Robert Reid vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Robert Reid, 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.

Robert Reid and Isiah Thomas both played 13 years in the NBA. Robert Reid had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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
Robert Reid	13	9	1977-78 to 1990-91
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1977-78	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Robert Reid	80	23.1	7.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.2	.455	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.656
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		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1978-79	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Robert Reid	82	27.5	10.9	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	3.7	4.7	9.5	.492	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.704
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		%
Robert Reid	2	22.5	10.0	2.5	2.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	8.5	.412	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1979-80	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Robert Reid	76	30.3	13.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.2	1.7	0.8	2.2	3.7	5.5	11.3	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.736
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		%
Robert Reid	7	38.0	18.0	2.0	5.9	7.9	3.7	0.9	1.0	2.7	4.0	7.4	14.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.7	.846
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1980-81	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Robert Reid	82	36.1	15.9	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.2	2.0	0.8	2.4	4.0	6.5	13.6	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.756
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		%
Robert Reid	21	41.3	16.1	2.7	4.1	6.8	4.7	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.8	6.6	14.4	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.4	.663
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1981-82	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Robert Reid	77	37.8	13.4	2.3	4.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	2.0	3.9	5.7	12.4	.456	0.0	0.1	.100	2.1	2.8	.748
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		%
Robert Reid	3	38.3	11.3	3.0	5.7	8.7	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	3.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800
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

Note: Robert Reid didn't play in 1982-83.


Season 6
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1983-84	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Robert Reid	64	30.3	14.0	1.5	3.8	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.5	1.4	3.8	6.3	13.4	.474	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.9	.659
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		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1984-85	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Robert Reid	82	21.5	8.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.8	7.9	.481	0.0	0.2	.063	1.1	1.5	.698
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		%
Robert Reid	5	17.4	7.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.2	4.4	3.8	9.0	.422	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Robert Reid	82	26.3	12.0	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.7	.464	0.1	0.4	.182	2.0	2.6	.757
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		%
Robert Reid	20	38.7	14.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.9	1.4	0.1	2.1	3.7	6.2	14.4	.431	0.2	1.1	.143	2.4	3.0	.797
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Robert Reid	75	34.6	13.7	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.4	3.1	5.6	13.4	.417	0.7	2.2	.327	1.8	2.4	.768
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		%
Robert Reid	10	43.1	12.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.6	15.5	.361	0.2	1.7	.118	1.5	2.3	.652
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Robert Reid	62	15.8	6.3	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.7	5.7	.463	0.2	0.5	.382	0.8	1.0	.794
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		%
Robert Reid	4	28.5	8.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	3.3	3.8	8.3	.455	0.8	1.8	.429	0.5	0.8	.667
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1991-92
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Robert Reid	82	26.2	14.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.9	6.3	14.8	.428	0.2	0.6	.327	1.9	2.4	.776
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		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Robert Reid	72	16.7	5.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.1	2.4	6.2	.391	0.1	0.4	.313	0.8	1.2	.628
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		%
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Robert Reid	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Robert Reid	3	12.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	4.7	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Robert Reid	7	5.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Robert Reid vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Robert Reid, 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