Leo Barnhorst vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Leo Barnhorst, 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.

Leo Barnhorst played 5 years in the NBA, 3 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Leo Barnhorst had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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
	Leo Barnhorst	David Thompson
Season	1949-50	1976-77
Team	Chicago Stags	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Stags Lost Cent Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	67	-	6.5	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.4	.349	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.698
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	-	11.0	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	5.0	4.0	12.5	.320	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
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
	Leo Barnhorst	David Thompson
Season	1950-51	1977-78
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	68	-	8.0	-	-	4.4	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	9.9	.346	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.689
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	3	-	11.3	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
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
	Leo Barnhorst	David Thompson
Season	1951-52	1978-79
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	66	35.5	12.4	-	-	6.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.0	5.3	13.6	.389	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.652
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	42.5	15.5	-	-	4.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	17.0	.412	-	-	-	1.5	3.5	.429
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
	Leo Barnhorst	David Thompson
Season	1952-53	1979-80
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div 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		%
Leo Barnhorst	71	40.4	13.6	-	-	6.8	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	14.6	.389	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	39.5	15.0	-	-	11.0	2.5	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	16.5	.364	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.667
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Leo Barnhorst	David Thompson
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Leo Barnhorst	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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