Jason Collins vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Jason Collins, 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.

Jason Collins played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Jason Collins had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while George Gervin 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
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2001-02	1976-77
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Jason Collins	77	18.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.2	1.5	3.6	.421	0.0	0.0	.500	1.5	2.1	.701
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	17	13.5	2.9	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	2.8	0.7	1.9	.364	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.658
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

Season 2
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2002-03	1977-78
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Jason Collins	81	23.5	5.7	1.7	2.9	4.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	3.1	1.7	4.2	.414	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.9	.763
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	20	26.5	5.9	2.6	3.7	6.3	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.9	3.7	1.7	4.6	.363	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.836
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

Season 3
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2003-04	1978-79
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Jason Collins	78	28.5	5.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	2.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	3.2	2.1	4.9	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.4	.739
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	11	24.0	3.6	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	4.5	1.3	3.5	.368	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750
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

Season 4
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2004-05	1979-80
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Jason Collins	80	31.8	6.4	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.1	4.0	2.3	5.6	.412	0.0	0.1	.333	1.7	2.6	.656
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	4	32.0	2.8	2.3	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.8	1.0	4.3	.235	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.375
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

Season 5
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2005-06	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Jason Collins	71	26.7	3.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.9	3.5	1.5	3.7	.397	0.0	0.2	.250	0.6	1.2	.512
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	11	27.5	2.8	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.8	5.0	0.8	2.3	.360	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.591
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

Season 6
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2006-07	1981-82
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Jason Collins	80	23.1	2.1	1.1	2.8	4.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	0.7	1.9	.364	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.465
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	12	27.4	2.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.0	1.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.364
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

Season 7
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2007-08	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Jason Collins	74	15.8	1.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.6	0.7	1.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.459
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 8
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2008-09	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jason Collins	31	13.6	1.8	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	2.4	0.7	2.3	.314	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.464
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jason Collins	George Gervin
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jason Collins	24	4.8	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	.348	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.1	.000
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	3	3.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.0	1.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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