Scott Hastings vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Scott Hastings, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Scott Hastings played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Scott Hastings 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Scott Hastings	11	6	1982-83 to 1992-93
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Scott Hastings	31	4.5	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	.342	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.550
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		%
Scott Hastings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1983-84	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Scott Hastings	68	16.7	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.7	0.6	0.5	1.0	3.2	1.6	3.5	.468	0.0	0.1	.250	1.2	1.5	.788
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		%
Scott Hastings	5	6.4	1.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
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
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1984-85	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Scott Hastings	64	12.9	3.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	1.4	2.9	.473	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.778
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		%
Scott Hastings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1985-86	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Scott Hastings	62	10.5	3.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.9	1.0	2.6	.409	0.0	0.1	.750	1.0	1.1	.857
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		%
Scott Hastings	9	5.4	3.1	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.2	1.6	.786	0.1	0.4	.250	0.6	1.2	.455
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1986-87	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Scott Hastings	40	6.4	1.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	.338	0.1	0.3	.167	0.6	0.7	.793
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		%
Scott Hastings	4	5.3	1.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1987-88	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Scott Hastings	55	7.3	2.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.7	1.5	.488	0.1	0.2	.417	0.5	0.5	.926
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		%
Scott Hastings	11	9.4	2.4	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.9	0.8	1.3	.643	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1988-89	1982-83
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Scott Hastings	75	16.1	5.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.7	1.9	4.4	.436	0.1	0.4	.321	1.2	1.4	.850
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		%
Scott Hastings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1989-90	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Scott Hastings	40	4.2	1.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.8	.303	0.1	0.3	.250	0.5	0.6	.864
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		%
Scott Hastings	5	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Scott Hastings	27	4.2	1.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.0	.571	0.1	0.1	.750	0.5	0.5	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scott Hastings	10	3.5	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	.500	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Scott Hastings	40	10.5	1.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.4	1.3	.340	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.7	.857
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Scott Hastings	David Thompson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Scott Hastings	76	8.8	2.1	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.7	.727
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Scott Hastings vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Scott Hastings, 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