Amen Thompson vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas 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 2 years in the NBA, 11 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 13. Amen Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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:		+1.5	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+1.9	+1.0	+0.7		-0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+.021	+0.1	+0.9		+0.7	+0.5	+.105
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Amen Thompson nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Amen Thompson	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
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:	+12	+4.0	+2.8		+0.6	+0.6	+3.1	+1.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.7	+1.2	+1.8	+.026	+0.4	+1.3			+0.4	+.078
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.2	.762
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
difference:		+4.4	+4.8		+2.9	+2.8	+3.0	+1.7	+0.1	-1.0	-0.5	+1.6	+5.1	+.139	+0.1	+0.6		+1.6	+2.0	+.058
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636