Evan Mobley vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan 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, 9 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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 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	Tristan Thompson
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+9	+10.1	+6.8	+1.0	+2.8	+1.8	+2.0	+0.3	+0.7	-0.5	-0.1	+2.9	+4.6	+.069	+0.3	+1.3		+0.6	+0.5	+.111
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	-	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Mobley nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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:	+3	+3.1	+4.5	+1.3	+0.9	+0.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+1.8	+2.3	+.066	+0.3	+1.3		+0.4	+0.3	+.066
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	-	2.2	3.5	.608
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
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Evan Mobley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+11	+3.7	+10.0	+1.0	+2.3	+1.3	+2.7	+0.5	+0.9	-1.0	-0.3	+3.8	+6.8	+.010	+1.2	+3.2		+1.2	+1.3	+.084
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		%
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:	+12	+4.3	+7.5	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+1.1	+0.8	+0.2	-0.6	-1.2	+2.8	+4.4	+.028	+1.8	+3.9		+0.2	+1.0	+.255
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
	Evan Mobley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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5th 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	6	34.0	20.2	2.2	6.8	9.0	4.3	1.8	1.8	2.7	2.5	6.8	14.8	.461	1.8	5.8	.314	4.7	6.7	.700
difference:	+76	+6.3	+12.4	+1.1	+1.1		+3.5	+1.3	+1.2	-2.0		+3.8	+9.7	+.127	+1.8	+5.8		+2.9	+3.7	+.084
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		%
Evan Mobley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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