Allen Iverson vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Allen Iverson, 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.

Allen Iverson played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Allen Iverson had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Allen Iverson	Amen Thompson
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
difference:	+14	+17.7	+14.0	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+4.9	+0.8	+0.3	-2.9	-0.8	+4.3	+12.6	+.120	+1.9	+5.1	+.203	+3.3	+4.7	+.018
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Allen Iverson	Amen Thompson
Season	1997-98	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Allen Iverson	80	39.4	22.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	3.1	2.5	8.1	17.6	.461	0.9	2.9	.298	4.9	6.7	.729
difference:	+11	+7.2	+7.9	+1.7	+2.8	+4.5	+2.4	+0.8	+1.0	-1.1	-0.1	+2.5	+7.5	+.096	+0.5	+1.6	+.023	+2.5	+3.1	+.045
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Season 3
	Allen Iverson	Amen Thompson
Season	1998-99	2025-26
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
difference:	+36	+6.0	+9.5	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.4	-1.2	-0.3	+2.4	+7.8	+.059	+0.7	+1.7	+.084	+4.0	+5.4	+.008
Amen Thompson	12	35.5	17.3	2.3	3.8	6.1	5.2	1.3	0.5	2.3	2.3	6.7	14.2	.471	0.5	2.4	.207	3.4	4.5	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 11 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2000 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Amen Thompson, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 11 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP