Tom Chambers vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Tom Chambers, 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.

Tom Chambers played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Tom Chambers had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Tom Chambers	16	10	1981-82 to 1997-98
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1981-82	2011-12
Team	San Diego Clippers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Tom Chambers	81	33.1	17.2	2.6	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.6	2.7	4.2	6.8	13.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.7	.620
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1982-83	2012-13
Team	San Diego Clippers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Tom Chambers	79	33.7	17.6	2.8	3.8	6.6	2.4	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.2	6.6	13.9	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.2	.723
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1983-84	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	31.3	18.1	2.7	3.8	6.5	1.6	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.8	6.8	13.5	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.800
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	38.2	13.6	0.8	5.8	6.6	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	4.6	5.6	11.8	.475	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.6	.667
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1984-85	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	36.1	21.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.8	16.1	.483	0.1	0.3	.273	5.9	7.0	.832
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	66	30.6	18.5	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.6	2.9	3.8	6.5	14.1	.466	0.2	0.7	.271	5.2	6.3	.836
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	36.8	23.3	2.0	4.7	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	3.3	3.7	8.0	17.6	.456	0.7	1.8	.372	6.5	7.7	.849
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		%
Tom Chambers	14	35.6	23.0	2.3	4.1	6.4	2.3	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.6	8.4	18.8	.449	0.4	1.3	.333	5.7	7.1	.808
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
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	32.7	20.4	1.6	4.3	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	3.6	7.5	16.6	.448	0.4	1.3	.303	5.1	6.3	.807
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	33.6	25.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.8	10.0	18.2	.549	0.0	0.4	.000	5.8	7.0	.829
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.1	25.7	1.8	6.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	2.9	3.3	9.6	20.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.326	6.3	7.4	.851
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		%
Tom Chambers	12	41.3	26.0	1.8	9.1	10.9	3.8	1.1	1.3	3.3	3.7	9.8	21.4	.459	0.8	1.8	.409	5.6	6.5	.859
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.6	27.2	1.5	5.6	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	2.7	3.2	10.0	20.0	.501	0.3	1.1	.279	6.9	8.0	.861
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		%
Tom Chambers	16	38.3	22.2	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.9	0.4	0.4	3.1	3.4	7.3	17.2	.425	0.3	1.2	.263	7.3	8.3	.879
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Chambers	76	32.6	19.9	1.4	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.9	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.3	16.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.274	5.0	6.0	.826
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		%
Tom Chambers	4	35.5	17.0	0.5	5.3	5.8	2.5	1.8	1.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	16.5	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tom Chambers	69	28.2	16.3	1.2	4.6	5.8	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.8	6.2	14.3	.431	0.3	0.7	.367	3.7	4.5	.830
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		%
Tom Chambers	7	27.7	15.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.7	0.3	0.7	2.1	3.6	5.6	12.1	.459	0.6	1.0	.571	3.9	4.6	.844
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Chambers	73	23.6	12.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.9	4.4	9.8	.447	0.2	0.4	.393	3.3	3.9	.837
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		%
Tom Chambers	24	15.7	7.3	1.0	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.7	6.9	.388	0.1	0.2	.400	1.8	2.3	.815
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	-


Season 13
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	80	23.0	11.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.9	4.1	9.4	.440	0.2	0.6	.311	2.8	3.5	.786
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	16	20.3	5.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	3.1	2.2	6.1	.361	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	1.8	.793
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	15.3	6.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.4	5.3	.457	0.0	0.3	.167	1.3	1.7	.807
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	5	12.0	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	3.6	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tom Chambers didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 15
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tom Chambers	12	6.9	1.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	.226	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.3	.750
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Tom Chambers	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tom Chambers	1	10.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Tom Chambers vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Tom Chambers, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16