Duncan Robinson vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Duncan Robinson, 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.

Duncan Robinson played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Duncan Robinson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Duncan Robinson	Klay Thompson
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Duncan Robinson	15	10.7	3.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	3.1	.391	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	0.4	.667
difference:	+51	+13.7	+9.2	+0.3	+1.0	+1.1	+1.7	+0.4	+0.3	-1.3	-1.6	+3.6	+7.8	+.052	+1.0	+1.8	+.128	+0.9	+1.0	+.201
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 Duncan Robinson nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Duncan Robinson	Klay Thompson
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Duncan Robinson	79	25.9	10.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	2.9	7.9	.372	0.6	0.8	.836
difference:	+2	+6.0	+10.8	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.3	+0.6	+0.6	-1.1	-0.9	+4.1	+7.7	+.064	+0.2	+0.8	+.067	+2.3	+2.5	+.043
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		%
Duncan Robinson	13	12.2	5.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.4	.439	1.4	3.6	.383	0.4	0.5	.833
difference:	+8	+24.0	+13.0	+0.2	+1.8	+2.1	+2.2	+0.5	+0.8	-1.8	-1.3	+5.2	+11.5	+.007	+1.3	+3.4	+.007	+1.3	+1.6	+.033
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
	Duncan Robinson	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Duncan Robinson	42	16.4	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	5.6	.371	1.5	4.6	.328	0.7	0.8	.906
difference:	+38	+16.9	+15.7	+0.2	+1.9	+2.2	+1.0	+0.5	+0.6	-1.0	-0.1	+6.0	+11.7	+.099	+2.0	+3.5	+.097	+1.7	+2.0	+.033
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		%
Duncan Robinson	23	18.2	9.0	0.0	1.4	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.9	.475	2.2	4.9	.442	0.3	0.3	.875
difference:	+1	+17.2	+15.3	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	-1.1	-0.6	+5.1	+12.0	+.031	+1.9	+4.7	+.018	+3.1	+3.7	+.021
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
	Duncan Robinson	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Duncan Robinson	68	28.0	12.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.9	.450	2.8	7.0	.395	1.2	1.3	.889
difference:	+10	+6.0	+9.4	+0.4	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+3.8	+7.7	+.018	+0.6	+1.3	+.019	+1.2	+1.5	+.036
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		%
Duncan Robinson	5	12.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.2	.313	0.6	2.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+12	+23.1	+12.4	+0.6	+2.2	+2.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-1.4	+4.5	+10.7	+.084	+1.8	+3.6	+.156	+1.5	+1.9
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
	Duncan Robinson	Klay Thompson
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Duncan Robinson	74	24.1	11.0	0.2	2.0	2.3	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.9	9.0	.437	2.6	6.5	.393	0.6	0.7	.887
difference:	+1	+10.2	+9.0	+0.2	+1.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.2	+4.0	+7.2	+.051	+0.5	+0.6	+.047	+0.5	+0.6	+.050
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		%
Duncan Robinson	4	14.8	4.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	1.0	.750
difference:	+17	+23.0	+15.3	+0.5	+2.6	+3.1	+1.5	+0.8	+0.3		-0.8	+6.3	+12.8	+.108	+2.2	+4.5	+.094	+0.5	+0.5	+.121
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 5 seasons more than Duncan Robinson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2019 to 2025—Klay Thompson played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Duncan Robinson, Klay Thompson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game