Don Chaney vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Don Chaney, 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.

Don Chaney played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Don Chaney had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1968-69	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Don Chaney	20	10.5	4.0	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	5.7	.319	-	-	-	0.4	1.0	.400
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	7	3.6	0.7	-	-	0.6	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750
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

Season 2
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1969-70	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
Don Chaney	63	13.3	5.0	-	-	2.4	1.1	-	-	-	1.9	1.8	5.1	.359	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.752
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1970-71	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Don Chaney	81	28.3	11.5	-	-	5.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	9.5	.454	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.748
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1971-72	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Don Chaney	79	28.8	11.9	-	-	5.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.773
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	24.6	8.8	-	-	3.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	7.4	.506	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1972-73	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Don Chaney	79	31.5	13.1	-	-	5.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.2	10.9	.482	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	12	24.0	7.5	-	-	3.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	3.3	6.8	.476	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.706
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1973-74	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Don Chaney	81	27.9	10.4	2.6	2.1	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.8	-	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	18	30.3	9.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.5	-	3.6	3.6	7.8	.461	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.820
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

Season 7
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1974-75	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Don Chaney	82	26.9	9.5	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.2	1.5	0.8	-	3.0	3.9	9.1	.428	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.806
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	26.7	10.8	2.2	1.3	3.5	1.9	1.9	0.5	-	4.2	4.4	9.5	.457	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.793
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

Note: Don Chaney didn't play in 1975-76.

Season 8
	Don Chaney	David Thompson
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Don Chaney	81	29.7	6.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.8	1.7	0.4	-	2.8	2.6	6.4	.408	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.745
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	37.5	8.0	2.2	2.5	4.7	4.4	1.9	0.3	-	2.9	3.3	8.7	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.727
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-