George Gervin vs. Kurt Nimphius Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Nimphius 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 Kurt Nimphius, who played 8. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Kurt Nimphius had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Kurt Nimphius	63	17.2	5.3	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.9	3.0	2.2	4.7	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.583
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
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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	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
Kurt Nimphius	81	18.7	5.3	1.9	3.0	5.0	1.4	0.3	1.4	0.8	3.5	2.1	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.0	1.7	.550
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
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1978-79	1983-84
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 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
Kurt Nimphius	82	27.9	7.9	2.2	4.0	6.3	2.1	0.5	1.8	1.2	3.5	3.3	6.4	.520	0.0	0.0	.250	1.2	2.0	.623
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
Kurt Nimphius	10	17.8	4.2	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.3	0.0	1.4	0.9	2.4	1.4	3.3	.424	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.824

Season 4
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Kurt Nimphius	82	24.5	6.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.2	0.4	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.4	5.3	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.771
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
Kurt Nimphius	4	12.5	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Kurt Nimphius	80	27.8	11.2	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.5	3.3	4.4	8.7	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.740
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
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East 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	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
Kurt Nimphius	66	16.5	5.9	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.3	5.0	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.675
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
Kurt Nimphius	4	7.5	2.0	1.3	1.3	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.5	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 7
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Kurt Nimphius	72	12.8	4.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.6	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.723
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
Kurt Nimphius	3	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	1.7	3.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Note: Kurt Nimphius didn't play in 1988-89.

Season 8
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
Season	1983-84	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Kurt Nimphius	38	8.3	2.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.4	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.467
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Nimphius	4	4.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.8	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 9
	George Gervin	Kurt Nimphius
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
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-