Byron Scott vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Byron Scott, 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.

Byron Scott played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Byron Scott had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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
Byron Scott	14	13	1983-84 to 1996-97
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1983-84	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	74	22.1	10.6	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.4	4.5	9.3	.484	0.1	0.5	.235	1.5	1.9	.806
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		%
Byron Scott	20	20.2	8.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	8.1	.460	0.1	0.5	.200	1.1	1.8	.600
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Byron Scott	81	28.5	16.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.4	6.7	12.4	.539	0.3	0.7	.433	2.3	2.8	.820
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		%
Byron Scott	19	30.8	16.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	0.2	1.3	2.5	7.3	14.1	.517	0.5	1.1	.476	1.8	2.3	.795
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	76	28.8	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.7	13.0	.513	0.3	0.8	.361	1.8	2.3	.784
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		%
Byron Scott	14	33.6	16.0	1.1	2.9	3.9	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.7	6.4	12.9	.497	0.4	1.2	.353	2.7	3.0	.905
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Byron Scott	82	33.3	17.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.4	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	6.8	13.8	.489	0.8	1.8	.436	2.7	3.1	.892
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		%
Byron Scott	18	33.8	14.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.9	5.7	11.7	.490	0.4	1.9	.206	2.9	3.7	.791
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Byron Scott	81	37.6	21.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.0	2.5	8.8	16.6	.527	0.8	2.2	.346	3.4	3.9	.858
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		%
Byron Scott	24	37.4	19.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	7.4	14.9	.499	1.0	2.3	.436	3.8	4.3	.865
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Byron Scott	74	35.2	19.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.1	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	7.9	16.2	.491	1.0	2.6	.399	2.6	3.1	.863
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		%
Byron Scott	11	36.5	19.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	7.2	14.5	.494	1.4	3.5	.385	4.2	5.0	.836
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Byron Scott	77	33.7	15.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.3	6.1	13.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.423	2.1	2.7	.766
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		%
Byron Scott	9	36.1	13.4	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.6	2.2	0.3	1.4	3.6	5.4	11.8	.462	1.4	3.8	.382	1.1	1.4	.769
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Byron Scott	82	32.1	14.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	1.2	0.3	1.0	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.9	2.7	.324	1.4	1.8	.797
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		%
Byron Scott	18	37.7	13.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.9	5.3	10.3	.511	1.1	2.1	.526	1.5	1.9	.794
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Byron Scott	82	32.7	14.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	12.3	.458	0.7	1.9	.344	3.0	3.5	.838
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		%
Byron Scott	4	37.0	18.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	5.5	11.0	.500	1.8	3.0	.583	6.0	6.8	.889
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Byron Scott	58	28.9	13.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	5.1	11.4	.449	0.8	2.3	.326	2.7	3.2	.848
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		%
Byron Scott	5	35.4	13.6	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.2	8.4	.500	1.6	3.0	.533	3.6	4.6	.783
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1991-92
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	67	17.9	10.4	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.2	3.8	8.2	.467	0.4	1.1	.365	2.3	2.9	.805
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		%
Byron Scott	16	14.9	7.8	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.0	.396	0.6	1.2	.474	2.5	3.2	.784
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
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1992-93
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Byron Scott	80	19.1	10.0	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.3	7.3	.455	1.0	2.5	.389	2.4	2.8	.850
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		%
Byron Scott	17	17.5	6.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.9	5.5	.340	0.5	2.0	.265	1.8	2.0	.882
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Byron Scott	80	23.7	10.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.5	.401	0.9	2.8	.335	2.5	3.0	.835
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		%
Byron Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Byron Scott	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	-
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		%
Byron Scott	79	18.2	6.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.1	4.8	.430	0.9	2.4	.388	1.6	1.9	.841
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	8	16.6	6.4	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.9	4.1	.455	0.5	1.4	.364	2.1	2.4	.895
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Byron Scott vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Byron Scott, 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