George Gervin vs. Reggie Lewis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Lewis 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, 4 more than Reggie Lewis, who played 6. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Reggie Lewis had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Reggie Lewis
Season	1976-77	1987-88
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 Conf Finals

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	49	8.3	4.5	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.9	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.2	.702
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
Reggie Lewis	12	5.8	2.4	0.8	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	1.1	2.8	.382	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.600

Season 2
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1977-78	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	81	32.8	18.5	1.4	3.2	4.7	2.7	1.5	0.9	1.8	3.2	7.5	15.3	.486	0.0	0.3	.136	3.5	4.5	.787
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
Reggie Lewis	3	41.7	20.3	1.7	5.3	7.0	3.7	1.7	0.0	2.7	3.7	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	4.3	.692

Season 3
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1978-79	1989-90
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 East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	79	31.9	17.0	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.8	1.1	0.8	1.5	2.7	6.8	13.8	.496	0.1	0.2	.267	3.2	4.0	.808
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
Reggie Lewis	5	40.0	20.2	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.4	1.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	7.4	12.4	.597	0.0	0.2	.000	5.4	7.0	.771

Season 4
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1979-80	1990-91
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	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	79	36.4	18.7	1.5	3.7	5.2	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	7.6	15.4	.491	0.0	0.2	.077	3.6	4.3	.826
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
Reggie Lewis	11	42.0	22.4	1.6	4.5	6.2	2.9	1.1	0.5	1.8	3.0	8.6	17.7	.487	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.2	.824

Season 5
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1980-81	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	82	37.4	20.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.3	1.5	1.3	1.7	3.1	8.6	17.0	.503	0.1	0.3	.238	3.6	4.2	.851
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
Reggie Lewis	10	40.8	28.0	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	2.4	0.8	1.6	3.8	11.5	21.8	.528	0.2	0.6	.333	4.8	6.3	.762

Season 6
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1981-82	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	80	39.3	20.8	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.7	1.5	1.0	1.7	3.1	8.3	17.6	.470	0.2	0.8	.233	4.1	4.7	.867
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
Reggie Lewis	1	13.0	17.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	11.0	.636	0.0	1.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.750

Season 7
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1982-83	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	-

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Reggie Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1983-84	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

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

Season 9
	George Gervin	Reggie Lewis
Season	1984-85	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

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
Reggie Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Reggie Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-