Isiah Thomas vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe and Isiah Thomas, 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.

Isiah Thomas and Kiki Vandeweghe both played 13 years in the NBA. Isiah Thomas had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Kiki Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94
Kiki Vandeweghe	13	12	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1981-82	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704
Kiki Vandeweghe	51	27.0	11.5	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	4.5	10.5	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.1	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1982-83	1981-82
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	33.8	21.5	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	8.6	15.4	.560	0.0	0.2	.077	4.2	4.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	36.3	22.7	1.3	4.7	6.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.3	8.3	14.3	.581	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	6.0	1.000


Season 3
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1983-84	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	35.5	26.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.4	10.3	18.7	.547	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	6.8	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	39.6	26.8	0.8	5.8	6.5	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	10.9	20.0	.544	0.0	0.5	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 4
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1984-85	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809
Kiki Vandeweghe	78	35.1	29.4	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.4	11.5	20.6	.558	0.1	0.4	.367	6.3	7.4	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758
Kiki Vandeweghe	5	36.0	25.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	4.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.8	9.8	19.2	.510	0.4	1.0	.400	5.4	5.6	.964


Season 5
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1985-86	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790
Kiki Vandeweghe	72	34.8	22.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.6	8.6	16.1	.534	0.2	0.5	.333	5.1	5.7	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	34.6	22.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.6	9.4	17.6	.538	0.1	0.8	.143	3.4	3.7	.939


Season 6
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1986-87	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	35.3	24.8	1.2	1.6	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.0	9.1	16.9	.540	0.0	0.1	.125	6.6	7.6	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	37.3	28.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	3.0	10.0	17.3	.580	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	8.0	1.000


Season 7
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1987-88	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	38.3	26.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.8	1.7	10.2	19.6	.523	0.5	1.0	.481	5.9	6.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	43.5	24.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	2.8	2.5	9.5	17.8	.535	0.3	1.0	.250	5.5	6.5	.846


Season 8
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818
Kiki Vandeweghe	37	28.1	20.2	1.0	2.0	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.8	7.6	15.1	.508	0.6	1.6	.379	4.3	4.9	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	18.0	7.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	10.0	.275	0.0	1.3	.000	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 9
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775
Kiki Vandeweghe	45	20.8	11.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.5	.469	0.4	1.1	.396	1.8	2.0	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	17.7	8.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.1	2.8	5.4	.510	0.3	0.9	.375	2.2	2.3	.952


Season 10
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782
Kiki Vandeweghe	22	25.6	11.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.6	10.5	.442	0.5	0.9	.526	2.0	2.2	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725
Kiki Vandeweghe	10	23.6	7.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.1	7.4	.419	0.6	1.3	.462	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 11
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772
Kiki Vandeweghe	75	32.3	16.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.1	12.4	.494	0.7	1.9	.362	3.5	3.8	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	33.0	17.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	4.0	2.7	4.3	10.7	.406	1.0	1.7	.600	7.3	8.3	.880


Season 12
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737
Kiki Vandeweghe	67	14.3	7.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.7	.491	0.4	1.0	.394	1.0	1.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	9.4	4.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.0	.542	0.5	0.6	.800	0.8	0.9	.857


Season 13
	Isiah Thomas	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702
Kiki Vandeweghe	41	12.0	6.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.2	5.0	.453	0.3	0.9	.324	1.4	1.6	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	1	9.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Isiah Thomas vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe and Isiah Thomas, 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

Season 13