Danilo Gallinari vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Danilo Gallinari, 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.

Danilo Gallinari played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Tristan Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Danilo Gallinari	14	7	2008-09 to 2023-24
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	81	33.9	15.1	0.8	4.1	4.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.0	.381	3.1	3.8	.818
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	33.9	15.6	1.0	4.0	4.9	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.3	10.3	.414	1.7	4.7	.352	5.4	6.3	.862
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	29.6	12.0	0.2	3.2	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.4	3.8	8.8	.432	1.4	3.0	.467	3.0	4.2	.714
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	43	31.4	14.6	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	10.8	.414	1.4	4.3	.328	4.2	4.9	.871
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	31.7	13.4	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.9	13.4	.362	0.6	3.3	.174	3.1	3.4	.917
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585


Season 5
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 6
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	59	24.2	12.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.9	9.6	.401	1.8	5.1	.355	2.9	3.2	.895
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 7
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	53	34.7	19.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	5.4	13.2	.410	1.6	4.5	.364	7.1	8.2	.868
Tristan Thompson	53	20.2	5.8	2.4	4.3	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.4	.562	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.544

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	19	21.9	6.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.6	4.4	.590	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.741


Season 8
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	63	33.9	18.2	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.3	11.9	.447	2.0	5.1	.389	5.5	6.1	.902
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	21	32.0	15.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.4	4.9	12.2	.398	1.7	5.3	.324	3.9	4.1	.931
Tristan Thompson	57	30.2	12.0	4.0	6.2	10.1	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.1	9.9	.512	0.2	0.4	.391	1.7	2.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	68	30.3	19.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.0	13.0	.463	2.4	5.5	.433	5.4	6.0	.904
Tristan Thompson	54	23.8	7.6	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.1	6.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	6	33.5	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.7	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.3	6.5	18.5	.351	2.2	7.2	.302	4.7	5.5	.848
Tristan Thompson	5	26.4	10.4	5.8	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	2.4	4.0	6.8	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 11
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	29.6	18.7	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	5.8	13.2	.438	2.9	7.1	.405	4.3	4.8	.893
Tristan Thompson	57	15.7	6.0	2.1	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	4.7	.528	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	2.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	30.3	15.0	0.7	4.7	5.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.6	4.6	11.3	.405	1.7	5.3	.324	4.1	4.3	.967
Tristan Thompson	5	7.6	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	51	24.0	13.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.0	9.3	.434	2.0	5.0	.406	3.2	3.4	.925
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	18	24.6	12.8	0.4	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	4.7	.405	2.7	2.9	.942
Tristan Thompson	6	5.3	1.8	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.200


Season 13
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	66	25.3	11.7	0.5	4.1	4.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.9	9.0	.434	1.7	4.5	.381	2.1	2.4	.904
Tristan Thompson	49	11.2	3.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.4	.608	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	1.1	.288

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	22.4	10.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	9.0	.400	0.8	3.0	.267	2.2	2.2	1.000
Tristan Thompson	7	9.9	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.9	0.7	2.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 14
	Danilo Gallinari	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	49	12.8	5.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.9	.437	0.6	1.9	.323	1.7	2.0	.857
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	3	12.3	3.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	1.3	.750
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danilo Gallinari vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Danilo Gallinari, 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