George Gervin vs. Detlef Schrempf Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Detlef Schrempf 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:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 6 less than Detlef Schrempf, who played 16. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Detlef Schrempf had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86
Detlef Schrempf	16	14	1985-86 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1976-77	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	64	15.1	6.2	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.6	2.2	4.9	.451	0.0	0.1	.429	1.7	2.4	.724

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
Detlef Schrempf	10	12.0	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	1.3	2.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.647


Season 2
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1977-78	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	81	21.1	9.3	1.1	2.7	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.9	.472	0.4	0.9	.478	2.4	3.2	.742

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
Detlef Schrempf	4	24.3	7.8	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.3	8.8	.371	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.8	.455


Season 3
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1978-79	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	82	19.4	8.5	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	6.6	.456	0.1	0.4	.156	2.5	3.2	.756

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	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.3	7.8	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.7	5.7	.465	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 4
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1979-80	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	69	26.8	12.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.2	4.0	8.4	.474	0.1	0.5	.200	4.0	5.1	.780

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
Detlef Schrempf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1980-81	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	78	33.0	16.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.5	5.4	10.5	.516	0.2	0.6	.354	5.2	6.3	.820

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
Detlef Schrempf	3	41.7	20.3	1.7	5.7	7.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	1.0	.000	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 6
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1981-82	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	82	32.1	16.1	2.2	5.9	8.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	3.2	5.3	10.1	.520	0.2	0.5	.375	5.4	6.6	.818

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
Detlef Schrempf	5	35.8	15.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	2.2	3.4	5.4	11.4	.474	0.0	0.8	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 7
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1982-83	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	80	32.6	17.3	2.5	7.1	9.6	3.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.6	6.2	11.6	.536	0.3	0.9	.324	4.6	5.5	.828

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
Detlef Schrempf	3	40.0	21.0	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	1.3	.500	8.3	9.3	.893


Season 8
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1983-84	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	82	37.8	19.1	2.6	7.0	9.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.7	6.3	13.2	.476	0.1	0.6	.154	6.4	8.0	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	4	41.3	19.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	7.3	0.3	0.5	4.3	3.5	6.3	13.5	.463	0.0	0.5	.000	7.0	9.0	.778


Season 9
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1984-85	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	81	33.7	15.0	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	11.1	.493	0.3	0.8	.324	3.7	4.8	.769

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
Detlef Schrempf	5	34.8	18.6	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	0.6	1.6	4.2	5.2	10.0	.520	0.4	1.2	.333	7.8	9.0	.867


Season 10
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1985-86	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	82	35.2	19.2	1.6	4.5	6.2	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.1	3.1	6.4	12.2	.523	1.1	2.2	.514	5.3	6.4	.839

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	-
Detlef Schrempf	4	38.3	18.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	3.0	0.8	0.5	2.8	3.0	5.8	14.3	.404	2.5	4.5	.556	4.8	6.0	.792


Season 11
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	63	34.9	17.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.7	11.7	.486	1.2	2.8	.408	4.6	5.9	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	21	37.6	16.0	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.2	0.7	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.9	12.3	.475	1.0	2.7	.368	3.3	4.4	.750


Season 12
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	61	35.9	16.8	1.4	5.0	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	5.8	11.9	.492	0.9	2.6	.354	4.1	5.2	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	12	38.1	16.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.5	3.3	5.6	11.8	.472	1.3	2.4	.552	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 13
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	78	35.2	15.8	1.7	5.4	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.6	5.6	11.5	.487	0.8	1.9	.415	3.8	4.5	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	10	37.4	16.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	6.4	12.5	.512	0.2	1.4	.143	3.1	3.8	.816


Season 14
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	50	35.3	15.0	1.5	5.9	7.4	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.1	3.0	5.2	11.0	.472	0.7	1.7	.395	4.0	4.9	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	77	21.6	7.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	2.4	5.6	.432	0.3	0.7	.404	2.3	2.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.4	5.6	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.7	.393	0.1	0.4	.167	2.6	3.1	.830


Season 16
	George Gervin	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	26	15.3	4.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.7	1.5	3.7	.411	0.1	0.3	.375	0.9	1.0	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	3	10.7	4.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	.667	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	2.0	.667

George Gervin vs. Detlef Schrempf Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Detlef Schrempf 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16