James Worthy vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young and James Worthy, 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

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.

James Worthy played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Thaddeus Young, who played 17. James Worthy had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Thaddeus Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94
Thaddeus Young	17	10	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Thaddeus Young	74	21.0	8.2	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.6	6.6	.539	0.1	0.3	.316	1.0	1.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	26.7	10.2	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	4.0	8.3	.480	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 2
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759
Thaddeus Young	75	34.4	15.3	1.9	3.2	5.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.2	6.3	12.8	.495	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609
Thaddeus Young	6	38.2	12.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.2	11.7	.443	0.8	2.0	.417	0.8	1.0	.833


Season 3
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1984-85	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Thaddeus Young	67	32.0	13.8	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.0	5.7	12.1	.470	0.7	2.1	.348	1.7	2.5	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1985-86	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Thaddeus Young	82	26.0	12.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	5.6	10.3	.541	0.1	0.3	.273	1.5	2.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681
Thaddeus Young	5	25.4	11.4	3.4	2.4	5.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.6	5.0	12.0	.417	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 5
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1986-87	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Thaddeus Young	63	27.9	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.0	5.5	10.9	.507	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753
Thaddeus Young	13	21.3	7.7	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.710


Season 6
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1987-88	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Thaddeus Young	76	34.6	14.8	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.6	1.8	0.7	1.2	2.5	6.7	12.6	.531	0.0	0.1	.125	1.4	2.5	.574

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Thaddeus Young	79	34.4	17.9	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.3	2.1	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.4	16.2	.454	1.1	3.7	.308	2.1	2.9	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Nets 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		%
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Thaddeus Young	76	32.0	14.1	1.7	3.7	5.4	2.3	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.3	5.9	12.7	.466	0.5	1.5	.330	1.7	2.6	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837
Thaddeus Young	6	31.7	10.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.0	.439	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	2.0	.417


Season 9
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Thaddeus Young	73	33.0	15.1	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.9	1.5	0.5	1.9	2.5	6.8	13.2	.514	0.1	0.4	.233	1.4	2.2	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Thaddeus Young	74	30.2	11.0	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	4.9	9.3	.527	0.6	1.6	.381	0.6	1.2	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	4	35.0	12.0	5.5	3.5	9.0	2.5	2.0	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.3	9.8	.538	0.3	1.0	.250	1.3	2.5	.500


Season 11
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810
Thaddeus Young	81	32.2	11.8	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	2.2	5.2	10.7	.487	0.7	2.2	.320	0.7	1.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600
Thaddeus Young	7	33.9	11.3	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.9	1.0	3.1	5.1	8.6	.600	0.3	1.0	.286	0.7	1.9	.385


Season 12
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741
Thaddeus Young	81	30.7	12.6	2.4	4.1	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.4	5.5	10.4	.527	0.6	1.8	.349	1.1	1.7	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	4	32.5	10.5	2.3	4.8	7.0	3.8	2.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 13
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	64	24.9	10.3	1.5	3.5	4.9	1.8	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.2	9.4	.448	1.2	3.5	.356	0.7	1.1	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	68	24.3	12.1	2.5	3.8	6.2	4.3	1.1	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.4	9.7	.559	0.2	0.7	.267	1.0	1.7	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Raptors 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		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	52	16.3	6.2	1.5	2.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.7	5.2	.518	0.3	0.9	.354	0.4	0.9	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	14.5	3.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.0	.500	0.2	1.2	.143	0.2	0.7	.250


Season 16
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	54	14.7	4.4	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.0	3.7	.545	0.1	0.6	.176	0.3	0.5	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	James Worthy	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Toronto Raptors, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	33	13.3	4.2	1.4	1.7	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.3	.602	0.0	0.2	.143	0.2	0.5	.400

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

James Worthy vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young and James Worthy, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17