George Gervin vs. George Lynch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Lynch 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

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, 2 less than George Lynch, who played 12. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while George Lynch had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
George Lynch	12	8	1993-94 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1976-77	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
George Lynch	71	24.8	9.6	3.1	2.7	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.5	4.1	8.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.3	.596

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1977-78	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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	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
George Lynch	56	17.0	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.5	5.3	.468	0.1	0.4	.143	1.1	1.5	.721

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
George Lynch	10	13.6	4.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.2	1.5	3.2	.469	0.1	0.5	.200	1.3	2.0	.650


Season 3
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1978-79	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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	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
George Lynch	76	13.3	3.8	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.5	3.6	.430	0.1	0.2	.308	0.7	1.1	.663

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
George Lynch	2	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1979-80	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Vancouver Grizzlies
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
George Lynch	41	25.8	8.3	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.6	2.4	3.3	7.1	.471	0.2	0.8	.258	1.5	2.4	.619

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1980-81	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Vancouver Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
George Lynch	82	18.2	7.5	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.3	.481	0.1	0.4	.300	1.4	1.9	.703

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1981-82	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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	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
George Lynch	43	30.6	8.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	1.8	2.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	3.4	8.1	.421	0.2	0.5	.391	1.2	2.0	.631

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
George Lynch	8	31.1	9.0	3.5	3.1	6.6	2.0	2.3	0.3	1.6	3.8	3.6	8.1	.446	0.3	0.8	.333	1.5	2.1	.706


Season 7
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1982-83	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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	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
George Lynch	75	32.2	9.6	2.9	4.9	7.8	1.8	1.6	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.0	8.6	.461	0.2	0.5	.417	1.5	2.4	.617

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
George Lynch	10	29.4	5.9	2.6	4.5	7.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	3.3	2.2	6.5	.338	0.1	0.7	.143	1.4	1.8	.778


Season 8
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1983-84	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
George Lynch	82	32.3	8.4	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.3	7.5	.445	0.2	0.7	.263	1.5	2.1	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Lynch	10	22.1	5.7	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.2	1.3	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.4	5.0	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.643


Season 9
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1984-85	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East 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	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
George Lynch	45	19.8	3.8	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.6	4.4	.369	0.0	0.1	.167	0.6	0.9	.625

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
George Lynch	9	31.9	7.7	3.6	4.9	8.4	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.1	2.9	3.2	6.6	.492	0.2	0.7	.333	1.0	1.4	.692


Season 10
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	1985-86	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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	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
George Lynch	81	18.5	4.5	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.4	.409	0.3	1.0	.354	0.5	0.9	.554

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	-
George Lynch	6	27.0	7.0	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.7	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.8	3.0	.278	0.2	0.7	.250


Season 11
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Lynch	78	21.8	4.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.0	1.9	4.8	.397	0.6	1.8	.309	0.4	0.7	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Lynch	7	21.1	8.3	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.6	8.1	.439	0.4	1.7	.250	0.7	1.1	.625


Season 12
	George Gervin	George Lynch
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Lynch	44	21.2	3.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.5	4.3	.360	0.3	0.8	.297	0.4	0.5	.739

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

George Gervin vs. George Lynch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Lynch 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12