Harrison Barnes vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Harrison Barnes, 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.

Harrison Barnes played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Isaiah Thomas 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
Harrison Barnes	13	5	2012-13 to 2024-25
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2012-13	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758
difference:	+16	+0.1	+2.3		+1.7	+1.5	+2.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+0.5	+1.0	+.009	+0.7	+1.6	+.020	+0.6	+0.5	+.074
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Harrison Barnes	78	28.3	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	8.7	.399	0.8	2.4	.347	1.7	2.3	.718
difference:	+1	+1.4	+4.4	+0.4	+1.4	+2.0	+2.5		+0.3	-0.7	-0.1	+1.1	+1.8	+.041	+0.7	+1.7	+.011	+1.5	+1.3	+.164
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	7	22.3	7.9	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.9	.396	1.1	3.0	.381	1.3	2.3	.563
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720
difference:	+10	+6.4	+10.2	+0.7	+1.8	+2.6	+4.9	+0.6	+0.1	-2.1	-0.8	+3.0	+7.2	+.029	+0.7	+2.5	+.056	+3.5	+3.9	+.130
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	66	30.9	11.7	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.5	9.6	.466	1.2	3.2	.383	1.5	2.0	.761
difference:	+1	+5.1	+4.7	+0.7	+2.0	+2.6	+2.4	+0.3	+0.1	-1.2	-0.1	+0.5	+2.3	+.046	+0.7	+2.0	+.010	+3.0	+3.2	+.107
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	24	31.0	9.0	1.1	3.5	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	8.9	.385	1.1	3.2	.342	1.1	1.4	.765
difference:	+20	+1.2	+8.5	+0.8	+0.7	+1.7	+5.7	+0.1	+0.2	-2.7	-0.6	+1.1	+4.6	+.052	+0.3	+1.3	+.175	+6.7	+6.6	+.204
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969


Season 5
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	79	35.5	19.2	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	7.6	16.2	.468	1.0	2.8	.351	3.1	3.6	.861
difference:	+3	+3.3	+3.0	+0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+4.7	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.4	+0.4	+0.7	+.040	+1.0	+2.9	+.008	+2.7	+3.0	+.010
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809


Season 6
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	34.2	18.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.7	.445	1.5	4.3	.357	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+1	+0.4	+10.0	+0.4	+3.0	+3.4	+3.9	+0.3		-1.3	-1.0	+2.0	+3.7	+.018	+1.7	+4.2	+.022	+4.4	+4.4	+.082
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820


Season 7
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	32.9	16.4	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.6	13.3	.420	2.3	5.7	.395	3.0	3.6	.824
difference:	+45	+6.0	+1.2	+0.2	+2.3	+2.6	+3.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+0.7	+0.1	+.047	+0.6	+0.2	+.102	+0.7	+0.5	+.069
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Harrison Barnes	72	34.5	14.5	1.1	3.9	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	11.0	.460	1.4	3.7	.381	3.0	3.7	.801
difference:	+60	+19.4	+6.4	+0.7	+3.2	+3.8	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+2.3	+2.7	+.117	+0.4	+0.1	+.102	+1.6	+1.4	+.171
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Harrison Barnes	58	36.2	16.1	1.1	5.5	6.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.3	5.5	11.1	.497	1.7	4.4	.391	3.4	4.1	.830
difference:	+18	+13.1	+3.9	+0.8	+4.1	+4.9	+0.2	+0.4		-0.3	-0.6	+1.1	+0.4	+.089	+0.3	+0.3	+.022	+1.8	+2.2	+.014
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	77	33.6	16.4	1.1	4.5	5.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.2	5.1	10.8	.469	1.8	4.7	.394	4.4	5.4	.826
difference:	+74	+17.6	+8.7	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+2.1	+1.8	+.136	+0.8	+0.7	+.144	+3.7	+4.7	+.174
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Harrison Barnes nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	32.5	15.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	4.6	9.6	.473	1.6	4.3	.374	4.3	5.0	.847
difference:	+60	+17.3	+6.6	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+1.6	+2.0	+.072	+0.3	+0.5	+.037	+3.3	+3.8	+.001
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	7	28.0	10.7	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	3.6	8.6	.417	0.9	3.6	.240	2.7	3.7	.731
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 12
	Harrison Barnes	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Harrison Barnes	82	29.0	12.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	4.2	8.9	.474	1.8	4.7	.387	1.9	2.4	.801
difference:	+76	+25.8	+10.9	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	-0.7	-1.2	+3.7	+7.2	+.174	+1.5	+4.0	+.113	+1.9	+2.4
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Harrison Barnes played 1 season more than Isaiah Thomas in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2025—Harrison Barnes didn't play in the postseason.

Harrison Barnes vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Harrison Barnes, 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

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years