Mookie Blaylock vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Mookie Blaylock, 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.

Mookie Blaylock and Isiah Thomas both played 13 years in the NBA. Mookie Blaylock had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
Mookie Blaylock	13	8	1989-90 to 2001-02
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	50	25.3	10.1	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.2	11.4	.371	0.4	1.6	.225	1.3	1.6	.778
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.9	14.1	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.1	2.3	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.0	14.4	.416	0.2	1.3	.154	1.9	2.4	.790
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.4	13.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.8	.432	0.2	0.8	.222	1.8	2.5	.712
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	37.0	9.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	3.8	0.5	1.8	4.0	4.3	13.8	.309	0.3	1.5	.167	0.8	1.0	.750
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	35.3	13.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	8.4	2.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.2	12.1	.429	1.5	3.9	.375	1.5	2.1	.728
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	33.0	9.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.0	3.0	8.3	.360	1.3	4.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.833
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	36.0	13.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	9.7	2.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	5.5	13.3	.411	1.4	4.2	.334	1.4	2.0	.730
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	11	37.7	13.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.9	2.2	0.5	2.9	2.0	4.4	12.8	.340	2.0	5.8	.344	2.3	2.7	.833
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1986-87
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	38.4	17.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	7.7	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.4	15.0	.425	2.5	6.9	.359	2.0	2.7	.729
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	40.3	18.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	5.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	16.3	.367	3.7	9.3	.393	2.3	3.7	.636
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	35.7	15.7	1.4	2.7	4.1	5.9	2.6	0.2	2.3	1.9	5.6	13.9	.405	2.9	7.7	.371	1.6	2.1	.747
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	42.6	17.1	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.4	2.2	0.8	2.9	1.5	6.1	14.5	.421	3.3	8.4	.393	1.6	2.4	.667
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	78	39.2	17.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.8	6.4	14.9	.432	2.8	7.7	.366	1.7	2.2	.753
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	44.2	16.4	1.2	5.8	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.1	15.4	.396	2.8	8.5	.329	1.4	2.1	.667
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	70	38.6	13.2	1.2	3.7	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	5.3	13.4	.392	1.3	4.8	.269	1.4	1.9	.709
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	38.3	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.5	13.3	.415	2.0	6.8	.296	1.8	3.0	.583
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mookie Blaylock	48	36.7	13.3	0.9	3.7	4.7	5.8	2.1	0.2	2.4	1.3	5.1	13.6	.379	1.6	5.2	.307	1.4	1.9	.758
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	9	39.6	12.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	1.2	4.9	15.0	.326	2.0	5.7	.353	0.8	1.7	.467
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


Season 11
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	73	33.7	11.3	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.7	4.5	11.5	.391	1.4	4.1	.336	0.9	1.3	.705
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	69	34.1	11.0	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	1.9	1.9	4.6	11.6	.396	1.1	3.3	.324	0.8	1.1	.697
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mookie Blaylock	Isiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	35	17.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.6	1.4	4.2	.342	0.4	1.2	.357	0.1	0.2	.500
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mookie Blaylock vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Mookie Blaylock, 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