Dale Davis vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Dale Davis, 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 / 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.

Dale Davis played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Dale Davis had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Dale Davis	16	14	1991-92 to 2006-07
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

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
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dale Davis	64	20.3	6.2	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.8	3.0	2.4	4.4	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.4	.572
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	3	23.0	2.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.7	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1982-83
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dale Davis	82	27.6	8.9	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	3.3	3.7	6.5	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.529
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	4	29.3	4.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1983-84
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	66	34.7	11.7	4.2	6.6	10.9	1.5	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.5	.527
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	16	36.1	7.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.9	3.3	3.5	6.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	2.3	.306
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	74	31.7	10.6	3.5	5.9	9.4	0.8	1.0	1.6	1.7	3.0	4.4	7.8	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.5	.533
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	17	28.8	7.9	3.1	4.9	8.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	6.2	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.8	.489
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758


Season 5
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	78	33.6	10.3	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	3.1	4.3	7.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.7	.467
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	5	36.8	7.2	4.0	7.2	11.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.2	6.2	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667


Season 6
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1986-87
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	80	32.4	10.4	3.8	5.9	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.6	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.428
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755


Season 7
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	1987-88
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	78	27.9	8.0	3.0	4.8	7.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.4	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.2	.465
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	16	29.2	8.8	2.8	4.8	7.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.6	3.5	5.4	.651	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	4.0	.453
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828


Season 8
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Dale Davis	50	27.5	8.0	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.618
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	13	30.3	9.1	3.5	6.7	10.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.5	5.9	.584	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.560
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740


Season 9
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Dale Davis	74	28.7	10.0	3.5	6.4	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.7	4.1	8.1	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.685
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	23	31.1	8.3	3.6	7.8	11.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.8	3.6	3.4	6.6	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.542
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794


Season 10
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	81	26.7	7.2	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.5	3.0	6.0	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.632
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	2	10.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725


Season 11
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Dale Davis	78	31.4	9.5	3.4	5.5	8.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.5	3.8	7.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.708
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	3	23.7	2.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	5.3	1.0	3.7	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786


Season 12
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dale Davis	78	29.3	7.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	1.2	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.0	5.6	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.633
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	6	26.8	7.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.654
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Dale Davis	76	22.1	4.4	2.1	3.2	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.0	1.8	3.7	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.613
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	61	21.4	4.7	2.5	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.8	3.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.606
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	13	24.2	5.3	2.8	3.4	6.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.0	4.5	.448	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.680
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	28	6.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.533
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	8	4.5	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dale Davis	Isiah Thomas
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Dale Davis	46	10.1	1.8	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.6	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.654
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Davis	8	6.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dale Davis vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Dale Davis, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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