David Thompson vs. Otis Thorpe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Thorpe 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, 9 less than Otis Thorpe, who played 17. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Otis Thorpe had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Otis Thorpe	17	11	1984-85 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1976-77	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Kansas City Kings
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
Otis Thorpe	82	23.4	12.8	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.4	0.4	0.5	2.3	3.1	5.0	8.4	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	4.5	.620

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
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1977-78	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Kings 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
Otis Thorpe	75	22.3	9.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.6	3.1	3.9	6.6	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.661

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
Otis Thorpe	3	11.7	4.0	2.7	1.3	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	4.3	.231	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.3	.462


Season 3
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1978-79	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	36.0	18.9	3.2	6.8	10.0	2.5	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.6	6.9	12.8	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.6	.761

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
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1979-80	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	37.5	20.8	3.4	6.8	10.2	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	15.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	7.4	.755

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


Season 5
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1980-81	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	38.2	16.7	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.4	11.7	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	4	38.0	16.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	3.0	1.3	0.3	3.8	4.3	6.0	9.3	.649	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.762


Season 6
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1981-82	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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
Otis Thorpe	82	35.9	17.1	3.1	5.8	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	2.8	3.3	6.7	12.2	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.4	.688

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
Otis Thorpe	4	41.0	20.0	3.5	4.8	8.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	11.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.5	.684


Season 7
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1982-83	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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
Otis Thorpe	82	37.1	17.5	3.5	6.8	10.3	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.6	3.4	6.7	12.0	.556	0.0	0.1	.429	4.1	5.9	.696

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
Otis Thorpe	3	38.7	15.7	2.3	6.0	8.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	2.0	2.7	7.3	12.7	.579	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 8
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	1983-84	1991-92
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Otis Thorpe	82	37.3	17.3	3.5	7.0	10.5	3.0	0.6	0.5	2.9	3.7	6.8	11.5	.592	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.6	.657

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


Season 9
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	72	32.7	12.8	3.0	5.1	8.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.3	5.3	9.6	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.6	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	12	34.9	14.5	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.9	6.1	9.6	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.6	.651


Season 10
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	82	35.5	14.0	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.5	9.8	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.7	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	23	37.1	11.3	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	1.6	3.7	4.8	8.4	.572	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.9	.567


Season 11
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	70	29.9	13.4	2.9	5.1	8.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	1.9	3.2	5.5	9.7	.565	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.0	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	3	22.0	10.3	1.7	2.7	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 12
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	82	34.6	14.2	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.4	3.7	5.5	10.4	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	3	33.7	11.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 13
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	79	33.7	13.1	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.8	5.3	10.0	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	5	30.2	9.8	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.8	4.2	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778


Season 14
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Vancouver Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	74	29.7	10.2	2.0	5.2	7.3	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.1	3.2	4.0	8.4	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.683

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


Season 15
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	49	31.4	11.3	2.0	4.9	6.8	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.8	4.0	4.9	9.0	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.698

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


Season 16
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	51	15.2	5.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.7	2.5	4.8	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	10	13.6	3.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.1	2.9	1.3	2.7	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.4	.500


Season 17
	David Thompson	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	49	13.2	2.8	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.2	1.2	2.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Thorpe	8	7.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.1	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

David Thompson vs. Otis Thorpe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Thorpe 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17