Devin Booker vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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 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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+4	+6.1	+3.2	+0.4		+0.4	+5.2	+1.5	+0.1	-2.1	-0.5	+1.5	+3.4	+.001	+1.1	+3.0	+.055	+1.4	+2.6	+.136
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
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	78	35.0	22.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.3	3.1	3.1	7.8	18.3	.423	1.9	5.2	.363	4.7	5.7	.832
difference:	+3	+3.2	+0.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.8	+4.4	+1.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.8	+1.2	+0.7	+.049	+1.5	+3.7	+.075	+0.2	+0.7	+.122
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
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	54	34.5	24.9	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.7	0.9	0.3	3.6	3.1	8.4	19.5	.432	2.7	7.1	.383	5.4	6.1	.878
difference:	+28	+2.2	+3.6	+0.8	+1.3	+0.5	+6.4	+1.6	+0.1	-0.1	-0.9	+0.2	+1.8	+.030	+2.4	+6.3	+.045	+0.7	+0.4	+.145
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Devin Booker	64	35.0	26.6	0.6	3.5	4.1	6.8	0.9	0.2	4.1	3.1	9.2	19.6	.467	2.1	6.5	.326	6.1	7.1	.866
difference:	+17	+3.1	+5.4	+0.8	+0.5	+0.4	+7.1	+1.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+1.2	+2.2	+.009	+1.7	+5.1	+.069	+1.2	+1.0	+.057
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+7	+0.3	+5.7	+0.7	+1.3	+0.6	+4.3	+1.5			-0.2	+1.1	+2.1	+.001	+1.7	+4.6	+.044	+2.0	+1.3	+.129
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+14	+3.3	+5.0	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+5.7	+1.1		-1.1	-0.4	+1.6	+2.5	+.021	+1.7	+4.3	+.146	+0.2	+0.5	+.099
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		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
difference:	+7	+2.9	+3.2	+0.7	+1.9	+1.1	+4.2	+1.8	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+0.7	+1.7	+.004	+1.3	+4.0	+.018	+0.5	+0.6	+.150
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+13	+1.6	+7.3	+0.1	+1.8	+1.6	+3.6	+0.6	+0.2	-1.0	-0.1	+2.0	+4.3	+.003	+2.3	+5.8	+.074	+0.8	+0.4	+.094
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		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
difference:	+13	+3.0	+1.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+4.3	+2.4	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+.014	+2.2	+4.6	+.136	+0.7	+1.3	+.059
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	53	34.6	27.8	0.9	3.7	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	9.9	20.1	.494	2.1	6.0	.351	5.8	6.8	.855
difference:	+27	+2.0	+9.6	+0.3	+0.9	+1.1	+2.8	+0.7		-1.0	-0.4	+2.8	+4.8	+.030	+1.7	+4.5	+.078	+2.2	+2.4	+.037
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		%
Devin Booker	11	41.7	33.7	1.1	3.7	4.8	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.9	3.4	12.8	21.9	.585	2.8	5.5	.508	5.3	6.1	.866
difference:	+6	+4.5	+15.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-1.1	+6.0	+5.5	+.173	+2.3	+3.7	+.241	+1.1	+0.5	+.126
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
difference:	+13	+1.0	+8.7	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+2.5	+0.8	+0.2	-1.4	-0.5	+2.3	+2.9	+.054	+1.7	+4.4	+.055	+2.4	+2.0	+.111
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		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
difference:	+16	+3.6	+7.0	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+2.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-1.2	+0.6	+0.3	+.029	+0.2	+1.6	+.121	+5.7	+5.2	+.157
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	75	37.3	25.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.1	0.9	0.2	2.9	2.6	8.7	18.9	.461	2.4	7.3	.332	5.8	6.4	.894
difference:	+27	+2.8	+9.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+2.2	+0.7		-1.0	-0.1	+2.7	+5.0	+.026	+2.0	+5.9	+.040	+2.1	+1.6	+.112
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Devin Booker	Isiah Thomas
Season	2025-26	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	5	36.2	29.2	1.6	2.4	4.0	6.0	0.4	0.4	4.6	2.8	9.2	19.4	.474	2.6	7.0	.371	8.2	10.0	.820
difference:	+73	+1.2	+10.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	+1.2	+1.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.3	+2.0	+3.2	+.028	+2.3	+5.9	+.080	+4.5	+5.2	+.048
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		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Isiah Thomas played 2 seasons more than Devin Booker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 1993 to 1994—Isiah Thomas didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Devin Booker, Isiah Thomas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game