Jamal Crawford vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson 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, 6 more than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Jamal Crawford had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Tristan 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 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	Tristan Thompson
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+1	+6.5	+3.6	+3.0	+2.1	+5.0	+1.8	+0.2	+0.8		-1.1	+1.4	+2.4	+.087	+0.7	+1.9		+1.4	+2.6	+.242
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Jamal Crawford	Tristan Thompson
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	+10.7	+9.9	+2.8	+3.3	+6.1	+3.5	+0.8	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+3.2	+10.6	+.190	+2.6	+7.3		+0.8	+0.1	+.227
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575

Season 10
	Jamal Crawford	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+7.3	+10.4	+2.7	+2.9	+5.6	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.6	-0.5	+3.2	+8.0	+.069	+2.1	+5.3	+.382	+2.1	+1.8	+.265
Tristan Thompson	54	23.8	7.6	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.1	6.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.592
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
difference:	+6	+5.5	+5.9	+5.7	+1.4	+7.1	+1.7		+1.1	-0.8		+1.1	+7.2	+.224	+1.6	+4.5		+2.1	+1.9	+.139
Tristan Thompson	5	26.4	10.4	5.8	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	2.4	4.0	6.8	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706

Season 14
	Jamal Crawford	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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14th 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	69	30.3	18.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	2.0	1.7	6.1	14.7	.416	2.3	6.5	.361	4.0	4.7	.866
difference:	+29	+22.1	+16.9	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+2.6	+0.8	+0.1	-1.6	-0.8	+5.3	+12.9	+.021	+2.3	+6.4	+.361	+3.8	+3.9	+.633
Tristan Thompson	40	8.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.8	.233
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Crawford	13	24.1	15.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.8	5.2	13.2	.398	2.1	6.1	.342	3.0	3.4	.886
difference:	+10	+14.4	+13.2	+0.3	+3.2	+3.5	+1.7	+0.6	+0.5	-0.5	-1.1	+4.2	+11.2	+.102	+2.1	+6.1		+2.7	+2.4	+.553
Tristan Thompson	3	9.7	2.3	0.7	4.3	5.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333

Additional Years
* Jamal Crawford played 6 seasons more than Tristan Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 20, from 2015 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Tristan Thompson, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year