Guy Rodgers vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Guy Rodgers, 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

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.

Guy Rodgers played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Guy Rodgers had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Klay 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
Guy Rodgers	12	6	1958-59 to 1969-70
Klay Thompson	11	9	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1958-59	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	45	34.8	10.7	-	-	6.2	5.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	11.9	.394	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.545
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1959-60	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	68	36.5	11.6	-	-	5.8	7.1	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	12.8	.389	-	-	-	1.6	2.7	.613
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	9	41.1	13.1	-	-	8.6	6.0	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	15.1	.360	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	.556
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1960-61	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	78	37.2	12.8	-	-	6.5	8.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	13.2	.386	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.687
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	3	40.3	17.7	-	-	7.0	5.0	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	19.0	.368	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.550
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1961-62	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	80	33.1	8.2	-	-	4.4	8.0	-	-	-	3.9	3.3	9.4	.356	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.665
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	12	40.2	11.6	-	-	5.9	7.3	-	-	-	4.8	4.3	12.1	.359	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	.636
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1962-63	2015-16
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	79	41.1	13.9	-	-	5.0	10.4	-	-	-	3.7	5.6	14.6	.387	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.727
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1963-64	2016-17
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	79	34.1	11.0	-	-	4.2	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	11.7	.365	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.707
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	12	34.9	12.3	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	14.4	.329	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.702
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1964-65	2017-18
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	79	34.2	14.6	-	-	4.1	7.2	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	15.5	.380	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.686
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1965-66	2018-19
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	79	36.7	18.6	-	-	5.3	10.7	-	-	-	3.1	7.4	19.9	.373	-	-	-	3.7	5.2	.727
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 9
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1966-67	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	81	37.8	18.0	-	-	4.3	11.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.6	17.0	.391	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.806
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	3	32.3	11.3	-	-	2.0	6.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	13.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867


Season 10
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cincinnati Royals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	79	19.6	5.1	-	-	1.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.1	1.9	5.4	.347	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.805
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1968-69	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	81	26.6	10.3	-	-	2.8	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	10.6	.377	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.793
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Guy Rodgers	Klay Thompson
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	64	11.7	3.2	-	-	1.2	3.3	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	3.0	.356	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.744
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Guy Rodgers	7	9.7	2.4	-	-	0.6	3.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.6	2.0	.286	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.750
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Guy Rodgers vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Guy Rodgers, 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