Paul Pressey vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Paul Pressey, 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 Pressey played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Paul Pressey had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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
	Paul Pressey	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1976-77
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul Pressey	79	19.3	6.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	2.1	2.2	2.7	5.9	.457	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	2.2	.597
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		%
Paul Pressey	9	16.7	5.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.6	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.1	5.2	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.2	.400
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
	Paul Pressey	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	1977-78
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul Pressey	81	21.4	8.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.0	3.4	6.5	.523	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.5	.600
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		%
Paul Pressey	16	21.9	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	3.1	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.3	3.3	6.3	.520	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.5	.679
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
	Paul Pressey	David Thompson
Season	1984-85	1978-79
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Paul Pressey	80	36.0	16.1	1.9	3.5	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.350	4.0	5.2	.758
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		%
Paul Pressey	8	37.0	15.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	7.6	2.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	5.6	11.0	.511	0.1	0.4	.333	3.9	4.8	.816
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
	Paul Pressey	David Thompson
Season	1985-86	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Paul Pressey	80	33.8	14.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	3.0	3.1	5.1	10.5	.488	0.1	0.6	.182	4.0	4.9	.806
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		%
Paul Pressey	14	37.9	16.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	7.9	1.3	0.9	3.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.484	0.4	1.3	.333	4.8	6.3	.761
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Paul Pressey	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Paul Pressey	61	33.7	13.9	1.6	3.2	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	3.0	3.5	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.291	4.0	5.4	.738
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		%
Paul Pressey	12	38.8	14.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	8.6	2.3	0.7	2.9	4.3	5.7	12.2	.466	0.1	0.7	.125	2.8	3.8	.739
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Paul Pressey	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Paul Pressey	67	32.4	12.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.8	.218	2.8	3.6	.776
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		%
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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