Chris Bosh vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Chris Bosh, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Chris Bosh played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Chris Bosh had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chris Bosh	13	6	2003-04 to 2015-16
Tristan Thompson	14	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Bosh	75	33.5	11.5	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.459	0.1	0.2	.357	2.7	3.8	.701
difference:	+15	+9.8	+3.3	+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4		-0.7	+1.2	+2.1	+.020	+0.1	+0.2		+0.9	+0.6	+.149
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	-	1.8	3.2	.552

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Bosh nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	81	37.2	16.8	2.4	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.9	1.4	2.3	2.8	5.8	12.4	.471	0.0	0.1	.300	5.1	6.7	.760
difference:	+1	+5.9	+5.1	+1.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.5	-0.8	-0.1	+1.0	+2.7	+.017		+0.1		+2.9	+3.2	+.152
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	-	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Bosh nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	70	39.3	22.5	2.9	6.3	9.2	2.6	0.7	1.1	2.2	3.0	7.8	15.5	.505	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.3	.816
difference:	+12	+7.7	+10.8	+0.4	+0.4		+1.7	+0.2	+0.7	-0.9	-0.7	+3.4	+6.2	+.028		+0.2		+3.9	+4.2	+.123
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	-	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Bosh nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Chris Bosh	69	38.5	22.6	2.7	8.0	10.7	2.5	0.6	1.3	2.6	2.4	7.9	15.9	.496	0.2	0.5	.343	6.7	8.6	.785
difference:	+13	+11.7	+14.1	+0.6	+3.3	+2.7	+2.0	+0.2	+0.6	-1.6	-0.1	+4.6	+9.9	+.051	+0.2	+0.5		+4.8	+5.6	+.144
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		%
Chris Bosh	6	37.0	17.5	1.2	7.8	9.0	2.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	3.2	6.0	15.2	.396	0.2	0.8	.200	5.3	6.3	.842
difference:	+14	+0.6	+7.9	+3.2	+1.4	+1.8	+2.0	+0.5	+0.6	-1.2	-0.7	+2.4	+8.7	+.162	+0.2	+0.8		+2.9	+2.2	+.257
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Chris Bosh	67	36.2	22.3	2.6	6.1	8.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.3	7.6	15.3	.494	0.1	0.4	.400	7.0	8.3	.844
difference:	+15	+8.5	+14.5	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	-1.6	-0.2	+4.6	+10.2	+.094	+0.1	+0.4		+5.2	+5.3	+.228
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		%
Chris Bosh	5	39.8	24.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	2.6	3.8	8.4	17.8	.472	0.2	1.4	.143	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+16	+10.2	+17.3	+0.1	+0.1		+2.9	+1.2	+0.5	-1.8	-1.2	+6.1	+13.4	+.055	+0.2	+1.4		+5.0	+4.9	+.258
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Chris Bosh	77	38.0	22.7	2.8	7.2	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.5	8.0	16.4	.487	0.2	0.6	.245	6.5	8.0	.817
difference:	+1	+8.1	+14.6	+0.9	+1.7	+0.8	+1.5	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+4.6	+10.8	+.113	+0.2	+0.6		+5.1	+5.3	+.319
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	-	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Chris Bosh	70	36.1	24.0	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.4	8.6	16.5	.518	0.1	0.3	.364	6.7	8.4	.797
difference:	+17	+15.9	+18.2	+0.5	+3.6	+4.2	+1.8	+0.3	+0.7	-1.7	-0.5	+6.1	+12.1	+.044	+0.1	+0.3		+5.9	+6.9	+.253
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		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Chris Bosh	77	36.3	18.7	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.2	6.8	13.7	.496	0.1	0.3	.240	5.0	6.1	.815
difference:	+34	+8.4	+7.8	+2.2	+0.3	+1.9	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.1	+4.9	+.033	+0.1	+0.3		+3.4	+3.6	+.173
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		%
Chris Bosh	21	39.7	18.6	2.2	6.2	8.5	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.3	6.6	13.9	.474	0.0	0.2	.000	5.4	6.7	.814
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Chris Bosh	57	35.2	18.0	1.6	6.3	7.9	1.8	0.9	0.8	2.1	2.2	6.9	14.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.286	4.0	4.9	.821
difference:		+5.0	+6.0	+2.4	+0.1	+2.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3		+1.8	+4.3	+.025		+0.2	+.105	+2.3	+2.1	+.206
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		%
Chris Bosh	14	31.4	14.0	2.6	5.2	7.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	5.2	10.6	.493	0.5	0.9	.538	3.1	3.7	.827
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	74	33.2	16.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.7	0.9	1.4	1.7	2.3	6.6	12.3	.535	0.3	1.0	.284	3.3	4.1	.798
difference:	+20	+9.4	+9.0	+1.3		+1.3	+0.5	+0.5	+0.8	-0.6	-0.1	+3.5	+6.3	+.017	+0.3	+0.9	+.284	+2.0	+1.9	+.206
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		%
Chris Bosh	23	32.7	12.1	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.5	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.9	4.8	10.4	.458	0.7	1.6	.405	1.9	2.6	.733
difference:	+18	+6.3	+1.7	+4.1	+1.6	+2.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-0.5	+0.8	+3.6	+.130	+0.7	+1.6		+0.5	+0.8	+.027
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	79	32.0	16.2	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.2	12.1	.516	0.9	2.8	.339	2.8	3.4	.820
difference:	+22	+16.3	+10.2	+0.9	+2.5	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	-0.8	-0.7	+3.7	+7.4	+.012	+0.9	+2.7	+.006	+1.7	+1.4	+.294
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		%
Chris Bosh	20	34.3	14.9	1.2	4.4	5.6	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.7	2.6	5.8	11.5	.507	1.5	3.7	.405	1.8	2.4	.750
difference:	+15	+26.7	+14.1	+0.8	+3.2	+4.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.0	-0.3	-1.8	+5.4	+10.5	+.107	+1.5	+3.7		+1.8	+2.4
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	44	35.4	21.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	2.2	1.6	7.8	16.9	.460	1.4	3.8	.375	4.1	5.3	.772
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Bosh	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	53	33.5	19.1	0.9	6.5	7.4	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	6.8	14.5	.467	1.5	4.2	.365	4.0	5.1	.795
difference:	+4	+22.3	+15.8	+0.6	+4.4	+3.8	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.9	-0.7	+5.3	+12.1	+.141	+1.5	+4.2		+3.7	+4.0	+.507
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	-	0.3	1.1	.288

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years

* Tristan Thompson played 1 season more than Chris Bosh in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2025—Tristan Thompson played in the Playoffs.

Chris Bosh vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Chris Bosh, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years