Chuck Share vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Chuck Share, 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.

Chuck Share played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Chuck Share had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, 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 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
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Rookie Season
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1951-52	2011-12
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Chuck Share	63	14.0	3.9	-	-	5.3	1.0	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	3.7	.322	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.619
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		%
Chuck Share	2	17.5	9.5	-	-	5.0	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	5.5	.727	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1954-55	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chuck Share	69	24.4	11.9	-	-	9.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.0	3.4	8.4	.407	-	-	-	5.1	7.1	.713
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		%
Chuck Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1955-56	2015-16
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Warriors 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		%
Chuck Share	72	27.4	13.6	-	-	10.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	10.2	.430	-	-	-	4.8	6.9	.695
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		%
Chuck Share	8	28.9	12.9	-	-	9.1	1.6	-	-	-	5.1	4.5	9.1	.493	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.646
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
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1956-57	2016-17
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Chuck Share	72	23.2	10.3	-	-	8.9	1.1	-	-	-	3.7	3.3	7.4	.439	-	-	-	3.7	5.5	.684
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		%
Chuck Share	10	16.8	9.2	-	-	6.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.1	7.2	.431	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	.600
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
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1957-58	2017-18
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chuck Share	72	25.3	8.6	-	-	10.4	1.8	-	-	-	3.9	3.0	7.6	.396	-	-	-	2.6	4.1	.648
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		%
Chuck Share	11	18.1	6.6	-	-	6.2	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	2.2	5.5	.393	-	-	-	2.3	3.5	.658
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
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1958-59	2018-19
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Warriors 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		%
Chuck Share	72	23.8	6.0	-	-	9.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.6	2.0	5.3	.386	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.755
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		%
Chuck Share	6	20.3	4.3	-	-	8.7	1.5	-	-	-	2.7	1.3	4.5	.296	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714
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
	Chuck Share	Klay Thompson
Season	1959-60	2021-22
Team	St. Louis Hawks, Minneapolis Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Chuck Share	41	15.9	4.2	-	-	5.4	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	1.4	3.7	.391	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.663
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		%
Chuck Share	9	13.7	2.4	-	-	3.8	0.6	-	-	-	2.9	0.7	1.6	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.909
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