David Thompson vs. George Wilson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Wilson 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 George Wilson, who played 7. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while George Wilson had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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	George Wilson
Season	1976-77	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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	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
George Wilson	39	7.4	2.3	-	-	2.6	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.1	4.0	.265	-	-	-	0.2	0.8	.300
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
George Wilson	2	1.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	David Thompson	George Wilson
Season	1977-78	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Royals Lost East Div 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
George Wilson	47	5.9	2.9	-	-	2.1	0.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.1	2.9	.391	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.643
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
George Wilson	1	3.0	2.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	David Thompson	George Wilson
Season	1978-79	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div 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	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
George Wilson	55	10.4	4.1	-	-	3.7	0.3	-	-	-	1.7	1.5	4.3	.363	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.674
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
George Wilson	2	13.5	3.5	-	-	4.5	0.0	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	4.5	.222	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500

Season 7
	David Thompson	George Wilson
Season	1982-83	1970-71
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Buffalo Braves
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
George Wilson	46	15.5	5.2	-	-	5.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.2	2.0	5.8	.342	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.812
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
George Wilson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-