Isaiah Thomas vs. Gus Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gus Williams and Isaiah Thomas, 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

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.

Isaiah Thomas played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Gus Williams, who played 11. Isaiah Thomas had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Gus Williams had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24
Gus Williams	11	10	1975-76 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2011-12	1975-76
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832
Gus Williams	77	22.4	11.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.1	1.8	0.3	-	1.9	4.7	11.1	.428	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	11	16.2	6.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.4	1.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	7.7	.353	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.667


Season 2
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2012-13	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882
Gus Williams	82	23.5	9.3	0.9	2.0	2.8	3.6	1.5	0.2	-	2.7	4.0	8.5	.464	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	10	18.4	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.1	-	3.0	3.5	7.0	.500	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.857


Season 3
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2013-14	1977-78
Team	Sacramento Kings	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850
Gus Williams	79	32.6	18.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.7	2.3	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.6	16.9	.451	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	22	31.9	18.3	1.4	2.5	3.9	4.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.2	7.4	15.5	.477	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	.726


Season 4
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2014-15	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868
Gus Williams	76	29.8	19.2	1.5	1.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.4	2.5	2.1	8.0	16.1	.495	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969
Gus Williams	17	36.4	26.6	2.1	2.0	4.1	3.7	2.0	0.6	2.5	2.5	10.7	22.5	.476	-	-	-	5.3	7.5	.709


Season 5
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2015-16	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871
Gus Williams	82	36.2	22.1	1.5	1.8	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	2.2	2.0	9.0	18.7	.482	0.1	0.4	.194	4.0	5.1	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809
Gus Williams	15	37.6	23.7	2.0	2.0	4.0	5.6	2.3	0.5	3.1	2.5	9.7	18.9	.514	0.1	0.3	.200	4.1	5.7	.721

Note: Gus Williams didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 6
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909
Gus Williams	80	36.0	23.4	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	2.5	2.0	9.7	19.9	.486	0.1	0.5	.225	4.0	5.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820
Gus Williams	8	39.4	26.3	1.5	1.8	3.3	8.1	1.6	0.6	2.3	1.6	10.3	23.3	.441	0.3	0.8	.333	5.5	7.0	.786


Season 7
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893
Gus Williams	80	34.5	20.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	8.0	2.3	0.3	2.9	1.5	8.3	17.3	.477	0.0	0.5	.047	3.5	4.6	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	2	40.5	32.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	2.5	13.0	23.5	.553	0.0	1.0	.000	6.5	7.5	.867


Season 8
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630
Gus Williams	80	35.2	18.7	0.8	1.7	2.6	8.4	2.4	0.3	2.9	1.9	7.5	16.3	.458	0.1	0.3	.160	3.7	5.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	5	43.0	23.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	11.4	1.6	0.6	2.8	1.4	10.0	19.6	.510	0.4	1.2	.333	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 9
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Washington Wizards	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816
Gus Williams	79	37.5	20.0	0.9	1.6	2.5	7.7	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.0	8.1	18.8	.430	0.6	2.2	.290	3.2	4.4	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	4	39.8	18.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.3	7.5	17.8	.423	0.8	2.5	.300	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 10
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000
Gus Williams	77	29.7	13.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.5	5.6	13.2	.428	0.4	1.5	.259	1.8	2.4	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	5	39.8	18.2	0.8	1.2	2.0	6.6	2.2	0.0	1.4	2.2	7.6	15.8	.481	0.2	2.0	.100	2.8	3.6	.778


Season 11
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846
Gus Williams	33	14.6	4.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	4.2	0.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	4.4	.363	0.2	0.5	.278	0.8	1.2	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 12
	Isaiah Thomas	Gus Williams
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isaiah Thomas vs. Gus Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gus Williams and Isaiah Thomas, 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