David Thompson vs. Evan Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Turner 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.

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.

David Thompson played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Evan Turner, who played 10. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Evan Turner had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84
Evan Turner	10	8	2010-11 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
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
Evan Turner	78	23.0	7.2	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.318	1.3	1.6	.808

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
Evan Turner	5	19.4	8.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.8	3.4	7.6	.447	0.8	1.0	.800	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 2
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1977-78	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
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
Evan Turner	65	26.4	9.4	0.4	5.4	5.8	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.1	.446	0.2	0.8	.224	1.1	1.7	.676

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
Evan Turner	13	34.5	11.2	1.1	6.5	7.5	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.3	11.8	.364	0.0	0.5	.000	2.5	3.7	.688


Season 3
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1978-79	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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	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
Evan Turner	82	35.3	13.3	0.7	5.6	6.3	4.3	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	5.4	12.8	.419	0.7	1.9	.365	1.9	2.5	.740

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
Evan Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1979-80	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
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
Evan Turner	81	30.3	14.0	0.8	4.3	5.0	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.4	12.6	.425	0.6	1.9	.321	2.6	3.2	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	12	12.4	3.3	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	.429	0.3	0.6	.571	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1980-81	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
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
Evan Turner	82	27.6	9.5	0.5	4.6	5.1	5.5	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.2	3.9	9.1	.429	0.4	1.5	.277	1.3	1.7	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	4	29.5	10.5	0.5	6.8	7.3	4.8	0.8	0.0	2.3	2.8	4.0	11.0	.364	0.5	1.0	.500	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 6
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1981-82	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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
Evan Turner	81	28.0	10.5	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.1	1.7	4.2	9.3	.456	0.2	1.0	.241	1.8	2.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Evan Turner	6	35.7	13.2	1.3	4.3	5.7	4.5	1.3	1.0	2.8	3.2	5.2	14.2	.365	0.5	2.3	.214	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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
Evan Turner	65	25.5	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.6	8.5	.426	0.5	1.8	.263	1.3	1.6	.825

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
Evan Turner	4	31.0	10.3	0.8	5.0	5.8	3.8	1.8	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.0	8.3	.364	1.3	3.8	.333	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 8
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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	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
Evan Turner	79	25.7	8.2	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.1	3.3	7.3	.447	0.5	1.7	.318	1.2	1.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	3	29.0	9.3	1.7	2.3	4.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	4.0	11.0	.364	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	73	22.0	6.8	0.5	4.0	4.5	3.9	0.5	0.2	1.6	1.5	2.8	6.1	.460	0.2	0.7	.212	1.0	1.5	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	16	15.3	2.7	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	0.9	2.9	.326	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	0.9	.800


Season 10
	David Thompson	Evan Turner
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	19	13.2	3.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.3	3.5	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.857

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

David Thompson vs. Evan Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Turner 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.

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