Rod Strickland vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Rod Strickland, 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.

Rod Strickland played 17 years in the NBA, 9 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Rod Strickland had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Rod Strickland	17	11	1988-89 to 2004-05
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Rod Strickland	81	16.8	8.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.3	7.0	.467	0.2	0.7	.322	2.1	2.9	.745
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		%
Rod Strickland	9	12.3	6.0	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.4	5.4	.449	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.9	.529
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
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks, 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		%
Rod Strickland	82	26.1	10.6	1.1	2.1	3.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.0	4.2	9.2	.454	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	3.4	.626
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		%
Rod Strickland	10	38.4	12.3	2.2	3.1	5.3	11.2	1.4	0.0	3.4	3.0	5.4	12.7	.425	0.0	0.7	.000	1.5	2.7	.556
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
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rod Strickland	58	35.8	13.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.2	5.4	11.2	.482	0.2	0.6	.333	2.8	3.6	.763
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		%
Rod Strickland	4	42.0	18.8	1.3	4.0	5.3	8.8	2.3	0.0	3.3	3.5	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	1.5	.000	4.3	5.3	.810
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
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	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		%
Rod Strickland	57	36.0	13.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.3	.333	3.2	4.6	.687
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		%
Rod Strickland	2	40.0	15.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.5	11.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	78	31.7	13.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.0	5.1	10.5	.485	0.1	0.4	.133	3.5	4.9	.717
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		%
Rod Strickland	4	39.0	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.5	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.0	.833
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1993-94	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rod Strickland	82	35.2	17.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	9.0	1.8	0.3	3.1	2.1	6.4	13.3	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	4.3	5.7	.749
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		%
Rod Strickland	4	38.5	23.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.3	9.0	18.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815
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
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1994-95	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	64	35.4	18.9	1.1	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.9	0.1	3.3	1.8	6.9	14.8	.466	0.7	1.9	.374	4.4	5.9	.745
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		%
Rod Strickland	3	42.0	23.3	0.3	3.7	4.0	12.3	1.0	0.7	3.3	3.7	9.0	21.7	.415	0.7	1.7	.400	4.7	6.0	.778
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
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	67	37.7	18.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	3.8	2.0	7.0	15.3	.460	0.6	1.7	.342	4.1	6.3	.652
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		%
Rod Strickland	5	40.4	20.6	2.4	3.8	6.2	8.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	7.4	16.8	.440	1.2	2.4	.500	4.6	7.2	.639
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Rod Strickland	82	36.5	17.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	0.2	0.9	.169	4.5	6.1	.738
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	3	41.3	19.7	1.7	4.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	3.7	2.7	7.3	17.3	.423	0.3	0.7	.500	4.7	6.3	.737
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	76	39.7	17.8	1.5	3.9	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	3.5	2.4	6.4	14.9	.434	0.2	0.6	.250	4.7	6.5	.726
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	44	37.1	15.7	1.3	3.5	4.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	3.2	2.1	5.7	13.7	.416	0.3	1.0	.286	4.0	5.4	.746
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	69	31.7	12.6	1.1	2.7	3.8	7.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.7	11.0	.429	0.0	0.3	.048	3.1	4.4	.702
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	54	25.4	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.4	3.4	7.9	.424	0.1	0.3	.235	2.4	3.2	.751
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	2	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	76	30.2	10.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.308	2.0	2.6	.766
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	47	20.3	6.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.6	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.9	.432	0.0	0.2	.091	1.7	2.3	.738
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	6	12.3	4.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	61	19.6	6.3	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	2.5	5.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.278	1.2	1.6	.735
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Rod Strickland	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	16	12.3	1.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	2.7	.209	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.900
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rod Strickland vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Rod Strickland, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17