Eric Gordon vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Eric Gordon, 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.

Eric Gordon played 18 years in the NBA, 15 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
	Eric Gordon	Amen Thompson
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
difference:	+16	+11.9	+6.6	+1.8	+2.2	+4.0	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+1.4	+4.4	+.080	+1.6	+3.4	+.251	+2.1	+2.0	+.170
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 Eric Gordon nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Eric Gordon	Amen Thompson
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Eric Gordon	62	36.0	16.9	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.5	5.7	12.6	.449	1.9	5.2	.371	3.6	4.8	.742
difference:	+7	+3.8	+2.8	+2.4	+3.2	+5.6	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	-0.3	-0.9	+0.1	+2.5	+.108	+1.5	+3.9	+.096	+1.2	+1.2	+.058
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		%
Eric Gordon	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

Additional Years
* Eric Gordon played 15 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2012 to 2026—Eric Gordon played in 7 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Amen Thompson, Eric Gordon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year