Jeff Malone vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Jeff Malone, 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.

Jeff Malone and Tristan Thompson both played 13 years in the NBA. Jeff Malone had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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
Jeff Malone	13	8	1983-84 to 1995-96
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1983-84	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Jeff Malone	81	24.4	12.1	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	5.0	11.3	.444	0.3	0.9	.324	1.8	2.1	.826
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		%
Jeff Malone	4	17.8	6.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.0	6.5	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1984-85	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Jeff Malone	76	34.4	18.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	8.0	16.0	.499	0.2	0.9	.208	2.8	3.3	.844
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		%
Jeff Malone	4	31.5	16.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	3.5	6.8	14.0	.482	0.3	0.8	.333	2.5	3.3	.769
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1985-86	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Jeff Malone	80	37.4	22.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.3	9.2	19.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.176	4.0	4.6	.868
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		%
Jeff Malone	5	39.4	22.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.4	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.6	8.4	20.6	.408	0.0	0.4	.000	5.2	5.8	.897
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1986-87	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Jeff Malone	80	34.5	22.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.2	2.3	1.9	8.6	18.9	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	4.7	5.3	.885
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		%
Jeff Malone	3	35.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	2.7	5.7	15.3	.370	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.7	1.000
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
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1987-88	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Jeff Malone	80	33.2	20.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	8.1	17.0	.476	0.1	0.3	.417	4.2	4.8	.882
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		%
Jeff Malone	5	39.8	25.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8	3.2	10.0	19.4	.515	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	7.4	.757
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


Season 6
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	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		%
Jeff Malone	76	31.8	21.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	2.9	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.0	8.9	18.6	.480	0.0	0.3	.053	3.9	4.5	.871
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		%
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	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		%
Jeff Malone	75	34.2	24.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.5	10.4	21.2	.491	0.0	0.1	.167	3.4	3.9	.877
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		%
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jeff Malone	69	35.7	18.6	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.9	7.6	15.0	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.3	3.7	.917
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		%
Jeff Malone	9	39.0	20.7	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.4	7.9	16.0	.493	0.0	0.2	.000	4.9	5.3	.917
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jeff Malone	81	36.1	20.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.6	8.5	16.7	.511	0.0	0.1	.083	3.2	3.5	.898
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		%
Jeff Malone	16	38.1	20.7	0.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	8.4	17.2	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	3.9	4.5	.861
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jeff Malone	79	32.4	18.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.5	7.5	15.3	.494	0.0	0.1	.333	3.0	3.5	.852
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		%
Jeff Malone	5	30.0	13.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	5.8	13.0	.446	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.692
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
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeff Malone	77	33.2	16.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	6.8	14.0	.486	0.1	0.2	.583	2.7	3.2	.830
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		%
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeff Malone	19	34.7	18.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.8	7.6	14.9	.507	0.6	1.5	.393	2.7	3.1	.864
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeff Malone	Tristan Thompson
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Jeff Malone	32	15.9	5.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.8	2.4	6.0	.394	0.2	0.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.906
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		%
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	10	8.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Jeff Malone vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Jeff Malone, 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