David Thompson vs. Butch Van Breda Kolff Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Butch Van Breda Kolff 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, 4 more than Butch Van Breda Kolff, who played 4. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Butch Van Breda Kolff had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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	Butch Van Breda Kolff
Season	1976-77	1946-47
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost Semifinals

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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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	16	-	1.6	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	0.6	0.4	2.1	.206	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.647
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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	5	-	4.2	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	6.4	.219	-	-	-	1.4	2.6	.538

Season 2
	David Thompson	Butch Van Breda Kolff
Season	1977-78	1947-48
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks Lost 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	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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	44	-	4.1	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	1.8	1.2	4.4	.276	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.617
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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	3	-	7.3	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.0	5.3	.375	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.714

Season 3
	David Thompson	Butch Van Breda Kolff
Season	1978-79	1948-49
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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	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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	59	-	7.0	-	-	-	2.4	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	6.8	.317	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.671
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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	6	-	8.2	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	2.3	2.5	6.7	.375	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.826

Season 7
	David Thompson	Butch Van Breda Kolff
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Butch Van Breda Kolff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-