George Gervin vs. Al Horford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Horford and George Gervin, 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:
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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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 8 less than Al Horford, who played 18. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Al Horford had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86
Al Horford	18	16	2007-08 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1976-77	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.6	+13.0	+1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4		-0.2	+4.8	+8.1	+.045				+3.5	+3.9	+.102
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+8.6	+12.4	+0.6	+4.3	+4.9	+2.1	+0.1			-0.8	+4.6	+11.7	+.040				+3.1	+3.6	+.059
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741


Season 2
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1977-78	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+1.3	+15.7	+0.8	+3.4	+4.2	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1	-2.2	-0.3	+5.8	+10.7	+.011				+3.9	+4.3	+.103
Al Horford	67	33.5	11.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.8	4.7	8.9	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+9.8	+26.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+1.2	+0.3	+2.0	-2.8	-0.9	+10.2	+17.1	+.125				+5.9	+7.3	+.101
Al Horford	9	28.0	6.9	1.3	4.4	5.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 3
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.0	+15.4	+1.1	+3.8	+4.9	+0.4	+1.0		-2.1	-0.6	+6.0	+11.4	+.010				+3.3	+3.8	+.037
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.0	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
difference:	+3	+1.3	+14.0	+0.1	+3.0	+3.1	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	-1.5	-0.4	+5.2	+9.5	+.013				+3.6	+4.6	+.031
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839


Season 4
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.5	+17.8	+0.4	+3.8	+4.1	+0.9	+0.6		-1.8	-0.2	+6.4	+12.9	+.029	+0.4	+1.2	+.186	+4.6	+5.2	+.054
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+1.7	+22.0	+0.9	+3.8	+2.9	+0.5	+1.3		-1.6	-0.1	+7.5	+13.3	+.077		+0.5		+7.0	+7.8	+.098
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 5
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1980-81	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+71	+2.1	+14.7	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+1.0	+0.2	+0.6	-1.6	-0.7	+5.2	+11.7	+.061	+0.1	+0.3	+.257	+4.2	+4.9	+.093
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+3.1	+11.8	+0.4	+3.0	+3.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.6	-1.1	-1.0	+4.3	+10.7	+.088		+0.4		+3.1	+3.7	+.050
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 6
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+1.5	+14.9	+0.9	+4.4	+5.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+4.8	+10.9	+.043	+0.1	+0.4	+.222	+5.2	+5.3	+.220
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+5.1	+12.7	+0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+1.6	+0.1	+0.4	-1.9	-1.2	+4.6	+11.5	+.042		+0.3		+3.6	+3.4	+.164
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667


Season 7
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+49	+3.3	+7.6	+0.9	+2.9	+3.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.0	-1.2	+1.5	+5.4	+.080	+0.1			+4.6	+4.9	+.171
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1983-84	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:		+3.5	+10.7	+0.3	+2.7	+3.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.7	-1.6	-1.3	+3.3	+7.8	+.048		+0.2	+.111	+4.2	+4.8	+.083
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750


Season 9
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+10	+3.1	+6.0	+0.7	+3.3	+4.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	-1.5	-0.9	+1.8	+3.6	+.003	+1.1	+3.0	+.344	+3.2	+3.7	+.046
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+3.9	+8.8	+0.7	+2.2	+2.9	+0.3	+0.6	+1.8	-2.3	-1.3	+3.0	+4.2	+.066	+1.1	+2.2	+.393	+3.9	+5.2	+.144
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938


Season 10
	George Gervin	Al Horford
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
difference:	+14	+7.1	+2.2	+0.4	+3.7	+4.2	+3.2	+0.2	+1.0	-0.3	-0.6	+0.7	+1.6	+.001	+1.3	+3.4	+.144	+1.9	+1.9	+.079
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+16	+28.4	+15.1	+1.7	+4.3	+6.1	+4.9	+0.8	+0.8	-0.8	-0.3	+6.2	+10.1	+.584	+1.5	+2.9		+1.2	+1.6
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759


Additional Years
* Al Horford played 8 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 18, from 2018 to 2025—Al Horford played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over George Gervin, Al Horford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

George Gervin vs. Al Horford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Horford and George Gervin, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years