Kevin Grevey vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Kevin Grevey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 Grevey played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Kevin Grevey had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kevin Grevey	10	8	1975-76 to 1984-85
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1975-76	1976-77
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin Grevey	56	9.0	3.8	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	-	1.2	1.4	3.8	.371	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.897
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		%
Kevin Grevey	2	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1976-77	1977-78
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin Grevey	76	17.2	6.9	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	-	1.9	2.9	7.0	.423	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.664
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		%
Kevin Grevey	9	25.0	9.7	1.1	0.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.6	-	2.2	4.0	9.8	.409	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652
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
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1977-78	1978-79
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin Grevey	81	26.2	15.5	1.5	2.0	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.5	6.2	13.9	.448	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.789
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		%
Kevin Grevey	21	27.8	15.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	13.5	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.811
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 4
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1978-79	1979-80
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
Kevin Grevey	65	28.6	15.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.4	6.4	14.2	.453	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.772
David Thompson	39	31.8	21.5	1.4	3.0	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.7	7.4	15.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.368	6.5	8.6	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Grevey	19	27.7	12.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	13.5	.398	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.755
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1979-80	1980-81
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Kevin Grevey	65	28.0	14.0	1.2	1.6	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.1	12.4	.412	0.5	1.4	.370	3.3	3.8	.867
David Thompson	77	34.0	25.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	3.2	3.0	9.5	18.8	.506	0.1	0.5	.256	6.4	8.0	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Grevey	2	36.0	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	4.5	8.0	15.0	.533	2.5	5.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1980-81	1981-82
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kevin Grevey	75	34.9	17.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.7	14.7	.453	0.6	1.8	.331	3.3	3.9	.841
David Thompson	61	20.4	14.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	2.4	5.1	10.6	.486	0.1	0.2	.286	4.5	5.6	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	3	22.0	11.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	2.7	5.0	11.0	.455	0.3	1.0	.333	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 7
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1981-82	1982-83
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Kevin Grevey	71	30.5	13.3	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.1	5.3	12.1	.439	0.4	1.2	.341	2.3	2.7	.855
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		%
Kevin Grevey	7	22.7	9.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.3	8.0	.411	0.6	1.1	.500	2.3	2.7	.842
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


Season 8
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1983-84
Team	Washington Bullets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kevin Grevey	41	18.4	7.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.8	7.2	.388	0.4	0.9	.395	1.3	1.7	.783
David Thompson	19	18.4	12.6	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.4	1.6	4.7	8.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	3.8	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Kevin Grevey	64	14.4	7.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.8	6.2	.451	0.2	0.8	.283	1.2	1.3	.893
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Grevey	5	5.4	1.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kevin Grevey	David Thompson
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Kevin Grevey	78	15.2	6.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.4	5.4	.448	0.1	0.4	.242	1.1	1.4	.822
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Grevey	5	5.6	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.6	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kevin Grevey vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Kevin Grevey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10