Chris Dudley vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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

Chris Dudley played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Chris Dudley had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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 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
Chris Dudley	16	12	1987-88 to 2002-03
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Chris Dudley	55	9.3	3.1	1.3	1.3	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.2	2.5	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.563
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	.000	1.8	3.2	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	4	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Chris Dudley	61	8.9	3.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.8	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.8	.364
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	.000	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Chris Dudley	64	21.2	5.5	2.7	3.9	6.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.6	2.3	5.5	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.8	.319
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	.000	2.9	4.1	.693

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


Season 4
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1990-91	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Chris Dudley	61	25.6	7.1	3.8	4.6	8.4	0.6	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.6	2.8	6.8	.408	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.534
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 Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1991-92	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Chris Dudley	82	23.2	5.6	4.2	4.8	9.0	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.0	3.4	2.3	5.8	.403	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.468
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 Dudley	4	19.3	3.5	3.3	3.0	6.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	1.3	3.5	.357	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1992-93	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Chris Dudley	71	19.7	3.5	3.0	4.2	7.2	0.2	0.2	1.5	0.8	2.7	1.3	3.7	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.518
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	.000	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 Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Chris Dudley	6	14.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.0	1.0	4.2	.240	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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 Dudley	4	20.3	2.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	4.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Chris Dudley	82	27.4	5.5	4.0	5.4	9.3	0.4	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.5	2.2	5.4	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.2	.464
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 Dudley	3	19.7	2.3	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.375
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Chris Dudley	80	24.1	5.1	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.510
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 Dudley	5	18.4	2.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.6	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Dudley	81	22.7	3.9	2.5	4.8	7.3	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.0	3.0	1.6	3.6	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.7	.474
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 Dudley	4	17.3	3.0	2.5	4.5	7.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.333
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Chris Dudley	51	16.8	3.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.7	1.1	2.8	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.446
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 Dudley	6	8.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.7	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Chris Dudley	46	14.9	2.5	1.7	2.5	4.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.0	2.4	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.475
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	18	16.3	2.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	3.5	0.9	2.1	.421	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.393
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 Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	47	9.8	1.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.333
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	.000	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 Dudley	5	8.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Tristan Thompson	7	9.9	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.9	0.7	2.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500


Season 14
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Chris Dudley	53	11.6	1.4	1.2	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	2.1	0.5	1.4	.397	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.389
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	3	9.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2001-02	-
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		%
Chris Dudley	43	7.6	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.533
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Chris Dudley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Chris Dudley	3	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Chris Dudley vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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

Season 15

Season 16