Isaiah Hartenstein vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

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

Isaiah Hartenstein played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Isaiah Hartenstein had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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.

Rookie Season
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	28	7.9	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.5	.488	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.5	.786
difference:	+37	+17.6	+9.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+3.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.1	-0.1	+3.2	+7.3	+.040	+1.2	+3.2	+.046	+2.0	+2.3	+.046
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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	2	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	82	19.9	5.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.0	.535	0.1	0.5	.216	0.6	0.9	.676
difference:		+12.3	+17.2	+1.9	+1.6	+3.5	+5.0	+0.5	+0.7	-1.9	-0.6	+5.1	+12.9	+.107	+1.9	+5.2	+.143	+5.2	+5.7	+.195
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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	11	20.0	3.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750
difference:	+5	+16.7	+21.1	+1.8	+0.2	+1.6	+3.7	+0.1	+0.6	-1.8	-0.4	+6.8	+17.7	+.083	+2.2	+7.7		+5.2	+6.3	+.059
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
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	75	25.3	7.8	3.3	5.1	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.9	.644	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.707
difference:	+1	+8.5	+21.1	+2.7	+3.0	+5.6	+3.4	+0.3	+0.9	-1.6	-0.6	+5.9	+14.5	+.181	+3.2	+8.5		+6.3	+6.4	+.202
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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	13	29.8	8.5	3.8	4.1	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.5	5.8	.592	0.1	0.2	.500	1.5	1.7	.864
difference:	+2	+4.9	+14.8	+3.5	+1.3	+4.7	+3.2	+0.6	+0.8	-1.8	-0.9	+3.9	+11.6	+.167	+2.3	+7.0	+.167	+4.6	+5.7	+.044
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
	Isaiah Hartenstein	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	57	27.9	11.2	2.9	7.9	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.0	4.9	8.4	.581	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	2.1	.675
difference:	+25	+1.0	+4.0	+2.4	+6.3	+8.6	+1.0	+0.3	+1.0	-1.3	-1.2		+4.8	+.208	+1.7	+5.6	+.293	+2.3	+2.0	+.218
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	22.4	8.1	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.667
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-