Fred Roberts vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Fred Roberts, 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.

Fred Roberts and Isiah Thomas both played 13 years in the NBA. Fred Roberts had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Fred Roberts	13	9	1983-84 to 1996-97
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1983-84	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Fred Roberts	79	19.4	7.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	5.1	.536	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.2	.837
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Fred Roberts	74	15.9	7.7	1.1	1.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	2.8	5.6	.498	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.5	.824
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	10	13.0	5.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	4.3	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Fred Roberts	58	8.1	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.9	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.5	.770
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	4	7.8	5.5	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.889
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Fred Roberts	73	14.8	5.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.8	1.9	3.7	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.810
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	20	13.3	4.6	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.705
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758


Season 5
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
Fred Roberts	74	13.9	6.1	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.2	.776
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	15	6.7	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.7	1.4	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.636
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667


Season 6
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Fred Roberts	71	17.6	5.9	1.0	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.2	4.5	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	1.5	1.8	.806
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	9	38.3	14.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.2	5.4	11.1	.490	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.4	.850
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755


Season 7
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Fred Roberts	82	27.3	10.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.6	4.0	8.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.182	2.4	3.0	.783
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	4	19.8	9.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	5.0	.650	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.813
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828


Season 8
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Fred Roberts	82	25.8	10.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.3	4.4	8.2	.533	0.0	0.3	.160	2.1	2.5	.813
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	3	34.3	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740


Season 9
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
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		%
Fred Roberts	80	21.8	9.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.2	3.9	8.1	.482	0.2	0.5	.514	1.6	2.1	.749
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794


Season 10
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Fred Roberts	79	18.8	7.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.9	5.4	.528	0.2	0.4	.414	1.7	2.1	.799
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725

Note: Fred Roberts didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 11
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Fred Roberts	21	10.6	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.3	3.4	.389	0.2	0.5	.364	1.0	1.2	.769
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	1	7.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786


Season 12
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Fred Roberts	33	9.6	3.7	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.5	2.9	.495	0.1	0.4	.286	0.7	0.8	.786
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	1	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Fred Roberts	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Fred Roberts	12	3.3	1.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fred Roberts vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Fred Roberts, 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