Amen Thompson vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton and Amen Thompson, 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.

Amen Thompson played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Amen Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
	Amen Thompson	Bill Walton
Season	2023-24	1974-75
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	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		%
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
difference:	+27	+10.5	+3.3	+0.2	+5.8	+6.0	+2.2	+0.5	+2.1		-1.0	+1.2	+2.7	+.023				+1.0	+1.4	+.002
Bill Walton	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Amen Thompson nor Bill Walton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Amen Thompson	Bill Walton
Season	2024-25	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+18	+0.9	+2.0	+0.2	+5.4	+5.2	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3		-0.4	+1.2	+4.3	+.086				+0.2	+0.9	+.101
Bill Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bill Walton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Amen Thompson	Bill Walton
Season	2025-26	1976-77
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Amen Thompson	4	33.5	14.5	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	3.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	3.5	5.0	.700
difference:	+61	+1.3	+4.1	+1.7	+7.3	+9.1	+1.5		+2.9		-0.8	+2.1	+2.3	+.070						+.003
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Additional Years
* Bill Walton played 7 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 1978 to 1987—Bill Walton played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Amen Thompson, Bill Walton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game