Jarrett Allen vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Jarrett Allen, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Jarrett Allen played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Jarrett Allen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jarrett Allen	8	5	2017-18 to 2024-25
Tristan Thompson	14	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets	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		%
Jarrett Allen	72	20.0	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.0	3.3	5.5	.589	0.1	0.2	.333	1.6	2.0	.776
difference:	+12	+3.7		+1.1		+1.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+0.1	+1.9	+.150	+0.1	+0.2		+0.2	+1.2	+.224
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 Jarrett Allen nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	80	26.2	10.9	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.3	4.2	7.1	.590	0.1	0.6	.133	2.5	3.5	.709
difference:	+2	+5.1	+0.8	+1.3	+0.3	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	-0.2	-0.6	+0.6	+2.6	+.102	+0.1	+0.6		+0.3		+.101
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	22.0	11.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	70	26.5	11.1	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.3	4.3	6.6	.649	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.9	.633
difference:	+12	+5.1	+0.6	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.9	-0.2		+0.1	+2.7	+.172		+0.1		+0.5	+0.2	+.060
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	33.0	10.3	4.3	10.5	14.8	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.8	1.8	3.5	6.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.813
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	63	29.6	12.8	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.7	0.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	4.7	7.7	.618	0.1	0.3	.316	3.2	4.6	.703
difference:	+19	+2.8	+4.3	+0.2	+2.2	+2.0	+1.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.6	-0.8	+1.4	+1.7	+.071	+0.1	+0.3		+1.3	+1.6	+.062
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585


Season 5
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jarrett Allen	56	32.3	16.1	3.4	7.3	10.8	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.7	6.6	9.7	.677	0.0	0.2	.100	2.9	4.2	.708
difference:	+26	+4.6	+8.3	+0.1	+1.6	+1.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.7	-1.0	-0.8	+3.6	+4.6	+.089		+0.2		+1.1	+1.2	+.092
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		%
Jarrett Allen	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 6
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Jarrett Allen	68	32.6	14.3	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.4	2.3	5.9	9.2	.644	0.0	0.1	.100	2.4	3.3	.733
difference:	+10	+2.7	+6.2	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6		+2.5	+3.6	+.044		+0.1		+1.0	+0.6	+.235
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	38.2	9.4	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	4.4	7.2	.611	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+13	+7.0	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6		+1.4	+2.1	+.024				+1.6	+2.1	+.167
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 7
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	77	31.7	16.5	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.9	6.7	10.6	.634	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.1	.742
difference:	+24	+11.5	+10.7	+0.8	+3.1	+3.9	+2.1	+0.4	+0.8	-0.9		+4.2	+6.2	+.072		+0.1		+2.2	+2.6	+.198
Tristan Thompson	53	20.2	5.8	2.4	4.3	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.4	.562	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.544

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	31.8	17.0	3.8	10.0	13.8	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	6.3	9.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.5	.692
difference:	+15	+9.9	+10.8	+1.5	+6.4	+7.9	+0.7	+1.2	+0.6	-0.7	-0.6	+3.7	+4.9	+.086		+0.1		+3.4	+5.1	+.049
Tristan Thompson	19	21.9	6.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.6	4.4	.590	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.741


Season 8
	Jarrett Allen	Tristan Thompson
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	82	28.0	13.5	2.6	7.1	9.7	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.5	5.5	7.8	.706	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.718
difference:	+39	+0.1	+2.6	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.5	-0.2	-0.6	+0.8	+1.0	+.177		+0.1		+0.8	+0.9	+.076
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	9	29.0	13.4	2.3	6.1	8.4	1.3	1.4	0.9	1.9	1.7	4.9	6.8	.721	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.9	.943
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Tristan Thompson played 6 seasons more than Jarrett Allen in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2020 to 2025—Tristan Thompson played in 5 Playoffs.

Jarrett Allen vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Jarrett Allen, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years