Caldwell Jones vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Caldwell Jones, 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

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.

Caldwell Jones played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Caldwell Jones had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Isaiah Thomas 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
Caldwell Jones	14	12	1976-77 to 1989-90
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Caldwell Jones	82	24.7	6.0	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.1	0.5	2.4	-	3.7	2.6	5.2	.507	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.552
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	19	27.0	4.8	2.0	5.9	7.9	1.1	0.5	2.1	-	4.3	1.9	3.8	.507	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.600
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1977-78	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Caldwell Jones	80	20.5	5.4	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	2.1	4.5	.471	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	10	30.1	6.4	2.2	8.4	10.6	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	3.6	2.8	5.6	.500	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Caldwell Jones	78	27.8	9.3	2.3	7.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.9	3.9	8.2	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.747
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	9	35.6	12.7	4.1	9.3	13.4	2.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.0	4.8	9.9	.483	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.778
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Caldwell Jones	80	34.6	7.4	2.7	9.1	11.9	2.1	0.5	2.0	2.7	3.7	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.697
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	18	35.5	8.8	2.8	7.5	10.3	1.9	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.2	3.2	7.2	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	2.9	.808
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969


Season 5
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1980-81	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Caldwell Jones	81	32.6	7.2	2.5	7.6	10.0	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.1	3.3	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.767
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	16	36.3	8.7	2.3	7.4	9.7	1.7	0.4	1.9	2.1	3.3	3.4	5.9	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.738
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809


Season 6
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Caldwell Jones	81	30.2	7.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.9	5.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.817
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	21	32.3	8.7	2.5	6.5	9.0	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.7	3.5	7.6	.463	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.854
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820


Season 7
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Caldwell Jones	82	29.8	9.5	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.1	3.4	3.7	8.3	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.786
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Caldwell Jones	81	30.9	9.9	2.1	5.1	7.2	1.9	0.6	1.0	2.0	4.1	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	.333	2.0	2.4	.837
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Caldwell Jones	42	21.1	3.4	1.2	3.9	5.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	1.3	2.7	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.766
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	2	9.0	5.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.5	3.0	.833	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Caldwell Jones	80	18.0	4.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.1	1.6	3.2	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	1.9	.827
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	4	18.3	3.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Caldwell Jones	78	20.2	4.1	1.5	4.4	5.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.9	1.4	2.9	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.782
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	4	32.3	3.8	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.8	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 12
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Caldwell Jones	79	22.5	4.2	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.0	3.2	1.6	3.3	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.736
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	4	24.5	3.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.5	4.3	1.5	4.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Caldwell Jones	72	17.8	2.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.1	2.5	.421	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.787
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	3	16.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Caldwell Jones	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Caldwell Jones	72	12.3	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.200	0.5	0.8	.704
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caldwell Jones	9	7.3	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.4	1.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Caldwell Jones vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Caldwell Jones, 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