Henry Bibby vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Henry Bibby, 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.

Henry Bibby played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Henry Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Henry Bibby	David Thompson
Season	1972-73	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Henry Bibby	55	8.6	4.2	-	-	1.5	1.2	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	3.7	.380	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.849
David Thompson	82	36.6	25.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	6	7.2	3.3	-	-	0.3	0.5	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	3.0	.444	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.500
David Thompson	6	39.5	24.7	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679

Season 2
	Henry Bibby	David Thompson
Season	1973-74	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Henry Bibby	66	14.9	7.5	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	7.0	.452	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.830
David Thompson	80	37.8	27.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	10	8.9	4.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	-	1.5	1.6	4.5	.356	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.833
David Thompson	13	37.0	25.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825

Season 3
	Henry Bibby	David Thompson
Season	1974-75	1978-79
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Henry Bibby	75	18.7	9.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.4	0.7	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	8.3	.436	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.725
David Thompson	76	35.1	24.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	3	40.7	28.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727

Season 7
	Henry Bibby	David Thompson
Season	1978-79	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Henry Bibby	82	31.0	12.2	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.5	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.4	4.5	10.6	.423	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.794
David Thompson	75	28.7	15.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Henry Bibby	9	25.7	8.0	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.7	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.9	2.9	7.4	.388	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
David Thompson	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600