George Gervin vs. Jack McMahon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack McMahon 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, 2 more than Jack McMahon, who played 8. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Jack McMahon had his rookie season in 1952-53. 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	Jack McMahon
Season	1976-77	1952-53
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div 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
Jack McMahon	70	23.8	7.2	-	-	2.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	2.5	7.6	.330	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	.657
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
Jack McMahon	3	22.0	8.7	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.7	2.7	6.7	.400	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.714

Season 2
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1977-78	1953-54
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Royals Lost West 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	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
Jack McMahon	71	26.6	10.0	-	-	3.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	9.7	.362	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
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
Jack McMahon	6	32.8	11.3	-	-	4.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	4.5	11.5	.391	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	.560

Season 3
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1978-79	1954-55
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Royals Lost West Div 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	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
Jack McMahon	72	25.1	9.0	-	-	2.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	10.0	.348	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.636
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
Jack McMahon	3	36.3	17.3	-	-	5.7	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	5.7	14.0	.405	-	-	-	6.0	9.3	.643

Season 4
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1979-80	1955-56
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Rochester Royals, St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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	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
Jack McMahon	70	24.5	7.3	-	-	2.6	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	8.8	.328	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.595
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
Jack McMahon	8	20.3	5.4	-	-	1.1	1.9	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	6.9	.345	-	-	-	0.6	1.4	.455

Season 5
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1980-81	1956-57
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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	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
Jack McMahon	72	32.6	8.6	-	-	3.1	5.1	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	10.1	.330	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.631
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
Jack McMahon	10	37.5	12.4	-	-	3.8	5.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.2	13.7	.380	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.556

Season 6
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1981-82	1957-58
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
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
Jack McMahon	72	31.1	7.9	-	-	2.7	4.6	-	-	-	2.6	3.0	10.0	.300	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.606
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
Jack McMahon	11	30.2	7.8	-	-	3.4	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	3.3	8.0	.409	-	-	-	1.3	2.4	.538

Season 7
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1982-83	1958-59
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost West 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	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
Jack McMahon	72	31.0	8.2	-	-	2.3	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	3.4	9.6	.358	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.615
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
Jack McMahon	6	41.7	11.7	-	-	3.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	15.0	.333	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526

Season 8
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1983-84	1959-60
Team	San Antonio Spurs	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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
Jack McMahon	25	13.4	3.3	-	-	1.0	2.0	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.7	.355	-	-	-	0.6	1.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack McMahon	2	13.5	2.0	-	-	0.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	.000

Season 9
	George Gervin	Jack McMahon
Season	1984-85	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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
Jack McMahon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Jack McMahon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-