Raja Bell vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Raja Bell, 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.

Raja Bell and Isaiah Thomas both played 12 years in the NBA. Raja Bell had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Isaiah Thomas 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
Raja Bell	12	6	2000-01 to 2011-12
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Raja Bell	5	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	.286	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	15	8.1	2.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	.444	0.1	0.5	.250	0.5	0.9	.571
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Raja Bell	74	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.2	.429	0.2	0.6	.273	0.5	0.6	.750
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Raja Bell	75	15.6	3.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.2	2.8	.441	0.3	0.7	.412	0.3	0.5	.676
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	17	17.8	5.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	4.3	.548	0.4	0.8	.462	0.6	1.2	.550
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Raja Bell	82	24.6	11.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.4	3.2	4.0	9.8	.409	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.786
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Raja Bell	63	28.4	12.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.3	3.3	4.8	10.6	.454	0.9	2.1	.403	1.8	2.4	.747
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Raja Bell	79	37.5	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	3.1	5.4	11.8	.457	2.5	5.6	.442	1.5	1.8	.788
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	17	39.6	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.8	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	4.1	4.6	9.7	.479	2.4	5.1	.465	2.0	2.4	.829
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


Season 7
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Raja Bell	78	37.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	3.0	5.3	12.2	.432	2.6	6.4	.413	1.5	1.9	.776
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	11	39.8	10.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.6	3.6	7.9	.460	1.8	4.1	.444	1.1	1.3	.857
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Raja Bell	75	35.3	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.9	4.2	10.0	.421	2.3	5.9	.401	1.1	1.2	.868
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	5	43.0	13.6	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.8	4.2	7.4	.568	2.6	4.0	.650	2.6	3.2	.813
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	Washington Wizards
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		%
Raja Bell	67	34.6	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.2	.437	1.7	4.0	.421	1.3	1.5	.853
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

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


Season 10
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Raja Bell	6	30.0	11.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	4.5	.444	0.5	0.5	1.000
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

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


Season 11
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Raja Bell	68	30.8	8.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.5	2.8	6.9	.409	1.0	2.8	.352	1.3	1.5	.892
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

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

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


Season 12
	Raja Bell	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Raja Bell	34	23.4	6.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.1	.466	1.0	2.6	.391	0.6	0.7	.840
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	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Raja Bell vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Raja Bell, 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