Dan Majerle vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Dan Majerle, 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.

Dan Majerle played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Dan Majerle had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Isaiah Thomas 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
Dan Majerle	14	13	1988-89 to 2001-02
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	54	25.1	8.6	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.6	3.4	8.0	.419	0.5	1.5	.329	1.4	2.4	.614
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	12	29.3	14.3	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.3	12.0	.438	0.7	2.3	.286	3.2	4.0	.792
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	73	30.7	11.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.6	.424	0.3	1.1	.238	2.7	3.6	.762
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	16	29.9	12.6	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.1	4.6	9.4	.487	0.3	0.8	.333	3.2	4.1	.785
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Dan Majerle	77	29.6	13.6	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.2	10.7	.484	0.4	1.1	.349	2.9	3.9	.762
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	4	27.5	10.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	3.0	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	2.8	.364	3.5	4.8	.737
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Majerle	82	34.8	17.3	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.3	1.6	0.5	1.2	1.9	6.7	14.1	.478	1.1	2.8	.382	2.8	3.7	.756
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	7	38.0	18.6	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.9	1.4	0.0	1.3	1.6	6.9	15.9	.432	1.3	4.7	.273	3.6	3.7	.962
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969


Season 5
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	82	39.0	16.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	1.6	2.2	6.2	13.4	.464	2.0	5.3	.381	2.5	3.2	.778
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	24	44.6	15.4	1.2	4.6	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	13.0	.431	2.3	5.7	.394	2.0	2.9	.696
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809


Season 6
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Dan Majerle	80	40.1	16.5	1.5	2.9	4.4	3.4	1.6	0.5	1.7	1.9	6.0	14.2	.418	2.4	6.3	.382	2.2	3.0	.739
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	10	41.0	12.3	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.6	12.7	.362	2.0	5.9	.339	1.1	1.6	.688
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820


Season 7
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Dan Majerle	82	37.7	15.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.9	5.3	12.6	.425	2.4	6.7	.363	2.5	3.4	.730
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	10	30.7	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.9	2.4	2.7	7.3	.370	1.6	4.4	.364	1.2	1.7	.706
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Dan Majerle	82	28.9	10.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	3.7	9.1	.405	1.8	5.0	.353	1.5	2.1	.710
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	3	30.3	16.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	5.3	12.0	.444	3.3	7.7	.435	2.7	3.0	.889
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Dan Majerle	36	35.1	10.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.2	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.9	9.6	.406	1.9	5.6	.338	1.1	1.6	.678
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	17	29.2	8.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	6.9	.393	1.5	4.4	.338	1.1	1.6	.679
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Dan Majerle	72	26.8	7.2	0.7	3.1	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.6	6.1	.419	1.5	4.1	.376	0.6	0.7	.784
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	2	31.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.0	.500
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Dan Majerle	48	33.8	7.0	0.4	3.9	4.3	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.5	6.2	.396	1.4	4.2	.335	0.7	1.0	.717
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	5	30.2	4.0	0.6	5.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.0	5.2	.192	1.0	4.4	.227	1.0	1.4	.714
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 12
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dan Majerle	69	33.4	7.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.1	.403	1.6	4.4	.362	0.8	1.0	.812
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	10	37.0	9.0	0.5	6.5	7.0	3.2	2.1	0.1	1.1	3.4	3.0	7.1	.423	2.0	5.0	.400	1.0	1.4	.714
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Dan Majerle	53	24.6	5.0	0.4	2.8	3.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.6	4.9	.336	1.1	3.4	.315	0.7	0.8	.818
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	3	23.7	5.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	1.7	5.3	.313	1.3	4.7	.286	0.7	1.3	.500
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dan Majerle	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Dan Majerle	65	18.2	4.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.4	.343	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.6	.590
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dan Majerle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dan Majerle vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Dan Majerle, 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