Jamal Crawford vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

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

Jamal Crawford played 20 years in the NBA, 8 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Jamal Crawford had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
	Jamal Crawford	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Jamal Crawford	61	17.2	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.4	1.1	1.8	5.0	.352	0.7	1.9	.350	0.4	0.6	.794
difference:	+4	+8.3	+6.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.8	+2.1	+3.8	+.096	+0.6	+1.5	+.029	+2.0	+2.2	+.038
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Jamal Crawford	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Jamal Crawford	70	38.4	17.7	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	6.2	15.7	.398	2.6	7.3	.361	2.6	3.1	.843
difference:	+12	+6.2	+4.5	+0.1		+0.1	+1.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+1.0	+1.2	+.030	+0.6	+1.6	+.002	+3.2	+3.5	+.028
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		%
Jamal Crawford	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
	Jamal Crawford	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Jamal Crawford	79	32.3	14.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.6	11.1	.416	1.3	3.7	.345	3.7	4.5	.826
difference:	+3	+1.5	+14.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+2.1	+0.2		-0.6	-0.3	+4.4	+8.3	+.047	+1.9	+4.8	+.034	+4.1	+4.0	+.083
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		%
Jamal Crawford	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 10
	Jamal Crawford	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jamal Crawford	79	31.1	18.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.7	6.3	14.0	.449	2.1	5.4	.382	3.4	4.0	.857
difference:	+76	+15.1	+10.3	+0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-0.7	+3.3	+5.0	+.116	+1.1	+1.4	+.132	+2.7	+3.3	+.143
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	11	31.9	16.3	0.1	2.6	2.7	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.4	5.1	14.0	.364	1.6	4.5	.360	4.5	5.3	.845
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Additional Years
* Jamal Crawford played 8 seasons more than Isaiah Thomas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 20, from 2013 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Isaiah Thomas, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year