Evan Mobley vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson and Evan Mobley, 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.

Evan Mobley played 5 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Ausar 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
	Evan Mobley	Ausar Thompson
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
difference:	+6	+8.7	+6.2	+0.1	+1.9	+1.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	-0.6	-0.7	+2.4	+4.4	+.025		+0.5	+.064	+1.3	+1.8	+.066
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Mobley nor Ausar Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Ausar Thompson
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+20	+11.9	+6.1	+0.5	+3.3	+3.9	+0.5	+0.9	+0.8	-0.4		+2.4	+4.2	+.019	+0.1	+0.5	+.008	+1.1	+1.4	+.033
Ausar Thompson	59	22.5	10.1	1.9	3.3	5.1	2.3	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	7.8	.535	0.2	0.8	.224	1.5	2.4	.641
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625
difference:	+1	+15.1	+1.7	+1.7	+3.2	+4.8	+1.0	+0.6	+0.4	-0.6	-1.6	+0.4	+2.6	+.113		+0.1		+2.5	+4.4	+.042
Ausar Thompson	6	22.5	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	4.2	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	6.0	.583

Additional Years
* Evan Mobley played 2 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 5, from 2025 to 2026—Evan Mobley played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Evan Mobley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game