Dwight Howard vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Dwight Howard, 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.

Dwight Howard played 18 years in the NBA, 15 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Dwight Howard had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Dwight Howard	Amen Thompson
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671
difference:	+20	+10.2	+2.5	+1.1	+2.3	+3.4	+1.7	+0.4	+1.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.4	+1.1	+.016	+0.1	+0.9		+1.7	+2.5	+.013
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dwight Howard nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Dwight Howard	Amen Thompson
Season	2005-06	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dwight Howard	82	36.8	15.8	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.595
difference:	+13	+4.6	+1.7	+0.7	+3.6	+4.3	+2.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.6	-1.0	+0.1	+0.6	+.026	+0.4	+1.3		+1.9	+3.7	+.089
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Season 3
	Dwight Howard	Amen Thompson
Season	2006-07	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586
difference:	+53	+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	+4.2	+5.0	+3.4	+0.4	+1.4	-1.3	-0.6	+0.7	+3.3	+.096	+0.4	+2.0		+1.6	+4.0	+.196
Amen Thompson	29	36.7	17.7	2.7	4.6	7.3	5.3	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.4	7.1	13.9	.507	0.4	2.0	.186	3.2	4.1	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 15 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2008 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Amen Thompson, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Defensive Player of the Year 5 Rebounds Leader 2 Blocks Leader 7 All-Star Game