Flynn Robinson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Flynn Robinson, 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.

Flynn Robinson played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Flynn Robinson had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, 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
	Flynn Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1966-67	1976-77
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Flynn Robinson	76	15.0	8.8	-	-	1.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	7.9	.457	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.779
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		%
Flynn Robinson	4	18.0	12.5	-	-	1.8	2.0	-	-	-	2.0	6.0	11.8	.511	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Flynn Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1967-68	1977-78
Team	Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Flynn Robinson	75	27.3	15.7	-	-	3.6	2.9	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	13.5	.440	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.821
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		%
Flynn Robinson	5	36.0	20.2	-	-	2.0	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	19.6	.429	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.708
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
	Flynn Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1968-69	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Flynn Robinson	83	31.5	20.0	-	-	3.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.1	7.5	17.4	.433	-	-	-	5.0	5.9	.839
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		%
Flynn Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Flynn Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1969-70	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div 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		%
Flynn Robinson	81	34.1	21.8	-	-	3.2	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	17.2	.477	-	-	-	5.4	6.0	.898
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		%
Flynn Robinson	10	30.0	12.8	-	-	2.3	5.0	-	-	-	2.2	4.2	12.9	.326	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Flynn Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1971-72	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Flynn Robinson	64	15.7	9.9	-	-	1.8	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	4.1	8.4	.490	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.860
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		%
Flynn Robinson	7	10.3	6.4	-	-	1.9	0.7	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	5.9	.463	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.700
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
	Flynn Robinson	David Thompson
Season	1972-73	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Baltimore Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Flynn Robinson	44	14.3	6.8	-	-	1.4	1.9	-	-	-	1.6	3.0	6.5	.462	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.821
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		%
Flynn Robinson	1	2.0	4.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	3.0	.667	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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