Evan Mobley vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas 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 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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	Isiah Thomas
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+3		+2.0	+1.3	+4.1	+5.4	+5.3	+1.3	+1.5	-2.3	-1.4	+0.2	+2.8	+.084	+0.1	+0.5	+.038	+1.8	+2.3	+.041
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Mobley nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Isiah Thomas
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+3.8	+6.7	+1.1	+3.8	+5.0	+5.0	+1.7	+1.1	-2.2	-1.1	+2.4	+7.0	+.082	+0.1	+0.2	+.072	+1.9	+2.6	+.036
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710
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
Isiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Evan Mobley	Isiah Thomas
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Evan Mobley	50	30.6	15.7	2.2	7.1	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.4	11.0	.580	0.4	1.2	.373	2.5	3.4	.719
difference:	+32	+6.1	+5.6	+0.9	+4.4	+5.4	+7.9	+1.6	+1.0	-1.9	-1.3	+1.8	+6.7	+.118	+0.1	+0.4	+.035	+2.2	+3.1	+.014
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	12	35.2	16.0	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	1.8	2.8	6.8	12.2	.555	0.4	1.5	.278	2.1	3.0	.694
difference:	+7	+4.4	+5.4	+1.1	+4.4	+5.5	+8.7	+1.8	+1.0	-2.8	-1.6	+1.0	+4.4	+.085		+0.3	+.055	+3.3	+4.0	+.077
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771

Season 4
	Evan Mobley	Isiah Thomas
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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4th 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	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
difference:	+10	+7.6	+2.7	+0.9	+4.0	+4.8	+10.7	+1.4	+1.3	-1.7	-1.6	+0.9	+4.6	+.099	+0.8	+1.8	+.113	+1.8	+1.8	+.084
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840
difference:	+1	+7.3	+7.2	+1.4	+1.5	+2.9	+9.6	+1.0	+0.6	-1.9	-3.0	+2.8	+7.5	+.086	+1.1	+2.2	+.052	+2.6	+3.8	+.082
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758

Additional Years
* Isiah Thomas played 9 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 1986 to 1994—Isiah Thomas played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Evan Mobley, Isiah Thomas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP