Paul George vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

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

Paul George played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2010-11	1976-77
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
difference:	+21	+12.3	+15.3	+1.0	+0.8	+1.8	+1.8	+0.3	+0.9		-1.4	+6.0	+9.8	+.091				+4.1	+4.8	+.071
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		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
difference:	+3	+4.4	+19.0	+1.5	+1.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.9	+1.0		-2.3	+7.5	+15.4	+.129				+4.6	+5.9	+.075
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2011-12	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802
difference:	+16	+5.1	+15.1	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.3	+0.1	+0.7	-1.9	-0.2	+6.2	+9.9	+.096				+3.9	+4.6	+.028
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		%
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786
difference:	+5	+4.1	+23.5	+0.4	+1.5	+0.9	+0.8	+0.6	+2.3	-1.3	-0.9	+9.6	+15.1	+.160				+5.2	+6.8	+.018
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2012-13	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
difference:	+1	+1.5	+12.2	+0.7	+3.3	+2.6	+1.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+5.6	+7.0	+.122				+3.1	+3.6	+.019
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		%
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727
difference:	+5	+4.5	+9.4	+1.6	+3.1	+1.5	+2.6	+0.6	+0.5	-1.0	-0.2	+5.0	+6.5	+.106				+1.1	+0.7	+.081
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2013-14	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
difference:	+2	+1.4	+11.4	+1.2	+2.8	+1.6	+0.9	+0.5	+0.7	-0.5	-0.2	+5.9	+7.9	+.104	+1.9	+5.0	+.050	+1.5	+1.8	+.012
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		%
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789
difference:	+16	+0.4	+10.7	+2.3	+3.2	+0.9	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.4	-0.2	+5.0	+8.1	+.062	+2.7	+6.1	+.403	+3.4	+3.3	+.078
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727
difference:	+76	+18.5	+18.3	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+2.2	+0.3	+0.5	-1.1	-0.8	+7.4	+12.9	+.125	+1.4	+3.3	+.152	+4.9	+5.8	+.099
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		%
Paul George	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
difference:	+2	+0.9	+9.2	+0.7	+2.8	+2.0	+1.7	+0.9	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+5.1	+7.3	+.082	+2.5	+6.5	+.093	+1.4	+1.6	+.004
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		%
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953
difference:	+2	+2.1	+2.1	+0.8	+1.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+0.3	-0.1	-0.6	+3.4	+7.7	+.003	+2.6	+5.8	+.419	+2.1	+1.2	+.122
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
difference:	+3	+0.4	+2.5	+0.6	+2.6	+2.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	-0.3	-0.4	+1.4	+1.9	+.026	+2.4	+6.2	+.029	+2.1	+2.8	+.045
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		%
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867
difference:	+7	+3.3	+2.8	+0.6	+2.7	+2.1	+3.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+1.3	+3.1	+.133	+4.5	+10.3	+.429	+1.0	+1.2	+.017
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
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822
difference:	+3	+2.6	+4.0	+0.5	+2.0	+1.6	+0.4	+1.0	+0.1	-0.2		+2.8	+3.5	+.060	+3.0	+7.4	+.016	+1.3	+1.5	+.020
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861
George Gervin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Paul George	George Gervin
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839
difference:	+5	+7.9	+6.8	+0.3	+4.6	+4.9	+1.6	+1.3	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+0.9	+4.6	+.070	+3.8	+9.7	+.386	+1.4	+1.7	+.005
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		%
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816
difference:		+4.2	+6.4	+0.6	+4.4	+5.0	+0.8	+0.8	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+0.4	+4.4	+.096	+3.0	+8.8	+.319	+2.6	+3.0	+.022
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

Additional Years
* Paul George played 5 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 15, from 2021 to 2025—Paul George played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over George Gervin, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game