Kurt Nimphius vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Kurt Nimphius, 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.

Kurt Nimphius and David Thompson both played 8 years in the NBA. Kurt Nimphius had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
	Kurt Nimphius	David Thompson
Season	1981-82	1976-77
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kurt Nimphius	63	17.2	5.3	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.9	3.0	2.2	4.7	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.583
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		%
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kurt Nimphius	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1977-78
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kurt Nimphius	81	18.7	5.3	1.9	3.0	5.0	1.4	0.3	1.4	0.8	3.5	2.1	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.0	1.7	.550
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		%
Kurt Nimphius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kurt Nimphius	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	1978-79
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kurt Nimphius	82	27.9	7.9	2.2	4.0	6.3	2.1	0.5	1.8	1.2	3.5	3.3	6.4	.520	0.0	0.0	.250	1.2	2.0	.623
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		%
Kurt Nimphius	10	17.8	4.2	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.3	0.0	1.4	0.9	2.4	1.4	3.3	.424	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.824
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
	Kurt Nimphius	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kurt Nimphius	72	12.8	4.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.6	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.723
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		%
Kurt Nimphius	3	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	1.7	3.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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

Note: Kurt Nimphius didn't play in 1988-89.