Rod Thorn vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins and Rod Thorn, 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.

Rod Thorn played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Rod Thorn had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Dominique Wilkins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1963-64	1982-83
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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 Thorn	75	34.6	14.4	-	-	4.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.5	5.5	13.5	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.7	.731
Dominique Wilkins	82	32.9	17.5	2.8	3.1	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.6	7.3	14.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.182	2.8	4.1	.682
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	3	36.3	15.7	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.0	5.7	14.0	.405	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	4.7	.857

Season 4
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1966-67	1985-86
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Hawks Lost East 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 Thorn	67	17.4	8.8	-	-	2.4	1.8	-	-	-	1.3	3.5	7.8	.445	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.727
Dominique Wilkins	78	39.1	30.3	3.3	4.6	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	11.4	24.3	.468	0.2	0.9	.186	7.4	9.0	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	9	17.3	10.1	-	-	3.1	1.2	-	-	-	1.4	3.7	8.6	.429	-	-	-	2.8	3.0	.926
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	28.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.7	10.4	24.1	.433	0.1	0.6	.200	7.6	8.8	.861

Season 5
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1967-68	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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 Thorn	66	25.3	15.2	-	-	4.0	3.5	-	-	-	1.8	5.7	12.7	.451	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.737
Dominique Wilkins	79	37.6	29.0	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7	1.9	10.5	22.6	.463	0.4	1.3	.292	7.7	9.4	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	26.8	3.0	4.8	7.8	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.8	9.6	23.3	.410	0.3	1.1	.300	7.3	8.2	.892

Season 6
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1968-69	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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 Thorn	29	19.6	11.5	-	-	2.9	2.8	-	-	-	2.0	4.5	9.8	.463	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.732
Dominique Wilkins	78	37.8	30.7	2.7	3.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	2.1	11.7	25.1	.464	0.5	1.7	.295	6.9	8.4	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	12	39.4	31.2	3.1	3.3	6.4	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	11.4	25.0	.457	0.3	1.5	.222	8.0	10.4	.768

Season 7
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1969-70	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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 Thorn	19	5.5	2.9	-	-	0.8	0.9	-	-	-	0.4	1.1	2.4	.444	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.625
Dominique Wilkins	80	37.5	26.2	3.2	3.7	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	10.2	22.0	.464	0.4	1.3	.276	5.5	6.6	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	5	42.4	27.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	10.4	23.2	.448	1.0	3.4	.294	5.4	7.6	.711

Season 8
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	1970-71	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Rod Thorn	63	12.2	5.6	-	-	1.6	2.9	-	-	-	1.0	2.2	4.7	.472	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.676
Dominique Wilkins	80	36.1	26.7	2.7	3.8	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.8	10.1	20.9	.484	0.7	2.3	.322	5.7	7.1	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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 Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	81	38.0	25.9	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.9	9.5	20.2	.470	1.0	3.1	.341	5.9	7.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	5	39.0	20.8	1.2	5.2	6.4	2.6	1.8	1.0	2.2	1.6	7.0	18.8	.372	0.4	3.0	.133	6.4	7.0	.914

Season 10
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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 Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	42	38.1	28.1	2.5	4.6	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.8	10.1	21.8	.464	0.9	3.0	.289	7.0	8.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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 Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	71	37.3	29.9	2.6	4.2	6.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	1.6	10.4	22.3	.468	1.7	4.5	.380	7.3	8.8	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	3	37.7	30.0	4.0	1.3	5.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.7	10.7	25.0	.427	1.0	4.0	.250	7.7	10.0	.767

Season 12
	Rod Thorn	Dominique Wilkins
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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 Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	74	35.6	26.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	2.3	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.7	9.4	21.5	.440	1.1	4.0	.288	6.0	7.1	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Thorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dominique Wilkins didn't play in 1995-96.

Note: Dominique Wilkins didn't play in 1997-98.