Ausar Thompson vs. Jo Jo White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jo Jo White and Ausar 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.

Ausar Thompson played 2 years in the NBA, 10 less than Jo Jo White, who played 12. Ausar Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Jo Jo White had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
	Ausar Thompson	Jo Jo White
Season	2023-24	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
difference:	+3	+3.0	+3.4			+3.6	+0.5				-0.6	+1.5	+3.8	+.031				+0.8	+0.4	+.225
Jo Jo White	60	22.1	12.2	-	-	2.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	5.2	11.4	.452	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ausar Thompson nor Jo Jo White played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Ausar Thompson	Jo Jo White
Season	2024-25	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Ausar Thompson	59	22.5	10.1	1.9	3.3	5.1	2.3	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	7.8	.535	0.2	0.8	.224	1.5	2.4	.641
difference:	+16	+14.7	+11.2			+0.1	+2.5				-0.6	+5.0	+12.1	+.071				+1.4	+1.2	+.158
Jo Jo White	75	37.2	21.3	-	-	5.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.4	9.2	19.9	.464	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ausar Thompson	6	22.5	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	4.2	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	6.0	.583
Jo Jo White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jo Jo White played 10 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1972 to 1981—Jo Jo White played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Jo Jo White got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game