Bradley Beal vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Bradley Beal, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Bradley Beal played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Klay Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bradley Beal	13	6	2012-13 to 2024-25
Klay Thompson	12	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Bradley Beal	56	31.2	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	12.3	.410	1.6	4.2	.386	2.2	2.8	.786
difference:	+10	+6.8	+1.4	+0.4	+0.9	+1.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2		-0.3	+0.2	+1.4	+.033	+0.1	+0.1	+.028	+1.0	+1.4	+.082
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Bradley Beal	73	34.7	17.1	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.3	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.1	6.6	15.7	.419	1.9	4.7	.402	2.0	2.6	.788
difference:	+9	+1.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3		+1.1		+0.3	-0.1	-0.8	+0.4	+1.0	+.003	+0.7	+1.7	+.001	+0.4	+0.7	+.053
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	11	41.6	19.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	4.5	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	6.8	16.1	.424	2.0	4.8	.415	3.5	4.5	.796
difference:	+1	+0.3	+4.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+2.7	+0.6		-0.1	-0.9	+0.5	+1.6	+.013	+0.1	+0.1	+.009	+3.1	+4.0	+.037
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bradley Beal	63	33.4	15.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.1	1.2	0.3	2.0	2.2	5.8	13.5	.427	1.7	4.1	.409	2.1	2.6	.783
difference:	+18	+2.0	+3.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.7	+1.1	+2.0	+.017	+1.1	+2.5	+.008	+0.3	+0.3	+.012
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	10	41.8	23.4	1.4	4.1	5.5	4.6	1.6	0.7	2.6	1.9	8.1	20.0	.405	2.3	6.3	.365	4.9	5.9	.831
difference:	+3	+5.1	+7.0	+0.8	+1.2	+2.1	+1.0	+0.6		-0.5	-1.5	+2.4	+6.0	+.003			+.001	+2.2	+2.5	+.039
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	55	31.1	17.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	2.9	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.1	6.5	14.5	.449	1.9	4.9	.387	2.5	3.2	.767
difference:	+22	+0.8	+4.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2		+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-0.5	+1.3	+2.4	+.014	+1.2	+2.2	+.052	+0.4	+0.1	+.112
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	77	34.9	23.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.2	8.3	17.2	.482	2.9	7.2	.404	3.7	4.4	.825
difference:	+3	+1.6	+1.0	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+.012	+0.6	+0.9	+.021	+1.3	+1.6	+.048
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	13	38.8	24.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	2.7	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.9	9.4	19.9	.471	2.2	7.8	.287	3.8	4.7	.820
difference:	+11	+3.4	+0.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+1.0	+1.0	+.027	+1.9	+1.8	+.137	+0.4	+0.7	+.034
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.3	22.6	0.7	3.7	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.0	8.3	18.1	.460	2.4	6.5	.375	3.6	4.5	.791
difference:	+4	+2.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.7	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.0	-0.2		+0.5	+.008	+1.0	+1.8	+.039	+1.2	+1.7	+.062
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	6	36.0	23.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	3.2	8.2	18.0	.454	3.5	7.5	.467	3.3	3.8	.870
difference:	+11	+0.9	+8.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.7	+0.4		-1.1	-0.6	+2.7	+4.1	+.057	+1.1	+1.3	+.080	+1.8	+1.9	+.082
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.9	25.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.7	2.8	9.3	19.6	.475	2.5	7.3	.351	4.4	5.5	.808
difference:	+9	+2.6	+5.6	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+3.0	+0.7	+0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+1.4	+3.4	+.013	+0.6	+0.2	+.089	+3.3	+4.2	+.029
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	57	36.0	30.5	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	3.4	2.2	10.4	22.9	.455	3.0	8.4	.353	6.8	8.0	.842
difference:	+21	+2.0	+9.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	+3.7	+0.1	+0.2	-1.9	-0.2	+2.0	+4.9	+.012	+0.1	+0.7	+.049	+5.1	+6.0	+.026
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 9
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	60	35.8	31.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.3	11.2	23.0	.485	2.2	6.2	.349	6.8	7.7	.889
difference:	+28	+6.4	+10.9	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	+1.6	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-0.6	+3.5	+5.1	+.056	+1.4	+3.1	+.036	+5.4	+6.1	+.013
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	5	39.0	30.0	1.2	5.0	6.2	4.2	0.8	0.6	4.0	1.2	11.2	24.6	.455	1.4	6.4	.219	6.2	7.2	.861
difference:	+17	+3.0	+11.0	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+1.9	+0.3	+0.1	-2.7	-0.9	+4.0	+7.9	+.026	+2.1	+2.7	+.166	+5.0	+5.8	+.006
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867


Season 10
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	40	36.0	23.2	1.0	3.8	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.4	3.4	2.4	8.7	19.3	.451	1.6	5.3	.300	4.2	5.1	.833
difference:	+29	+3.0	+1.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+4.2	+0.2		-1.6	-0.5	+0.8	+1.2	+.015	+2.8	+5.3	+.112	+2.5	+3.2	+.046
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	50	33.5	23.2	0.8	3.1	3.9	5.4	0.9	0.7	2.9	2.1	8.9	17.6	.506	1.6	4.4	.365	3.8	4.6	.842
difference:	+27	+3.8	+5.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+3.1	+0.3	+0.2	-1.4	-0.5	+2.5	+2.9	+.074	+1.9	+4.6	+.022	+2.2	+2.8	+.085
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Bradley Beal	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	53	33.3	18.2	1.0	3.4	4.4	5.0	1.0	0.5	2.5	2.4	7.1	13.9	.513	1.9	4.4	.430	2.1	2.5	.813
difference:	+19	+6.0	+4.2	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+3.0	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-1.3	+2.1	+1.7	+.101	+1.1	+3.3	+.039	+1.2	+1.5	+.092
Klay Thompson	72	27.3	14.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	5.0	12.2	.412	3.0	7.7	.391	0.9	1.0	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	4	38.5	16.5	1.5	1.3	2.8	4.5	0.8	0.3	3.3	3.8	6.5	14.8	.441	2.5	5.8	.435	1.0	1.3	.800
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Bradley Beal played 1 season more than Klay Thompson in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2025—Bradley Beal didn't play in the postseason.

Bradley Beal vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Bradley Beal, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years