Stephon Marbury vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Stephon Marbury, 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.

Stephon Marbury played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 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
	Stephon Marbury	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	1976-77
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
difference:	+15	+1.9	+10.1	+0.9	+0.5	+1.4	+3.7	+0.4	+0.3		-0.5	+4.7	+6.8	+.099				+2.1	+2.6	+.039
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		%
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600
difference:	+3	+0.2	+3.4	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+3.7	+0.8	+0.7		-0.7	+0.6	+1.5	+.063				+4.0	+5.5	+.079
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
	Stephon Marbury	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	1977-78
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731
difference:	+2	+0.2	+9.5	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+4.1	+0.1	+1.1			+4.0	+4.7	+.106				+2.5	+2.9	+.047
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		%
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783
difference:	+8	+5.0	+11.4	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+3.6	+1.7	+1.6	-0.6	-0.6	+5.7	+8.0	+.144				+1.5	+1.6	+.042
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
	Stephon Marbury	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	1978-79
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799
difference:	+27	+3.6	+2.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+5.9	+0.3	+0.9	-0.9	-0.2	+1.4	+0.2	+.084				+1.3	+2.0	+.046
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		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Stephon Marbury	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	1979-80
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
difference:	+35	+7.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.6	+1.3	+5.2	+0.5	+0.8	-0.6	-0.1	+0.3	+2.0	+.036	+0.7	+2.6	+.085	+0.6	+1.4	+.055
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
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor David Thompson played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
difference:	+10	+4.2	+1.6	+0.6		+0.6	+4.6	+0.5	+0.7	-0.3	-0.8	+1.1	+0.3	+.065	+1.5	+4.5	+.072	+1.0	+1.2	+.005
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
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor David Thompson played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
difference:	+6	+11.3	+6.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+5.1	+0.7	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+2.4	+6.6	+.042	+1.1	+3.6	+.101	+0.6	+0.7	+.019
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		%
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758
difference:	+4	+12.8	+10.0	+1.0	+3.0	+4.0	+2.2	+0.7	+0.5	-1.8	-0.8	+4.0	+10.2	+.015	+0.8	+3.7		+1.2	+0.5	+.158
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