George Gervin vs. Frank Ramsey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Ramsey 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.

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, 1 more than Frank Ramsey, who played 9. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Frank Ramsey had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1976-77	1954-55
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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	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
Frank Ramsey	64	27.4	11.2	-	-	6.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	9.3	.399	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.755
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
Frank Ramsey	7	22.0	10.7	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	7.7	.519	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.731

Note: Frank Ramsey didn't play in 1955-56.

Season 2
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1977-78	1956-57
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	35	23.1	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	10.0	.393	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.791
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
Frank Ramsey	10	22.9	12.2	-	-	4.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.6	3.8	8.2	.463	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.780

Season 3
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1978-79	1957-58
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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	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
Frank Ramsey	69	29.7	16.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.5	13.0	.419	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.811
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
Frank Ramsey	11	32.0	18.4	-	-	8.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.7	15.8	.425	-	-	-	4.9	5.4	.915

Season 4
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1979-80	1958-59
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	72	28.0	15.4	-	-	6.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	14.1	.378	-	-	-	4.7	6.1	.782
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
Frank Ramsey	11	27.5	23.2	-	-	6.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.5	.495	-	-	-	5.9	7.4	.802

Season 5
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1980-81	1959-60
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	73	27.5	15.3	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	14.5	.397	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.787
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
Frank Ramsey	13	35.3	16.7	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	6.2	15.1	.413	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	.873

Season 6
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1981-82	1960-61
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	79	25.6	15.1	-	-	5.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.9	.407	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.833
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
Frank Ramsey	10	30.0	17.1	-	-	6.4	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.6	.404	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.813

Season 7
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1982-83	1961-62
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	79	24.2	15.3	-	-	4.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	12.9	.428	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.825
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
Frank Ramsey	13	16.2	9.2	-	-	2.9	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	.911

Season 8
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1983-84	1962-63
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	77	20.0	10.9	-	-	3.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	9.6	.382	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	13	19.3	8.3	-	-	2.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	2.8	8.0	.356	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.723

Season 9
	George Gervin	Frank Ramsey
Season	1984-85	1963-64
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Frank Ramsey	75	16.4	8.6	-	-	3.0	1.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	8.1	.374	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.841
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
Frank Ramsey	10	13.8	6.2	-	-	2.1	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	6.3	.349	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.857