Ersan Ilyasova vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Ersan Ilyasova, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Ersan Ilyasova and Tristan Thompson both played 13 years in the NBA. Ersan Ilyasova had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Tristan 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ersan Ilyasova	13	8	2006-07 to 2020-21
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	66	14.7	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	5.5	.383	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.3	.787
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ersan Ilyasova didn't play in 2007-08 and 2008-09.


Season 2
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	81	23.4	10.4	1.9	4.4	6.4	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	4.0	9.0	.443	1.0	3.0	.336	1.4	2.0	.715
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	7	22.4	9.7	3.0	4.6	7.6	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.4	7.1	.480	0.7	2.0	.357	2.1	2.6	.833
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	25.1	9.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	8.5	.436	0.6	2.0	.298	1.6	1.7	.894
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	27.6	13.0	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.2	4.9	10.0	.492	0.9	1.9	.455	2.4	3.1	.781
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585


Season 5
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	73	27.6	13.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.0	.462	1.3	2.9	.444	1.7	2.2	.796
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	4	29.3	11.5	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	11.5	.435	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575


Season 6
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	55	26.9	11.2	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	4.3	10.5	.409	0.7	2.4	.282	1.9	2.4	.823
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 7
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	58	22.7	11.5	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.5	9.6	.472	1.3	3.3	.389	1.2	1.8	.645
Tristan Thompson	53	20.2	5.8	2.4	4.3	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.4	.562	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.544

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	23.7	8.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.7	3.3	10.2	.328	0.8	3.8	.217	1.2	1.7	.700
Tristan Thompson	19	21.9	6.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.6	4.4	.590	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.741


Season 8
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	74	25.4	10.4	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.8	8.9	.424	1.3	3.5	.371	1.5	2.1	.721
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	82	26.1	13.1	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.6	4.7	10.9	.431	1.7	4.9	.353	2.0	2.5	.778
Tristan Thompson	57	30.2	12.0	4.0	6.2	10.1	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.1	9.9	.512	0.2	0.4	.391	1.7	2.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	15.0	4.0	2.3	2.8	5.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.8	.348	0.2	0.8	.200	1.2	1.5	.778
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	69	25.1	10.9	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.0	8.9	.452	1.3	3.7	.360	1.5	2.0	.778
Tristan Thompson	54	23.8	7.6	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.1	6.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	10	23.3	9.3	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	3.6	8.4	.429	0.9	3.1	.290	1.2	2.1	.571
Tristan Thompson	5	26.4	10.4	5.8	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	2.4	4.0	6.8	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 11
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	67	18.4	6.8	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.6	2.5	5.7	.438	0.9	2.4	.363	0.9	1.1	.824
Tristan Thompson	57	15.7	6.0	2.1	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	4.7	.528	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	2.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	15	18.1	6.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.7	2.3	5.4	.432	0.8	2.7	.300	1.3	1.7	.800
Tristan Thompson	5	7.6	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	63	15.7	6.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.0	.466	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.4	.828
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	3	7.7	3.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000
Tristan Thompson	6	5.3	1.8	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.200


Season 13
	Ersan Ilyasova	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	17	8.7	3.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.2	.389	1.1	2.4	.439	0.3	0.3	1.000
Tristan Thompson	49	11.2	3.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.4	.608	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	1.1	.288

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	1	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Tristan Thompson	10	8.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Ersan Ilyasova vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Ersan Ilyasova, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13