David Thompson vs. Max Zaslofsky Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Zaslofsky 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 Max Zaslofsky, who played 10. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Max Zaslofsky had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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
Max Zaslofsky	10	8	1946-47 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1976-77	1946-47
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Stags Lost NBA 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	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
Max Zaslofsky	61	-	14.4	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	5.5	16.7	.329	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.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
Max Zaslofsky	11	-	13.5	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	5.5	18.1	.302	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.659


Season 2
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1977-78	1947-48
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Stags Lost Semifinals

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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
Max Zaslofsky	48	-	21.0	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	24.1	.323	-	-	-	5.4	6.9	.784

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
Max Zaslofsky	5	-	19.4	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	17.6	.341	-	-	-	7.4	9.4	.787


Season 3
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1978-79	1948-49
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Stags 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
Max Zaslofsky	58	-	20.6	-	-	-	2.6	-	-	-	2.7	7.3	21.0	.350	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.840

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
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.0	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	1.5	7.5	24.5	.306	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778


Season 4
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1979-80	1949-50
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Stags Lost Cent 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	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
Max Zaslofsky	68	-	16.4	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.6	.351	-	-	-	4.7	5.6	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.5	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	16.0	.469	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833


Season 5
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1980-81	1950-51
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA 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	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
Max Zaslofsky	66	-	12.7	-	-	3.5	2.1	-	-	-	2.3	4.6	12.9	.354	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	14	-	17.9	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.1	6.3	15.5	.406	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.740


Season 6
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1981-82	1951-52
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA 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	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
Max Zaslofsky	66	32.0	14.1	-	-	2.9	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	4.9	14.5	.336	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.755

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
Max Zaslofsky	14	36.1	16.2	-	-	3.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	13.2	.373	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.809


Season 7
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1982-83	1952-53
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
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
Max Zaslofsky	29	24.9	11.9	-	-	2.6	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	11.0	.384	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	.690

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
Max Zaslofsky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1983-84	1953-54
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Milwaukee Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
Max Zaslofsky	65	28.9	12.5	-	-	2.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.3	11.6	.368	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	4	24.5	8.8	-	-	0.8	1.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	9.0	.306	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.867


Season 9
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	-	1954-55
Team	-	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost NBA 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	70	26.6	11.2	-	-	2.7	2.9	-	-	-	1.9	3.8	11.7	.328	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	11	11.7	4.7	-	-	1.5	1.6	-	-	-	1.8	1.6	4.0	.409	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.800


Season 10
	David Thompson	Max Zaslofsky
Season	-	1955-56
Team	-	Fort Wayne Pistons
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	9	20.2	9.8	-	-	1.8	1.8	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	9.0	.358	-	-	-	3.3	3.9	.857

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

David Thompson vs. Max Zaslofsky Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Zaslofsky 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