George Gervin vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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 / Stats Rankings

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, 9 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Jason Terry	19	13	1999-00 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1976-77	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	+9.7	+15.0	+1.3	+2.1	+3.5	+1.4	+0.2	+1.2		-1.9	+5.8	+8.9	+.129				+4.0	+4.8	+.026
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807

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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1977-78	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:		+2.9	+7.5	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+1.2	+0.4	+1.2	-0.8	-0.6	+3.2	+2.9	+.100				+2.4	+3.0	+.016
Jason Terry	82	37.7	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.9	2.5	7.3	16.7	.436	1.5	3.8	.395	3.7	4.4	.846

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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1978-79	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+1.9	+10.3	+1.3	+0.3	+1.5	+3.0	+0.1	+0.9	-1.3	-1.4	+5.1	+6.3	+.111				+2.3	+2.7	+.009
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835

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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1979-80	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+0.4	+15.9	+1.5	+0.2	+1.8	+4.8	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.5	+7.1	+10.8	+.100	+1.6	+4.0	+.057	+3.3	+4.0	+.035
Jason Terry	81	38.0	17.2	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.4	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	2.0	5.3	.371	3.2	3.6	.887

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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1980-81	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+3.6	+10.3	+0.9	+0.1	+1.0	+2.2	+0.4	+0.5	-0.3	-0.2	+4.2	+6.3	+.075	+1.7	+4.8	+.090	+3.5	+4.4	+.001
Jason Terry	81	37.3	16.8	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.4	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.4	6.2	14.8	.417	1.8	5.2	.347	2.7	3.2	.827

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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1981-82	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+5.7	+19.9	+1.2	+1.3	+2.6	+3.0	+0.4	+0.4	-0.9	-0.5	+7.9	+15.9	+.001	+1.2	+2.6	+.142	+5.2	+5.9	+.020
Jason Terry	80	30.0	12.4	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.7	9.3	.501	1.3	3.1	.420	1.8	2.2	.844

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:	+4	+2.9	+11.9	+1.4	+1.7	+3.1		+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-1.8	+5.2	+13.0	+.054	+2.1	+3.9	+.491	+3.7	+4.6	+.053
Jason Terry	13	38.5	17.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.6	1.3	0.5	2.3	2.2	6.2	12.3	.506	2.1	4.2	.491	2.9	3.3	.884


Season 7
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1982-83	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+1.3	+9.1	+1.0	+1.6	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	-1.5	-0.6	+3.2	+6.2	+.017	+1.9	+4.8	+.047	+4.5	+5.2	+.053
Jason Terry	80	35.0	17.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.5	6.5	13.7	.470	2.1	5.2	.411	2.1	2.6	.800

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
difference:	+11	+1.3	+6.3	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	-2.2	-1.0	+2.4	+2.1	+.077	+1.4	+4.4	+.307	+2.8	+3.1	+.053
Jason Terry	22	38.4	18.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.5	7.4	16.8	.442	1.4	4.6	.307	2.7	3.2	.831


Season 8
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1983-84	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+1.1	+9.2	+0.9	+0.4	+1.2	+2.3		+0.4	-1.0	-0.8	+3.8	+7.4	+.006	+1.9	+4.3	+.021	+3.6	+4.2	+.038
Jason Terry	81	35.1	16.7	0.5	2.3	2.9	5.2	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.3	13.1	.484	2.0	4.6	.438	2.0	2.5	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	6	38.2	17.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.5	15.3	.424	1.5	5.3	.281	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 9
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1984-85	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+2.5	+5.7	+0.7		+0.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	-1.7	-0.8	+2.6	+4.1	+.041	+1.7	+4.3	+.375	+2.2	+2.6	+.013
Jason Terry	82	31.5	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.7	12.3	.467	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.857

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:		+0.6	+6.4	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+2.0	+0.2	+0.4	-3.0	-0.8	+3.2	+3.8	+.099	+2.8	+5.8	+.438	+2.8	+3.8	+.073
Jason Terry	5	36.0	15.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.0	5.2	12.0	.433	2.8	6.4	.438	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 10
	George Gervin	Jason Terry
Season	1985-86	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+8.5	+3.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.2	+1.6	+0.7		-0.4	-0.7	+1.0	+2.4	+.009	+2.3	+6.0	+.155	+0.8	+0.9	+.001
Jason Terry	74	33.7	19.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	7.3	15.8	.463	2.3	6.2	.366	2.7	3.0	.880

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:	+8	+27.0	+14.3	+0.6	+1.7	+2.3	+1.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.6	-0.3	+4.9	+12.1	+.389	+2.2	+5.9		+2.3	+3.0
Jason Terry	10	32.5	14.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.9	12.6	.389	2.2	5.9	.373	2.3	3.0	.767

Additional Years

* Jason Terry played 9 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2010 to 2018—Jason Terry played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

George Gervin vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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