Charles Oakley vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Charles Oakley played 19 years in the NBA, 7 more than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Charles Oakley had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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.

Rookie Season
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
difference:	+11	+1.4	+2.9	+2.9	+3.2	+6.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+1.2	+3.9	+.076	+1.7	+4.1		+1.1	+2.1	+.206
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charles Oakley	82	31.8	12.9	4.2	6.3	10.5	2.3	1.3	0.2	3.0	3.3	5.2	10.2	.510	0.1	0.6	.250	2.4	3.1	.773
difference:	+5	+0.1	+8.8	+3.8	+3.4	+7.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.6	-1.1	-1.7	+2.6	+6.7	+.047	+3.0	+6.5	+.189	+0.5	+0.2	+.106
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		%
Charles Oakley	9	33.2	9.7	4.8	6.4	11.2	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.4	3.9	8.1	.479	0.1	0.2	.500	1.8	2.7	.667
difference:	+12	+3.0	+8.9	+4.4	+3.0	+7.3	+1.4	+0.5	+0.8	-0.4	-0.4	+3.2	+7.8	+.033	+2.6	+6.8	+.110	+0.1	+0.6	+.133
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
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Charles Oakley	61	36.0	14.6	4.2	7.7	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.761
difference:	+19	+2.7	+7.5	+3.8	+4.3	+8.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	-1.0	-1.7	+2.6	+6.8	+.054	+3.5	+8.1		+1.2	+1.9	+.112
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		%
Charles Oakley	10	33.6	12.1	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	4.3	8.4	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.2	.654
difference:	+14	+1.8	+12.2	+3.3	+4.1	+7.3	+0.4		+0.2	-0.2	-1.1	+4.1	+10.5	+.068	+4.0	+9.5	+.576		+1.2	+.200
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
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Charles Oakley	76	36.0	11.2	4.0	8.1	12.1	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	4.0	7.8	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.784
difference:	+2	+2.0	+11.1	+3.4	+5.1	+8.4	+0.6		+0.3	-1.2	-2.0	+4.3	+9.8	+.048	+3.4	+8.3		+0.7	+1.2	+.069
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		%
Charles Oakley	3	33.3	7.7	5.0	5.3	10.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	4.3	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
difference:	+14	+1.8	+7.3	+4.4	+2.1	+6.4	+1.1	+0.1		-0.9	-1.7	+2.2	+6.9	+.079	+2.4	+6.2		+0.5	+0.1	+.288
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
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735
difference:	+9	+6.1	+13.8	+2.7	+2.0	+4.7	+0.9		+0.3	-0.3	-1.5	+5.3	+11.3	+.034	+3.1	+7.1		+0.1	+0.1	+.102
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		%
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741
difference:	+9	+8.3	+14.3	+3.2	+1.7	+4.9	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+5.8	+11.5	+.086	+3.2	+7.5		+0.4	+0.8	+.130
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
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Charles Oakley	82	27.2	6.9	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.5	2.7	5.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.722
difference:	+4	+6.8	+14.6	+3.0	+1.7	+4.8	+0.9	+0.1	+0.4		-1.5	+5.7	+12.7	+.041	+3.1	+7.7		+0.2	+0.1	+.094
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		%
Charles Oakley	15	33.8	11.1	4.7	6.3	11.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	4.2	8.7	.481	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727
difference:	+6	+5.2	+9.6	+4.1	+2.8	+6.9	+1.0	+0.2	+0.6	-0.6	-0.6	+3.6	+8.4	+.025	+3.3	+7.5		+0.9	+1.7	+.175
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
	Charles Oakley	Klay Thompson
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Charles Oakley	82	35.8	11.8	4.3	7.5	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	9.3	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.776
difference:	+50	+6.4	+8.6	+3.8	+4.1	+7.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.3	-1.1	-1.9	+3.3	+8.6	+.049	+3.6	+9.3		+1.6	+2.2	+.126
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		%
Charles Oakley	25	39.7	13.2	4.6	7.0	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.0	10.5	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.775
difference:	+3	+3.7	+5.8	+4.3	+3.4	+7.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	-1.3	-1.4	+2.2	+6.2	+.048	+3.5	+9.1		+2.0	+2.7	+.092
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

Additional Years
* Charles Oakley played 7 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 1998 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Klay Thompson, Charles Oakley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team