4	9.6	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.3	.721
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812


Season 7
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	48	23.4	11.0	1.4	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.3	7.6	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.695
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	21	21.9	11.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.8	4.5	4.7	8.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.660
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667


Season 8
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	81	25.8	12.0	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.5	4.7	5.0	8.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	2	29.5	18.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	3.5	8.5	11.0	.773	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	81	29.8	16.8	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.8	6.3	10.6	.593	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	5.7	.735
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	11	30.9	18.4	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	6.0	10.7	.559	0.0	0.3	.000	6.4	7.5	.843
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635


Season 10
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	39	24.9	13.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.4	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.2	.711
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.4	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	3	21.3	8.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.7	7.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722


Season 11
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Darryl Dawkins	51	23.7	15.3	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.4	4.5	5.6	8.6	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.8	.707
David Robinson	80	32.0	17.8	2.4	7.2	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.1	6.6	12.9	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.4	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	1	17.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
David Robinson	4	38.8	23.5	4.3	9.5	13.8	2.5	1.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	7.8	20.8	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	8.0	10.5	.762


Season 12
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	6	17.7	9.5	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.2	3.3	5.3	.625	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.708
David Robinson	80	29.6	14.4	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.7	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	13	31.4	16.6	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.7	1.3	2.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.3	.695


Season 13
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darryl Dawkins	6	5.5	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	2.3	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.5	.400
David Robinson	78	29.5	12.2	2.4	5.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.3	2.5	4.4	8.6	.507	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	20.5	4.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000


Season 14
	Darryl Dawkins	David Robinson
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	14	3.4	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.4	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.500
David Robinson	64	26.2	8.5	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.3	2.0	3.1	6.6	.469	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darryl Dawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	23	23.5	7.8	2.0	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	5.1	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.667

Darryl Dawkins vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Darryl Dawkins, 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