Walter Davis vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Walter Davis, 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.

Walter Davis played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than David Robinson, who played 14. Walter Davis had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Walter Davis	15	10	1977-78 to 1991-92
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	81	32.0	24.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.0	9.7	18.4	.526	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.830
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	7.5	10.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	2	33.0	25.0	2.0	6.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	9.5	20.0	.475	-	-	-	6.0	8.0	.750
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677


Season 2
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	79	30.8	23.6	1.4	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	9.7	17.2	.561	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.831
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	15	32.7	22.1	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	8.5	16.3	.520	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.813
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868


Season 3
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Walter Davis	75	30.8	21.5	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.7	8.8	15.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.9	.819
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	8	30.6	20.8	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	8.6	17.1	.504	0.0	0.4	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	78	28.0	18.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.5	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.2	.412	2.7	3.2	.836
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	28.4	16.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.4	.588
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664


Season 5
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	55	21.5	14.4	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.4	12.2	.523	0.1	0.3	.188	1.7	2.0	.820
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	24.7	18.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.7	7.4	16.6	.448	0.1	0.4	.333	3.1	3.4	.917
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741


Season 6
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	80	31.1	19.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.3	8.3	16.1	.516	0.1	0.3	.304	2.3	2.8	.818
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	37.7	26.0	1.7	3.3	5.0	4.3	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	10.0	23.0	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	5.7	7.0	.810
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812


Season 7
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	78	32.6	20.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	2.7	2.6	8.4	16.3	.512	0.3	1.1	.230	3.0	3.5	.863
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	17	36.6	24.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	6.4	1.7	0.2	2.5	3.2	10.3	19.2	.535	0.2	0.6	.273	4.1	4.6	.897
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667


Season 8
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Walter Davis	23	24.8	15.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	4.3	0.8	0.0	2.2	1.8	6.0	13.4	.450	0.1	0.4	.300	2.8	3.2	.877
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	70	32.0	21.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.2	1.4	0.0	3.1	2.2	8.9	18.4	.485	0.3	1.1	.237	3.7	4.4	.843
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635


Season 10
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	79	33.5	23.6	1.1	1.9	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.3	9.9	19.2	.514	0.3	1.0	.259	3.6	4.2	.862
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.4	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722


Season 11
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1987-88	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	68	28.7	17.9	0.5	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.3	0.0	1.9	1.9	7.2	15.2	.473	0.5	1.4	.375	3.0	3.4	.887
David Robinson	80	32.0	17.8	2.4	7.2	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.1	6.6	12.9	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.4	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	38.8	23.5	4.3	9.5	13.8	2.5	1.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	7.8	20.8	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	8.0	10.5	.762


Season 12
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1988-89	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	81	22.9	15.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	6.6	13.3	.498	0.2	0.9	.290	2.2	2.5	.879
David Robinson	80	29.6	14.4	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.7	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	31.3	25.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	10.3	20.0	.517	0.0	1.3	.000	5.0	5.0	1.000
David Robinson	13	31.4	16.6	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.7	1.3	2.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.3	.695


Season 13
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1989-90	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Walter Davis	69	23.7	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.3	7.2	15.0	.481	0.1	0.7	.130	3.0	3.3	.912
David Robinson	78	29.5	12.2	2.4	5.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.3	2.5	4.4	8.6	.507	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	23.3	14.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.3	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
David Robinson	4	20.5	4.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000


Season 14
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
Season	1990-91	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	71	20.9	13.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.1	5.7	12.1	.468	0.2	0.5	.306	1.5	1.6	.915
David Robinson	64	26.2	8.5	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.3	2.0	3.1	6.6	.469	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	13	8.5	3.3	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.7	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833
David Robinson	23	23.5	7.8	2.0	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	5.1	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.667


Season 15
	Walter Davis	David Robinson
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		%
Walter Davis	46	16.1	9.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	8.8	.459	0.1	0.3	.313	1.8	2.0	.872
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walter Davis vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Walter Davis, 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