David Thompson vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams 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 Mark Williams, who played 3. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Mark Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Mark Williams
Season	1976-77	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+39	+17.3	+16.9	+0.5	+2.5	+3.0	+3.7	+0.7	+0.4		-0.7	+6.3	+14.0	+.130				+4.2	+5.3	+.075
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	David Thompson	Mark Williams
Season	1977-78	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+61	+11.1	+14.5	+2.0	+2.8	+4.8	+3.3	+0.4	+0.1	-2.2	-0.1	+5.1	+11.9	+.128				+4.1	+5.0	+.059
Mark Williams	19	26.7	12.7	4.0	5.7	9.7	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	2.6	5.2	7.9	.649	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.719
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	David Thompson	Mark Williams
Season	1978-79	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+32	+8.5	+8.7	+1.6	+5.0	+6.6	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8		+3.0	+7.6	+.092				+2.8	+4.0	+.051
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* David Thompson played 5 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 1980 to 1984—David Thompson played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Mark Williams, David Thompson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game