David Thompson vs. Linton Townes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Linton Townes 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, 5 more than Linton Townes, who played 3. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Linton Townes had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	Linton Townes
Season	1976-77	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Linton Townes	55	9.4	4.5	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.9	4.3	.449	0.2	0.5	.360	0.5	0.7	.737
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
Linton Townes	6	10.0	5.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	2.2	4.5	.481	0.2	0.5	.333	1.0	1.2	.857

Season 2
	David Thompson	Linton Townes
Season	1977-78	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks, San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Linton Townes	4	4.8	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
Linton Townes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	David Thompson	Linton Townes
Season	1978-79	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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
Linton Townes	1	8.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
Linton Townes	2	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	David Thompson	Linton Townes
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
Linton Townes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Linton Townes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-