Brian Shaw vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Brian Shaw, 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.

Brian Shaw played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Brian Shaw had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Brian Shaw	14	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Brian Shaw	82	28.1	8.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.6	8.4	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.6	.826
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	3	41.3	17.0	0.7	5.0	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Brian Shaw didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Brian Shaw	79	35.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	7.6	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.6	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.3	.111	2.6	3.2	.819
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	11	28.7	11.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	4.3	9.1	.470	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.867
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics, Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Brian Shaw	63	22.6	7.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.1	.407	0.1	0.4	.217	1.1	1.4	.791
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	3	28.3	12.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	4.7	10.0	.467	1.0	1.7	.600	1.7	2.7	.625
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Brian Shaw	68	23.6	7.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.4	2.9	7.4	.393	0.6	1.9	.331	0.9	1.1	.782
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758


Season 5
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Brian Shaw	77	26.5	9.0	1.4	3.2	4.5	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.6	8.7	.417	0.9	2.8	.338	0.8	1.2	.719
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	5	22.4	7.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.6	3.2	8.2	.390	0.0	2.6	.000	1.4	2.4	.583
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667


Season 6
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Brian Shaw	78	23.5	6.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	6.3	.389	0.6	2.4	.261	0.9	1.2	.737
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	21	16.9	6.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	5.9	.390	1.0	2.7	.386	1.0	1.5	.625
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755


Season 7
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
Brian Shaw	75	22.4	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.1	2.4	6.5	.374	0.5	1.9	.285	1.2	1.5	.798
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	10	21.7	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.6	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.8	5.2	.346	0.8	2.2	.364	0.3	0.4	.750
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828


Season 8
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Brian Shaw	77	24.2	7.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.5	6.7	.366	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.8	.793
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	5	16.2	2.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	1.0	0.6	3.8	.158	0.4	1.2	.333	0.4	0.8	.500
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740


Season 9
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brian Shaw	59	25.9	6.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.6	.345	0.5	1.6	.295	0.6	0.9	.692
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794


Season 10
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Brian Shaw	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725


Season 11
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Brian Shaw	74	16.9	4.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.7	4.4	.382	0.2	0.8	.310	0.6	0.7	.759
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	22	18.4	5.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.9	.421	0.7	2.2	.333	0.6	0.7	.813
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786


Season 12
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Brian Shaw	80	22.9	5.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.0	2.1	5.1	.399	0.5	1.7	.311	0.6	0.8	.797
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	16	18.1	4.4	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.3	1.7	4.5	.375	0.6	1.8	.345	0.4	0.6	.667
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Brian Shaw	58	10.9	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.0	.353	0.5	1.5	.330	0.3	0.4	.692
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	19	12.5	2.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.3	.333	0.5	1.7	.281	0.2	0.2	1.000
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Brian Shaw	Isiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Brian Shaw	72	12.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	3.6	.387	0.5	1.5	.349	0.1	0.2	.667
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brian Shaw	12	18.0	3.2	0.1	3.1	3.2	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.5	2.2	.231	0.2	0.3	.667
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Brian Shaw vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Brian Shaw, 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

Season 14