Ed Conlin vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Ed Conlin, 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.

Ed Conlin played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Ed Conlin had the first of his seasons in 1955-56, while Isaiah Thomas 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ed Conlin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1955-56	2011-12
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Ed Conlin	66	21.6	8.2	-	-	4.9	2.2	-	-	-	1.8	3.2	8.7	.368	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.680
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Conlin	8	24.6	10.5	-	-	5.9	1.1	-	-	-	1.8	3.9	10.6	.365	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Ed Conlin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1959-60	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Ed Conlin	70	23.4	11.2	-	-	4.9	1.8	-	-	-	2.3	4.3	11.9	.361	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	.761
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Conlin	2	10.0	4.0	-	-	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	5.0	.300	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809

Season 6
	Ed Conlin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1960-61	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Ed Conlin	77	16.8	7.0	-	-	3.4	1.6	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	7.8	.361	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.748
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Conlin	3	14.0	5.0	-	-	1.3	1.3	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	5.7	.294	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.