Christian Laettner vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Christian Laettner, 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.
Christian Laettner and Tristan Thompson both played 13 years in the NBA. Christian Laettner had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Christian Laettner |
Tristan Thompson |
Season |
1992-93 | 2011-12 |
Team |
Minnesota Timberwolves | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie First Team | - |
- | All-Rookie Second Team |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
81 |
34.9 |
18.2 |
2.1 |
6.6 |
8.7 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
6.2 |
13.1 |
.474 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.100 |
5.7 |
6.8 |
.835 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tristan Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
70 |
34.7 |
16.8 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
8.6 |
4.4 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
5.7 |
12.6 |
.448 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.240 |
5.4 |
6.8 |
.783 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tristan Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
81 |
34.2 |
16.3 |
2.0 |
5.5 |
7.6 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
5.6 |
11.4 |
.489 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.325 |
5.0 |
6.2 |
.818 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tristan Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
74 |
33.7 |
16.4 |
2.5 |
4.8 |
7.3 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
12.3 |
.487 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.231 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
.818 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
10 |
33.4 |
15.7 |
2.7 |
4.2 |
6.9 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
4.1 |
5.9 |
12.2 |
.484 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.333 |
3.8 |
5.4 |
.704 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
82 |
38.3 |
18.1 |
2.6 |
6.2 |
8.8 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
6.7 |
13.8 |
.486 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
.352 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
.816 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
10 |
40.2 |
17.6 |
1.9 |
5.3 |
7.2 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
6.2 |
15.3 |
.405 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
.190 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
.857 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
74 |
30.8 |
13.8 |
1.9 |
4.7 |
6.6 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
4.8 |
9.9 |
.485 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.222 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
.864 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
4 |
22.0 |
9.8 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
8.8 |
.343 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
.000 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
.882 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
16 |
21.1 |
7.6 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
3.4 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
6.6 |
.358 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.333 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
.772 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
5 |
24.6 |
10.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
4.0 |
9.4 |
.426 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.2 |
2.8 |
.786 |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
82 |
29.8 |
12.2 |
2.1 |
4.6 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
9.8 |
.473 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.292 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.812 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
3 |
25.0 |
6.7 |
0.7 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
4.7 |
2.3 |
5.7 |
.412 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
2.7 |
.750 |
Tristan Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
78 |
21.3 |
9.3 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
4.7 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
7.1 |
.503 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.308 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
.833 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tristan Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
57 |
25.3 |
7.1 |
1.3 |
4.0 |
5.3 |
2.6 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
.464 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.200 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
.868 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
76 |
29.1 |
8.3 |
1.5 |
5.1 |
6.6 |
3.1 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
6.8 |
.494 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.125 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.833 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
48 |
20.5 |
5.9 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
4.8 |
1.9 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
5.3 |
.465 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.286 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.800 |
Tristan Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Christian Laettner |
49 |
15.1 |
5.3 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
.582 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.143 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.763 |
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 |
% |
Christian Laettner |
13 |
10.2 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
.833 |
Tristan Thompson |
6 |
9.8 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
.417 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |