| Dave Popson | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 220 |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| High School: | Bishop O'Reilly (Kingston, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | North Carolina (1983–1987) |
| Draft Year: | 1987 |
| Draft Round: | 4 |
| Draft Pick: | 88 |
| Draft Team: | Detroit Pistons |
| Career Start: | 1987 |
| Career End: | 1992 |
| Career Number: | 45, 41, 42, 50 |
| Career Position: | Power forward |
| Years1: | 1987 |
| Team1: | West Palm Beach Stingrays |
| Years2: | 1987–1988 |
| Team2: | AS Monaco |
| Team3: | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Years4: | 1988–1989 |
| Team4: | Albany Patroons |
| Team5: | Miami Heat |
| Years6: | 1989 |
| Team6: | Albany Patroons |
| Years7: | 1989–1990 |
| Team7: | Oximesa Granada |
| Team8: | Boston Celtics |
| Years9: | 1991 |
| Team9: | Albany Patroons |
| Years10: | 1991–1992 |
| Team10: | Birmingham Bandits |
| Team11: | Milwaukee Bucks |
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David Gerard Popson (born May 17, 1964) is an American former basketball player who enjoyed a brief National Basketball Association (NBA) career from 1988 until 1992.
Popson, a 6'10" center, played college basketball at the University of North Carolina for four years (1983 - 87). Popson was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1987 NBA draft.
Born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Popson attended Bishop O'Reilly High School where he held nearly all the basketball records.
|-| align="left" | 1988–89| align="left" | Los Angeles| 10 || 0 || 6.8 || .440 || .000 || .500 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 2.3|-| align="left" | 1988–89| align="left" | Miami| 7 || 0 || 5.4 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 1.6 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 1.6|-| align="left" | 1990–91| align="left" | Boston| 19 || 0 || 3.4 || .406 || .000 || .900 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.8|-| align="left" | 1991–92| align="left" | Milwaukee| 5 || 0 || 5.2 || .429 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 1.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 41 || 0 || 4.8 || .405 || .000 || .750 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.9|}
|-| align="left" | 1983–84| align="left" | North Carolina| 29 || - || 6.4 || .431 || - || .600 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 1.9|-| align="left" | 1984–85| align="left" | North Carolina| 35 || - || 14.5 || .529 || - || .738 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 6.0|-| align="left" | 1985–86| align="left" | North Carolina| 34 || 17 || 12.1 || .504 || - || .846 || 2.6 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 3.9|-| align="left" | 1986–87| align="left" | North Carolina| 36 || 34 || 22.3 || .541 || .000 || .771 || 4.8 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 10.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 134 || 51 || 14.2 || .521 || .000 || .756 || 2.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 5.7|}