David Thompson vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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 / Games against each other

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, 5 less than Kiki Vandeweghe, who played 13. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Kiki Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Kiki Vandeweghe	13	12	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1976-77	1980-81
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	51	27.0	11.5	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	4.5	10.5	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.1	.818

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1977-78	1981-82
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	33.8	21.5	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	8.6	15.4	.560	0.0	0.2	.077	4.2	4.9	.857

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	36.3	22.7	1.3	4.7	6.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.3	8.3	14.3	.581	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	6.0	1.000


Season 3
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1978-79	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	35.5	26.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.4	10.3	18.7	.547	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	6.8	.875

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	39.6	26.8	0.8	5.8	6.5	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	10.9	20.0	.544	0.0	0.5	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 4
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1979-80	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	78	35.1	29.4	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.4	11.5	20.6	.558	0.1	0.4	.367	6.3	7.4	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	5	36.0	25.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	4.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.8	9.8	19.2	.510	0.4	1.0	.400	5.4	5.6	.964


Season 5
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1980-81	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	72	34.8	22.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.6	8.6	16.1	.534	0.2	0.5	.333	5.1	5.7	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	34.6	22.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.6	9.4	17.6	.538	0.1	0.8	.143	3.4	3.7	.939


Season 6
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1981-82	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	35.3	24.8	1.2	1.6	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.0	9.1	16.9	.540	0.0	0.1	.125	6.6	7.6	.869

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	37.3	28.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	3.0	10.0	17.3	.580	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	8.0	1.000


Season 7
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1982-83	1986-87
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	38.3	26.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.8	1.7	10.2	19.6	.523	0.5	1.0	.481	5.9	6.7	.886

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	43.5	24.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	2.8	2.5	9.5	17.8	.535	0.3	1.0	.250	5.5	6.5	.846


Season 8
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1983-84	1987-88
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	37	28.1	20.2	1.0	2.0	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.8	7.6	15.1	.508	0.6	1.6	.379	4.3	4.9	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	18.0	7.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	10.0	.275	0.0	1.3	.000	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 9
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	45	20.8	11.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.5	.469	0.4	1.1	.396	1.8	2.0	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	17.7	8.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.1	2.8	5.4	.510	0.3	0.9	.375	2.2	2.3	.952


Season 10
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	22	25.6	11.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.6	10.5	.442	0.5	0.9	.526	2.0	2.2	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	10	23.6	7.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.1	7.4	.419	0.6	1.3	.462	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 11
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	75	32.3	16.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.1	12.4	.494	0.7	1.9	.362	3.5	3.8	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	33.0	17.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	4.0	2.7	4.3	10.7	.406	1.0	1.7	.600	7.3	8.3	.880


Season 12
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	67	14.3	7.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.7	.491	0.4	1.0	.394	1.0	1.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	9.4	4.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.0	.542	0.5	0.6	.800	0.8	0.9	.857


Season 13
	David Thompson	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	41	12.0	6.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.2	5.0	.453	0.3	0.9	.324	1.4	1.6	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	1	9.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

David Thompson vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13