Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Bill Garnett and Isiah Thomas

This is the detail of NBA games in which Bill Garnett and Isiah Thomas played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 11 times in NBA games. Isiah Thomas has an 8-3 winning record over Bill Garnett. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Bill Garnett
vs.
Isiah Thomas
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Bill Garnett:
1982-83 to 1985-86
Isiah Thomas:
1981-82 to 1993-94
11 Games played
11 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Bill Garnett
3
3
0
Isiah Thomas
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsSteals
Bill Garnett 4.9 4.5 1.7 0.7
Isiah Thomas 18.3 5.2 10.72.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsSteals
Bill Garnett 15 15 4 2
Isiah Thomas 29 8 17 4
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsSteals
Bill Garnett 1

game		 3

games		 0

games		 0

games
Isiah Thomas 10

games 		7

games		 11

games		 9

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 0

games		 2

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 10, 1982
1. Mavericks 122   Bill Garnett 15 15 2 2 3 0 5 24 4-9 .444 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Pistons 121   Isiah Thomas 13 6 4 4 3 4 36 6-15 .400 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Feb. 09, 1983
2. Mavericks 122   Bill Garnett 4 4 4 1 0 2 1 14 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Pistons 113   Isiah Thomas 18 5 6 1 2 5 3 31 7-23 .304 0-2 .000 4-6 .667
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1983
3. Mavericks 104   Bill Garnett 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 116   Isiah Thomas 9 4 6 1 0 2 4 18 4-12 .333 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 1984
4. Pacers 109   Bill Garnett 10 4 4 2 0 0 3 24 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 131   Isiah Thomas 14 6 9 3 1 7 2 34 6-12 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 14, 1984
5. Pacers 96   Bill Garnett 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 12 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 120   Isiah Thomas 15 8 15 3 0 4 1 29 6-10 .600 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 28, 1984
6. Pacers 110   Bill Garnett 12 4 2 2 0 2 6 25 5-8 .625 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Pistons 116   Isiah Thomas 22 8 17 4 0 6 3 43 7-15 .467 1-1 1.000 7-9 .778
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 1985
7. Pacers 116   Bill Garnett 6 5 1 0 0 1 5 25 2-5 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Pistons 124   Isiah Thomas 29 6 14 3 1 4 3 35 10-18 .556 0-1 .000 9-11 .818
Nov. 02, 1985
8. Pacers 117   Bill Garnett 0 9 3 0 0 3 2 27 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 128   Isiah Thomas 20 6 12 2 0 5 2 41 7-11 .636 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Jan. 20, 1986
9. Pacers 105   Bill Garnett 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 05 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Pistons 99   Isiah Thomas 23 4 8 2 0 3 3 33 10-14 .714 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 12, 1986
10. Pacers 101   Bill Garnett 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 09 2-4 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Pistons 111   Isiah Thomas 26 3 14 1 1 6 1 42 9-17 .529 0-2 .000 8-8 1.000
Apr. 05, 1986
11. Pacers 106   Bill Garnett 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 06 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 115   Isiah Thomas 12 1 13 1 1 5 2 35 4-8 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
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