De'Andre Hunter vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and De'Andre Hunter, 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.

De'Andre Hunter played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Klay Thompson, who played 13. De'Andre Hunter had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	De'Andre Hunter	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
difference:	+3	+7.6	+0.2	+0.3	+1.7	+2.1	+0.2				-0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+.033		+0.7	+.059	+0.5	+0.9	+.104
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
* Neiher De'Andre Hunter nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	De'Andre Hunter	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+10	+0.2	+6.3	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+1.5	+0.6	+0.5	-0.7	-1.4	+2.1	+4.6	+.002	+1.6	+2.8	+.089	+0.3	+0.2	+.053
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+15	+1.1	+1.9	+0.8	+1.1	+1.8	+1.4	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-0.3	+0.6	+1.7	+.013	+0.4	+0.7	+.022	+0.4	+0.4
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
difference:	+23	+3.8	+6.5	+0.1		+0.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+2.8	+5.7	+.011	+1.4	+2.8	+.040	+0.5	+0.6	+.026
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Klay Thompson
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+14	+6.8	+5.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7		+0.3	-0.3	-0.6	+2.7	+5.7	+.002	+0.9	+2.2	+.009	+1.0	+1.2	+.007
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846
difference:	+9	+12.0	+4.0	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+2.1	+6.0	+.032	+0.9	+2.9	+.075	+1.3	+1.4	+.058
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Klay Thompson
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
difference:	+43	+6.5	+5.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	-0.3	-1.1	+3.0	+4.6	+.063	+1.3	+1.3	+.126	+1.9	+2.2	+.019
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Klay Thompson played 6 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2019 to 2026—Klay Thompson played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Klay Thompson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game