Brandon Bass vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Brandon Bass, 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 / 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.

Brandon Bass played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Brandon Bass had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Tristan 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 achivements, 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
Brandon Bass	12	8	2005-06 to 2016-17
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	29	9.2	2.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.632
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	21	7.7	2.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.7	2.1	.341	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	79	19.7	8.3	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.9	3.1	6.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.5	.822
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	5	26.6	11.6	4.0	2.8	6.8	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.4	3.4	7.2	.472	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	5.0	.960
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	81	19.4	8.5	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.1	6.3	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.867
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	10	19.2	9.4	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.2	3.3	6.0	.550	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.1	.903
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585


Season 5
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	50	13.0	5.8	1.1	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.4	4.7	.511	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.825
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	7	6.0	2.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.9	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575


Season 6
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	76	26.1	11.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.1	4.4	8.5	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.1	.815
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	6	23.2	7.3	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	1.2	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.2	.923
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 7
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	59	31.7	12.5	1.6	4.6	6.2	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.3	5.1	10.7	.479	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.810
Tristan Thompson	53	20.2	5.8	2.4	4.3	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.4	.562	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.544

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	20	30.4	11.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	4.1	8.8	.463	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.922
Tristan Thompson	19	21.9	6.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.6	4.4	.590	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.741


Season 8
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	81	27.6	8.7	1.6	3.7	5.2	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.3	3.5	7.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.860
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	6	34.0	6.7	1.3	5.3	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.3	4.8	.483	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	82	27.6	11.1	2.0	3.8	5.7	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.3	4.3	8.8	.486	0.0	0.1	.333	2.5	2.9	.858
Tristan Thompson	57	30.2	12.0	4.0	6.2	10.1	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.1	9.9	.512	0.2	0.4	.391	1.7	2.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	82	23.5	10.6	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.7	4.2	8.3	.504	0.1	0.4	.281	2.1	2.6	.790
Tristan Thompson	54	23.8	7.6	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.1	6.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	4	21.5	5.0	0.8	1.3	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	5.0	.350	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.600
Tristan Thompson	5	26.4	10.4	5.8	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	2.4	4.0	6.8	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 11
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	66	20.3	7.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.6	4.8	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.2	.845
Tristan Thompson	57	15.7	6.0	2.1	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	4.7	.528	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	2.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	5	7.6	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	52	11.1	5.6	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.1	3.6	.575	0.0	0.1	.333	1.5	1.7	.875
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	1	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	6	5.3	1.8	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.200


Season 13
	Brandon Bass	Tristan Thompson
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	49	11.2	3.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.4	.608	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	1.1	.288

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	10	8.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Brandon Bass vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Brandon Bass, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13