Allan Houston vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Allan Houston, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Allan Houston played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Allan Houston had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	79	19.2	8.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	8.5	.405	0.4	1.5	.299	1.1	1.4	.824
difference:	+7	+14.6	+8.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+6.5	+1.7		-2.9	-1.4	+2.9	+6.3	+.019	+0.2	+0.7	+.011	+3.1	+4.6	+.120
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
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	76	26.3	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	2.1	4.9	.424	1.9	2.3	.860
difference:	+5	+11.9	+8.4	+0.9	+1.0	+1.8	+5.6	+1.7	+0.2	-2.5	-1.5	+3.8	+7.7	+.009	+1.7	+3.4	+.136	+2.6	+4.1	+.150
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
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	37.5	19.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.8	6.9	15.2	.453	2.3	5.5	.427	3.6	4.4	.823
difference:		+0.8	+1.6	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+8.1	+1.8	+0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+1.3	+2.5	+.009	+2.0	+4.7	+.089	+1.1	+2.1	+.090
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		%
Allan Houston	3	45.3	25.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.7	3.7	8.3	19.3	.431	2.3	7.0	.333	6.0	6.7	.900
difference:	+2	+5.7	+3.6	+1.1	+0.1	+1.1	+9.0	+2.6	+0.9	-0.9	-0.7	+0.5	+2.7	+.039	+1.9	+5.8		+0.6	+0.3	+.129
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	81	33.1	14.8	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	2.2	2.7	.803
difference:		+5.0	+6.4	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+11.7	+1.8	+0.1	-1.6	-0.7	+2.6	+4.7	+.035	+1.4	+3.3	+.128	+2.7	+3.4	+.006
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		%
Allan Houston	9	40.0	19.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.4	3.9	.886
difference:		+0.6	+5.1	+0.9	+1.8	+2.6	+8.9	+1.4	+0.1	-0.6	-2.7	+2.8	+3.6	+.064	+2.2	+4.1	+.100	+1.8	+3.0	+.128
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	34.7	18.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.6	.385	3.5	4.1	.851
difference:	+5	+1.5	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+8.2	+1.4		-1.4	-0.7	+0.9	+0.6	+.041	+0.7	+1.5	+.075	+1.2	+1.9	+.061
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		%
Allan Houston	10	40.4	21.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	7.6	17.5	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	5.0	5.8	.862
difference:	+6	+0.4	+5.4	+1.4	+0.3	+1.7	+9.2	+1.8	+0.7	-1.1	-1.6	+2.7	+5.3	+.017	+0.9	+1.0	+.391	+1.0	+3.2	+.195
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

Season 6
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	50	36.3	16.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	3.4	3.9	.862
difference:	+31	+0.9	+4.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+7.3	+1.2		-1.6	-0.8	+1.8	+2.6	+.045	+0.9	+1.6	+.213	+1.5	+2.5	+.094
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		%
Allan Houston	20	39.3	18.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	4.6	5.2	.883
difference:	+5	+1.8	+5.6	+1.1	+0.7	+1.8	+6.1	+2.2	+0.2	-0.3	-1.4	+2.1	+4.5	+.008	+0.2	+0.4	+.053	+0.9	+2.1	+.128
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	38.6	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.7	7.5	15.5	.483	1.3	3.0	.436	3.4	4.1	.838
difference:	+1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+5.7	+0.9		-1.1		+0.2	+1.1	+.020	+0.9	+1.8	+.127	+0.4	+0.8	+.064
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		%
Allan Houston	16	40.8	17.6	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.7	.438	1.2	2.4	.500	3.5	4.1	.862
difference:	+7	+1.2	+4.3	+0.9	+0.4	+1.4	+7.1	+1.7	+0.1	-1.4	-0.5	+1.6	+3.5	+.001	+0.6	+0.5	+.205	+1.9	+2.5	+.034
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	78	36.6	18.7	0.3	3.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.9	15.5	.449	1.2	3.2	.381	3.6	3.9	.909
difference:	+2		+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+6.1	+1.0	+0.2	-1.6	-0.2	+0.2	+0.2	+.015	+0.8	+1.7	+.108		+0.5	+.091
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		%
Allan Houston	5	38.0	20.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	7.6	12.8	.594	1.2	2.2	.545	4.4	4.4	1.000
difference:	+12	+0.8	+2.6	+1.4	+1.1	+2.5	+6.9	+0.6		-0.5	-1.1	+0.8	+3.6	+.182	+0.7	+0.4	+.278	+0.2	+1.2	+.260
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	77	37.8	20.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	16.9	.437	1.8	4.5	.393	3.8	4.4	.870
difference:	+4	+0.8	+2.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+6.9	+1.0	+0.1	-1.8	-0.1	+0.3	+0.6	+.001	+1.3	+2.8	+.084	+0.2	+0.3	+.095
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		%
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	37.9	22.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	8.0	17.9	.445	2.2	5.5	.396	4.4	4.8	.919
difference:	+34	+3.4	+6.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+6.6	+0.9	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+2.0	+4.0	+.010	+1.8	+4.1	+.104	+0.7		+.137
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		%
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	50	36.0	18.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.6	.435	1.7	4.0	.431	3.1	3.4	.913
difference:	+28	+1.4		+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+5.2	+0.7	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+.011	+1.4	+2.9	+.140	+0.6	+1.4	+.141
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		%
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Allan Houston	Isiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	20	26.6	11.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.3	.415	1.6	4.0	.388	1.8	2.2	.837
difference:	+59	+10.4	+5.7	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+6.4	+1.2	+0.1	-2.5	-0.8	+2.4	+5.6	+.003	+0.8	+1.5	+.080	+1.7	+2.6	+.100
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
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 12