Dudley Bradley vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Dudley Bradley, 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.

Dudley Bradley played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than George Gervin, who played 10. Dudley Bradley had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while George Gervin 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1979-80	1976-77
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	82	24.7	8.4	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6	2.0	2.4	3.4	7.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.1	.782
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800

Season 2
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1980-81	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	82	22.8	8.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	0.5	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.8	.474	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	2.2	.702
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	2	9.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	4.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768

Season 3
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1981-82	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	64	14.6	5.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	1.2	1.6	.740
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	7	3.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.1	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808

Season 4
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	58	11.8	3.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.4	2.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	0.8	.800
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867

Note: Dudley Bradley didn't play in 1983-84.

Season 5
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1984-85	1980-81
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	73	16.9	4.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.2	2.1	1.9	4.1	.475	0.3	0.9	.313	0.7	1.1	.684
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	4	10.3	3.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	.556	0.3	1.3	.200	0.8	1.0	.750
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800

Season 6
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1985-86	1981-82
Team	Washington Bullets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	70	12.0	2.8	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	.349	0.2	1.0	.250	0.5	0.8	.571
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	5	16.4	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.4	5.8	.414	0.6	2.0	.300	1.2	1.8	.667
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831

Season 7
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1986-87	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	68	13.2	3.1	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	1.1	3.1	.357	0.2	0.7	.260	0.7	0.9	.810
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	12	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.364	0.0	0.5	.000	0.1	0.2	.500
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884

Season 8
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1987-88	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	65	22.1	6.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	1.4	2.6	2.4	5.6	.427	0.6	1.6	.363	1.1	1.5	.763
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dudley Bradley	George Gervin
Season	1988-89	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	38	7.0	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.7	2.3	.326	0.2	0.8	.258	0.2	0.4	.500
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dudley Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794