Anthony Davis vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Anthony Davis, 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.

Anthony Davis played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Amen 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
	Anthony Davis	Amen Thompson
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+2	+6.4	+4.0	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+1.6	+0.1	+1.2	-0.1	-0.2	+1.6	+3.4	+.020	+0.1	+0.8	+.138	+0.9	+1.0	+.067
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Amen Thompson
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+2	+3.0	+6.7	+0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+2.2	+0.1	+1.5	-0.4	-0.6	+2.2	+4.9	+.038	+0.4	+1.2	+.053	+2.8	+3.0	+.107
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Amen Thompson
Season	2014-15	2025-26
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+64	+2.6	+9.9	+1.0	+3.9	+4.9	+3.1	+0.5	+2.6	-1.1	-1.4	+3.9	+5.6	+.077		+2.3	+.083	+2.0	+1.8	+.105
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 11 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2016 to 2026—Anthony Davis played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 11 extra years over Amen Thompson, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Blocks Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP