David Thompson vs. Bob Wilkerson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Wilkerson and David Thompson, 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.

David Thompson played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bob Wilkerson, who played 7. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bob Wilkerson 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	78	19.9	6.7	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.2	0.9	0.1	-	1.7	2.8	7.3	.386	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	David Thompson	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	81	34.3	11.4	1.2	4.6	5.9	5.4	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.4	4.7	11.6	.408	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	13	32.8	9.2	1.5	3.9	5.5	6.0	1.5	0.3	1.9	4.2	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.619

Season 3
	David Thompson	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	80	30.3	11.4	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.6	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.0	10.9	.456	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	3	33.7	9.7	2.3	6.3	8.7	5.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.7	11.3	.412	-	-	-	0.3	1.0	.333

Season 7
	David Thompson	Bob Wilkerson
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	77	22.1	6.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.0	2.8	6.6	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Wilkerson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-