DeMarre Carroll vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and DeMarre Carroll, 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.

DeMarre Carroll and Klay Thompson both played 11 years in the NBA. DeMarre Carroll had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
DeMarre Carroll	11	7	2009-10 to 2019-20
Klay Thompson	11	9	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	71	11.2	2.9	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	3.1	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.623
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	12	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	24	14.5	4.5	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.4	.410	0.3	0.8	.368	0.6	0.7	.875
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	4	18.3	4.8	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.3	2.3	4.8	.474	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	66	16.8	6.0	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.9	.460	0.3	1.1	.286	1.1	1.5	.765
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	73	32.1	11.1	1.5	4.1	5.5	1.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.8	.470	1.3	3.7	.362	1.5	1.9	.773
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	7	35.1	8.9	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.6	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.0	3.3	7.0	.469	1.3	3.1	.409	1.0	1.6	.636
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	70	31.3	12.6	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.7	1.3	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.5	9.3	.487	1.7	4.3	.395	1.8	2.6	.702
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	16	34.9	14.6	1.6	4.4	6.1	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.3	5.4	11.1	.486	1.8	4.5	.403	2.0	2.6	.780
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	26	30.2	11.0	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.0	10.4	.389	1.8	4.5	.390	1.2	1.9	.600
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	20	29.8	8.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.9	3.1	3.1	8.0	.390	1.3	4.0	.329	1.4	1.8	.750
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	72	26.1	8.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.6	.400	1.5	4.4	.341	1.2	1.6	.761
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	10	15.5	4.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.7	.405	0.7	2.2	.318	0.5	0.9	.556
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	73	29.9	13.5	1.4	5.1	6.6	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.414	2.0	5.4	.371	2.6	3.4	.764
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	67	25.4	11.1	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.7	3.4	8.6	.395	1.6	4.6	.342	2.7	3.6	.760
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	5	23.8	6.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.8	7.6	.237	1.4	4.8	.292	1.6	1.6	1.000
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	DeMarre Carroll	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	24	12.1	3.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.8	.379	0.3	1.4	.242	1.2	1.8	.690
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarre Carroll vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and DeMarre Carroll, 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