Alonzo Mourning vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson and Alonzo Mourning, 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.

Alonzo Mourning played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Alonzo Mourning had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Ausar 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
	Alonzo Mourning	Ausar Thompson
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	8.1	.781
difference:	+15	+8.8	+12.2	+1.4	+2.6	+3.9	+0.9	+0.8	+2.6	-1.7	-0.9	+3.6	+6.7	+.028	+0.3	+1.8		+5.2	+6.2	+.184
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Alonzo Mourning	Ausar Thompson
Season	1993-94	2024-25
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	-	7.2	9.5	.762
difference:	+1	+11.1	+11.4	+1.1	+3.9	+5.1	+0.9	+1.2	+2.4	-1.9	-0.7	+2.9	+6.3	+.030	+0.2	+0.8		+5.7	+7.1	+.121
Ausar Thompson	59	22.5	10.1	1.9	3.3	5.1	2.3	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	7.8	.535	0.2	0.8	.224	1.5	2.4	.641
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ausar Thompson	6	22.5	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	4.2	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	6.0	.583

Season 3
	Alonzo Mourning	Ausar Thompson
Season	1994-95	2025-26
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761
difference:	+67	+9.1	+7.4	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+2.0	+1.2	+2.2	-1.7	-0.7	+1.6	+2.8	+.015	+0.3	+0.9	+.016	+4.5	+4.5	+.274
Ausar Thompson	10	29.1	13.9	2.0	4.6	6.6	3.4	1.8	0.7	1.4	2.9	5.8	11.5	.504	0.4	1.3	.308	1.9	3.9	.487
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Alonzo Mourning played 12 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1996 to 2008—Alonzo Mourning played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Alonzo Mourning got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Blocks Leader 5 All-Star Game