Rasho Nesterovic vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Rasho Nesterovic, 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.

Rasho Nesterovic played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Rasho Nesterovic had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
Rasho Nesterovic	12	10	1998-99 to 2009-10
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	2	15.0	4.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	6.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	3	9.7	2.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	82	21.0	5.7	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.2	2.5	5.3	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.573
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	4	31.3	6.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	1.0	5.0	2.8	6.3	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	73	16.9	4.5	1.4	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.4	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.523
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	4	12.3	2.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	82	27.0	8.4	2.4	4.1	6.5	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.1	3.2	4.0	8.0	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.549
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	3	31.0	11.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.0	.444
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	77	30.4	11.2	1.9	4.6	6.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.3	5.2	9.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.642
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	6	28.3	7.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.8	4.7	3.2	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	82	28.7	8.7	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.3	3.0	4.0	8.5	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.474
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	10	26.3	5.9	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	3.8	2.9	6.7	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.6	.167
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	70	25.5	5.9	2.6	3.9	6.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.8	6.1	.460	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.467
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	15	7.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.3	0.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	80	18.9	4.5	1.4	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.600
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	9	12.7	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.2	1.9	1.2	2.1	.579	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	80	21.0	6.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.4	2.9	5.3	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.680
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	5	14.2	3.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	71	20.9	7.8	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.9	3.6	6.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.333	0.5	0.7	.755
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	5	15.4	4.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.2	4.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	70	17.3	6.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.4	3.2	6.2	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.5	.781
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	42	9.8	3.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.9	3.5	.544	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.200
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rasho Nesterovic	Tristan Thompson
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Rasho Nesterovic vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Rasho Nesterovic, 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