David Thompson vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 6 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	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:	+11	+6.9	+4.5	+0.6	+6.0	+6.5	+0.2	+0.2	+3.0		-0.7	+2.2	+3.1	+.042				+1.7	+2.4	+.030
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	David Thompson	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1977-78	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+34	+4.6	+2.9	+0.2	+6.3	+6.1	+0.8	+0.1	+2.6	-0.1	-0.4	+1.4	+1.2	+.045				+3.1	+4.3	+.058
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* David Thompson played 6 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 8, from 1979 to 1984—David Thompson played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, David Thompson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP