George Gervin vs. Tyrese Haliburton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Haliburton 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, 5 more than Tyrese Haliburton, who played 5. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Tyrese Haliburton had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+24	+2.9	+10.1	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+2.4		+0.8		-2.1	+3.9	+5.6	+.072				+4.6	+5.5	+.024
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
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
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
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:	+5	+0.2	+11.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+4.5		+0.7	-1.1	-1.5	+4.9	+7.8	+.063				+4.0	+4.9	+.012
Tyrese Haliburton	77	35.0	15.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	2.6	1.6	5.6	11.8	.473	2.1	5.1	.414	2.1	2.5	.842
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
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Gervin	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+24	+2.5	+8.9	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	+7.7	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-2.2	+4.4	+6.9	+.051				+2.8	+3.5	+.045
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
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
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Gervin	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+9	+5.4	+13.0	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	+8.3	+0.2	+0.3	-1.0	-1.6	+5.9	+9.7	+.051	+2.4	+6.5	+.050	+3.7	+4.3	+.003
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
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
difference:	+12	+5.9	+14.6	+2.2	+0.3	+1.9	+4.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.9	-1.8	+5.3	+10.4	+.012	+3.5	+8.6	+.379	+7.6	+8.7	+.017
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850

Season 5
	George Gervin	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1980-81	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+9	+0.1	+8.5	+0.9	+0.6	+1.6	+6.0	+0.3		-1.5	-1.3	+3.9	+7.3	+.019	+2.9	+7.3	+.131	+3.6	+4.6	+.025
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.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
difference:	+16	+5.5	+9.8	+1.0	+1.3	+0.3	+5.2	+0.6		-0.6	-1.0	+4.7	+8.3	+.037	+2.3	+6.5	+.340	+2.8	+3.6	+.028
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828

Additional Years
* George Gervin played 5 seasons more than Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 10, from 1982 to 1986—George Gervin played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Tyrese Haliburton, George Gervin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 4 All-Star Game