Gordon Hayward vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Gordon Hayward, 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.

Gordon Hayward and Tristan Thompson both played 14 years in the NBA. Gordon Hayward had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Gordon Hayward	14	5	2010-11 to 2023-24
Tristan Thompson	14	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711
difference:	+12	+6.8	+2.8	+2.5	+2.0	+4.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	-0.4	-0.7	+1.2	+3.3	+.046	+0.5	+1.0		+0.8	+1.9	+.159
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 Gordon Hayward nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832
difference:	+16	+0.8	+0.1	+2.8	+3.1	+5.9	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-1.3	+0.8	+0.8	+.032	+0.8	+2.4		+0.7		+.224
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		%
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+10	+2.4	+2.4	+2.6	+3.5	+6.1	+2.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.6	+0.3	+1.4	+.042	+1.4	+3.4		+0.5		+.134
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	-	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816
difference:	+5	+9.6	+7.7	+2.5	+0.4	+2.9	+4.7	+1.0	+0.2	-1.8	-0.3	+2.2	+7.4	+.134	+1.1	+3.6		+2.1	+1.9	+.175
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		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordon Hayward	76	34.4	19.3	0.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.4	2.7	1.7	6.4	14.3	.445	1.6	4.3	.364	4.9	6.1	.812
difference:	+6	+6.7	+11.5	+2.6	+1.5	+4.1	+3.3	+0.9	+0.2	-2.0	-0.8	+3.4	+9.2	+.143	+1.6	+4.3		+3.1	+3.1	+.196
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		%
Gordon Hayward	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


Season 6
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	80	36.2	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.5	15.0	.433	1.8	5.1	.349	4.9	6.0	.824
difference:	+2	+6.3	+11.6	+2.9	+1.3	+4.2	+2.7	+0.7	+0.8	-1.7		+3.1	+9.4	+.167	+1.8	+5.1		+3.5	+3.3	+.326
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	-	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844
difference:	+20	+14.3	+16.1	+1.7	+0.4	+1.2	+2.9	+0.7		-1.2	-0.3	+5.0	+11.4	+.091	+2.0	+5.1		+4.2	+4.4	+.300
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		%
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934
difference:	+8	+15.5	+17.9	+1.7	+1.9	+0.2	+2.8	+0.8	+0.1	-1.6	-0.7	+4.9	+12.7	+.149	+2.5	+6.1	+.412	+5.4	+5.5	+.193
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
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+42	+22.9	+8.9	+4.0	+5.2	+9.2	+2.0	+0.7	+0.4	-1.4	-1.1	+3.7	+6.8	+.029		+1.0		+1.6	+2.5
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
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	72	25.9	11.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.1	3.2	.333	2.2	2.6	.834
difference:	+15	+4.3	+0.5	+3.3	+2.4	+5.6	+1.3	+0.3	+0.6	-0.3	-0.8	+1.0	+1.1	+.046	+0.9	+2.8	+.058	+0.5	+0.2	+.219
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		%
Gordon Hayward	9	29.7	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.2	7.8	.414	1.0	2.7	.375	2.1	2.1	1.000
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	52	33.5	17.5	1.1	5.6	6.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.8	6.7	13.5	.500	1.6	4.3	.383	2.4	2.8	.855
difference:	+2	+9.7	+9.9	+2.0	+0.6	+1.4	+2.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.4	+3.6	+7.5	+.018	+1.6	+4.2	+.383	+1.1	+0.6	+.263
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		%
Gordon Hayward	5	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.4	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	1.4	4.8	.292	1.4	1.6	.875
difference:		+5.0	+0.4	+5.2	+0.6	+5.8	+1.8	+0.6	+0.8	-0.4	-0.4		+3.2	+.188	+1.4	+4.8		+1.0	+1.8	+.169
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
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	44	34.0	19.6	0.8	5.0	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.7	7.1	15.0	.473	1.9	4.7	.415	3.5	4.2	.843
difference:	+13	+18.3	+13.6	+1.3	+2.1	+0.8	+3.5	+0.8	+0.1	-1.3		+4.6	+10.3	+.055	+1.9	+4.6	+.082	+2.4	+2.2	+.317
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		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	49	31.9	15.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.7	5.8	12.6	.459	1.8	4.5	.391	2.6	3.0	.846
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	50	31.5	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.4	5.5	11.6	.475	1.0	3.2	.325	2.6	3.2	.811
difference:	+1	+20.3	+11.4	+0.8	+1.5	+0.7	+3.1	+0.6	+0.1	-1.4	-0.2	+4.0	+9.2	+.133	+1.0	+3.2		+2.3	+2.1	+.523
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	-	0.3	1.1	.288

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Gordon Hayward	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	51	24.4	9.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	7.9	.464	0.7	1.8	.411	1.7	2.4	.742
difference:	+11	+16.2	+8.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+2.5	+0.7		-0.9	-0.4	+2.9	+6.1	+.027	+0.7	+1.7	+.411	+1.5	+1.6	+.509
Tristan Thompson	40	8.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.8	.233

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	7	6.6	0.0	0.1	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+4	+3.1	+2.3	+0.6	+2.6	+3.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	-0.7	-0.4	+1.0	+1.6	+.500				+0.3	+1.0
Tristan Thompson	3	9.7	2.3	0.7	4.3	5.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333

Gordon Hayward vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Gordon Hayward, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

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