George Gervin vs. Ruben Patterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Patterson 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 and Ruben Patterson both played 10 years in the NBA. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Ruben Patterson had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Ruben Patterson
Season	1976-77	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Ruben Patterson	24	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	.412	0.0	0.3	.167	0.9	1.3	.710
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
Ruben Patterson	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1977-78	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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	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
Ruben Patterson	81	25.9	11.6	2.7	2.7	5.4	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.4	8.2	.536	0.1	0.3	.444	2.7	4.0	.692
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
Ruben Patterson	5	16.8	8.2	1.8	1.2	3.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.8	5.2	.538	0.0	0.4	.000	2.6	3.0	.867

Season 3
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1978-79	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Ruben Patterson	76	27.1	13.0	2.4	2.6	5.0	2.1	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.9	9.9	.494	0.0	0.5	.056	3.2	4.8	.681
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1979-80	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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
Ruben Patterson	75	23.5	11.2	2.1	1.9	4.0	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.3	8.3	.515	0.1	0.5	.250	2.6	3.7	.701
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
Ruben Patterson	3	22.0	5.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 5
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1980-81	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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	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
Ruben Patterson	78	21.2	8.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	3.3	6.6	.492	0.0	0.3	.150	1.8	2.8	.627
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
Ruben Patterson	7	22.1	10.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.6	7.4	.481	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	4.1	.690

Season 6
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1981-82	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Ruben Patterson	73	22.6	6.9	1.8	1.9	3.7	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.1	2.7	5.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.6	.553
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1982-83	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Ruben Patterson	70	28.0	11.6	1.8	2.1	3.9	2.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.6	8.6	.531	0.0	0.4	.080	2.4	4.0	.599
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1983-84	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Ruben Patterson	71	25.2	12.1	1.7	1.8	3.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.1	4.6	8.9	.515	0.0	0.2	.077	2.9	4.8	.601
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	4	14.5	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400

Season 9
	George Gervin	Ruben Patterson
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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	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
Ruben Patterson	81	31.0	14.7	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	2.5	2.9	5.9	10.7	.548	0.0	0.2	.158	3.0	4.6	.641
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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-