Kevin Durant vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Kevin Durant, 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.

Kevin Durant played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Kevin Durant had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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 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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2007-08	1976-77
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
difference:	+2	+1.6	+2.8	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4		-2.0	+1.6	+0.8	+.114				+0.5	+0.9	+.040
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		%
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2008-09	1977-78
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kevin Durant	74	39.0	25.3	1.0	5.5	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	3.0	1.8	8.9	18.8	.476	1.3	3.1	.422	6.1	7.1	.863
difference:	+8	+4.2	+1.9	+0.4	+1.8	+1.4	+0.9	+0.4	+0.6	-0.7	-1.3	+1.6	+0.8	+.060					+0.3	+.033
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		%
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2009-10	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
difference:	+2	+3.4	+0.5	+0.5	+3.1	+2.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-1.3	+2.1	+1.6	+.065				+3.3	+3.1	+.074
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		%
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871
difference:	+8	+1.9	+3.6	+1.1	+2.8	+1.8	+0.2	+1.4	+0.3	-0.8	-0.8	+4.1	+0.6	+.186				+3.0	+2.9	+.063
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

Season 4
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2010-11	1979-80
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880
difference:		+1.3	+5.4	+1.3	+2.9	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3		-0.5	-0.7	+4.0	+5.2	+.066	+1.5	+4.0	+.036	+1.1	+1.1	+.028
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		%
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838
difference:	+14	+1.8	+4.7	+1.9	+3.4	+1.5	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+3.2	+4.4	+.051	+2.2	+5.7	+.339	+0.5	+0.2	+.029
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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2011-12	1980-81
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860
difference:	+16	+4.9	+0.9	+0.9	+3.8	+2.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+.004	+1.9	+4.8	+.130	+0.3		+.034
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		%
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864
difference:	+13	+2.8	+1.4	+0.6	+3.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+2.8	+.017	+2.1	+5.1	+.373	+1.6	+1.3	+.064
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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2012-13	1981-82
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905
difference:	+2	+2.8	+4.2	+1.1	+4.1	+2.9	+2.2	+0.4	+0.7	-0.8	-0.9	+3.6	+7.5	+.010	+1.6	+3.6	+.138	+1.4	+1.2	+.041
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		%
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830
difference:	+2	+2.7	+1.4	+1.5	+3.2	+1.7	+1.7	+0.2	+0.7	-0.5	-1.6	+1.2	+2.9	+.003	+2.0	+6.1	+.314	+1.9	+2.3	+.001
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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2013-14	1982-83
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	32.0	0.7	6.7	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.8	.503	2.4	6.1	.391	8.7	9.9	.873
difference:	+3	+2.2	+5.8	+0.7	+3.5	+2.8	+2.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-1.0	+0.8	+0.9	+.016	+2.2	+5.7	+.027	+2.1	+2.1	+.020
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		%
Kevin Durant	19	42.9	29.6	1.3	7.6	8.9	3.9	1.0	1.3	3.8	2.2	10.2	22.2	.460	2.3	6.6	.344	6.9	8.6	.810
difference:	+8	+3.2	+4.4	+0.6	+2.8	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.9	-0.4	-1.3	+0.4	+3.3	+.059	+2.3	+6.4	+.344	+1.4	+2.3	+.074
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
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2014-15	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	27	33.8	25.4	0.6	6.0	6.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	2.7	1.5	8.8	17.3	.510	2.4	5.9	.403	5.4	6.3	.854
difference:	+49	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+3.3	+2.5	+1.2	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-1.4	+1.3	+3.2	+.020	+2.3	+5.6	+.014	+0.2	+0.4	+.012
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
* Neiher Kevin Durant nor George Gervin played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	72	35.8	28.2	0.6	7.6	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	3.5	1.9	9.7	19.2	.505	2.6	6.7	.387	6.2	6.9	.898
difference:		+6.8	+7.0	+0.5	+5.4	+4.9	+2.5	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-1.0	+1.4	+2.8	+.003	+2.6	+6.6	+.387	+1.7	+1.6	+.054
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		%
Kevin Durant	18	40.3	28.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	3.3	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.1	9.7	22.6	.430	1.7	6.1	.282	7.2	8.1	.890
difference:	+13	+3.7	+6.2	+0.1	+3.4	+3.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-1.7	+1.3	+6.8	+.102	+1.7	+5.5	+.282	+1.8	+1.3	+.096
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

Season 10
	Kevin Durant	George Gervin
Season	2016-17	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	62	33.4	25.1	0.6	7.6	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.6	2.2	1.9	8.9	16.5	.537	1.9	5.0	.375	5.4	6.2	.875
difference:	+20	+8.2	+8.9	+0.4	+5.9	+5.7	+3.0	+0.5	+1.3	-0.2	-0.7	+2.6	+3.1	+.065	+1.9	+4.8	+.164	+1.9	+2.3	+.004
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	15	35.5	28.5	1.1	6.9	7.9	4.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.6	9.9	17.9	.556	2.5	5.7	.442	6.1	6.9	.893
difference:	+13	+30.0	+28.5	+1.1	+6.4	+7.4	+3.8	+0.8	+1.3	-1.5	-1.1	+9.9	+17.4	+.556	+2.5	+5.7		+6.1	+6.9
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Durant played 7 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 2018 to 2025—Kevin Durant played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over George Gervin, Kevin Durant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP