Kyle Anderson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Kyle Anderson, 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.

Kyle Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Kyle Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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
Kyle Anderson	10	7	2014-15 to 2023-24
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2014-15	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Kyle Anderson	33	10.8	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	.348	0.1	0.3	.273	0.3	0.4	.643
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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2015-16	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Kyle Anderson	78	16.0	4.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	3.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.324	0.8	1.1	.747
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		%
Kyle Anderson	10	12.9	2.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.5	.320	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.7	.857
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
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2016-17	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kyle Anderson	72	14.2	3.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.9	.445	0.2	0.6	.375	0.6	0.8	.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		%
Kyle Anderson	15	13.0	5.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.4	4.3	.563	0.2	0.7	.300	0.5	0.7	.727
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
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Kyle Anderson	74	26.7	7.9	1.1	4.2	5.4	2.7	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.5	3.1	5.9	.527	0.3	0.8	.333	1.4	2.0	.712
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		%
Kyle Anderson	5	14.6	5.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.8	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Kyle Anderson	43	29.8	8.0	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.9	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.4	.543	0.2	0.8	.265	0.9	1.5	.578
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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Kyle Anderson	67	19.9	5.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.3	4.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.282	0.8	1.2	.667
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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	27.3	12.4	0.8	5.0	5.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	4.5	9.5	.468	1.4	3.8	.360	2.1	2.7	.783
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		%
Kyle Anderson	5	28.4	8.4	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.6	2.4	.250	0.6	0.8	.750
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
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	21.5	7.6	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.8	.446	0.5	1.6	.330	1.0	1.5	.638
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		%
Kyle Anderson	12	18.4	6.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.4	4.3	.569	0.3	1.0	.250	0.9	1.5	.611
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	28.4	9.4	1.0	4.4	5.3	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.7	7.2	.509	0.6	1.5	.410	1.4	2.0	.735
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	4	26.0	8.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.5	1.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.8	7.5	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kyle Anderson	David Thompson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	79	22.6	6.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	5.5	.460	0.1	0.6	.229	1.2	1.7	.708
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	9	12.8	2.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.1	2.8	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.7	.833
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyle Anderson vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Kyle Anderson, 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