Amen Thompson vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 14 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Amen Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Metta World Peace
Season	2023-24	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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:	+10	+8.7	+2.5	+1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+0.4	+3.3	+.129	+0.7	+1.8	+.176	+0.9	+1.4	+.010
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Amen Thompson nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Amen Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2024-25	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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:	+7	+1.1	+2.2	+2.0	+2.3	+4.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	-0.1	-0.9	+1.3	+0.6	+.156	+0.2	+0.6	+.016	+0.4	+0.1	+.066
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 14 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 2003 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Amen Thompson, Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game