Amar'e Stoudemire vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Amar'e Stoudemire, 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 / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Amar'e Stoudemire played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Amar'e Stoudemire had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Klay Thompson 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Amar'e Stoudemire	14	10	2002-03 to 2015-16
Klay Thompson	12	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
difference:	+16	+6.9	+1.0	+2.6	+3.6	+6.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8	-0.7	-1.0		+0.8	+.029	+1.7	+4.0	+.214	+2.7	+4.5	+.207
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	55	36.8	20.6	2.9	6.2	9.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.5	15.7	.475	0.0	0.1	.200	5.6	7.9	.713
difference:	+27	+1.0	+4.0	+2.5	+2.9	+5.3	+0.8	+0.2	+1.1	-1.3	-0.5	+1.3	+1.0	+.053	+2.6	+6.3	+.201	+4.0	+6.0	+.128
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
difference:	+1	+0.7	+7.6	+2.2	+3.6	+5.8	+0.6	+0.1	+1.1	-0.7	-0.6	+2.4	+1.2	+.115	+2.8	+6.4	+.229	+5.5	+7.6	+.062
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781
difference:	+8	+3.3	+13.5	+3.4	+3.8	+7.3	+2.4	+0.3	+1.3	-1.0	-0.5	+4.5	+4.9	+.131	+2.3	+6.1	+.364	+6.8	+8.8	+.011
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	3	16.7	8.7	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	9.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
difference:	+74	+15.2	+13.0	+1.6	+0.4	+2.1	+2.2	+0.8	+0.2	-1.6	-0.3	+4.8	+7.9	+.130	+3.1	+6.8	+.439	+0.2	+0.3	+.010
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.1	.781
difference:	+2	+0.5	+1.7	+2.3	+3.5	+5.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.7	-1.1	-1.7	+0.7	+4.4	+.105	+3.5	+8.1		+3.2	+4.3	+.092
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769
difference:	+14	+1.1	+1.0	+2.4	+6.1	+8.4	+1.7	+0.2	+1.5	-0.1	-1.7	+0.7	+1.5	+.079	+4.0	+9.3	+.091	+3.6	+5.1	+.085
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805
difference:	+1	+0.1	+2.9	+1.7	+3.8	+5.4	+0.6		+1.6	-0.6	-1.9	+0.7	+2.3	+.122	+3.3	+7.9	+.253	+4.6	+5.9	+.048
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633
difference:	+12	+5.7	+8.2	+2.4	+2.8	+5.1	+1.7	+0.6	+2.1	-1.4	-1.2	+4.1	+5.9	+.088	+2.2	+5.4	+.137	+2.3	+4.1	+.155
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835
difference:	+20	+2.5	+1.4	+1.8	+2.5	+4.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	-1.0	-1.5	+0.3	+2.1	+.051	+3.0	+7.0	+.011	+5.0	+6.0	+.002
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771
difference:	+4	+0.6	+1.6	+2.3	+2.7	+5.1	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.1	-1.4	+0.2	+2.6	+.090	+3.1	+7.6	+.235	+4.2	+5.7	+.045
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754
difference:	+5	+2.5	+1.5	+2.3	+0.3	+2.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.8	-0.7	-0.6		+2.2	+.063	+3.3	+7.2	+.443	+4.9	+6.9	+.148
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 9
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792
difference:	+46	+7.4	+4.9	+2.0	+2.2	+4.3	+0.2	+0.4	+1.4	-1.9	-1.8	+1.8	+1.1	+.073	+3.5	+9.0	+.050	+4.7	+6.1	+.110
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667
difference:	+18	+2.5	+4.5	+2.5	+1.4	+3.9	+0.5	+0.8	+0.1	-1.7	-0.4	+1.9	+2.9	+.047	+3.5	+9.1		+2.8	+4.6	+.200
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867


Season 10
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	47	32.8	17.5	2.3	5.6	7.8	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.9	6.7	13.9	.483	0.1	0.4	.238	4.0	5.2	.765
difference:	+22	+0.2	+4.4	+1.7	+2.0	+3.7	+1.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.6	-1.0	+1.2	+4.2	+.047	+4.3	+10.2	+.174	+2.3	+3.3	+.114
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	34.8	15.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.0	.750
difference:	+9	+1.2	+3.2	+1.9	+0.4	+2.3	+1.4	+0.8		-1.0	-1.8	+1.5	+7.8	+.168	+3.8	+10.5		+3.7	+5.2	+.125
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	29	23.5	14.2	2.1	2.9	5.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.7	3.1	5.3	9.2	.577	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.5	.808
difference:	+48	+6.2	+3.7	+1.6	+0.1	+1.7	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-1.5	+1.1	+5.5	+.145	+3.5	+9.0		+2.0	+2.7	+.119
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	8.3	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Amar'e Stoudemire	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Amar'e Stoudemire	65	22.6	11.9	1.7	3.2	4.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.4	4.8	8.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.739
difference:	+7	+4.7	+2.1	+1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-1.3	+0.2	+3.6	+.145	+3.0	+7.7		+1.4	+2.1	+.166
Klay Thompson	72	27.3	14.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	5.0	12.2	.412	3.0	7.7	.391	0.9	1.0	.905

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Amar'e Stoudemire nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Amar'e Stoudemire played 2 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2015 to 2016—Amar'e Stoudemire played in two Playoffs.

Amar'e Stoudemire vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Amar'e Stoudemire, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years