John Mengelt vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and John Mengelt, 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.

John Mengelt played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Cameron Thomas, who played 3. John Mengelt had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while Cameron Thomas had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
John Mengelt	10	4	1971-72 to 1980-81
Cameron Thomas	3	2	2021-22 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1971-72	2021-22
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Mengelt	78	18.4	10.0	-	-	1.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.1	3.7	7.8	.474	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	.825
Cameron Thomas	67	17.6	8.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.0	3.3	7.5	.433	0.7	2.6	.270	1.3	1.6	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	1	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	0.0	-


Season 2
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1972-73	2022-23
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Mengelt	79	20.8	9.7	-	-	2.3	1.9	-	-	-	1.9	4.1	8.2	.492	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.794
Cameron Thomas	57	16.6	10.6	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.0	3.5	8.0	.441	0.9	2.3	.383	2.6	3.1	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	2	8.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1973-74	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
John Mengelt	77	20.2	8.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.1	-	2.1	3.2	7.2	.446	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.795
Cameron Thomas	66	31.4	22.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	8.0	18.0	.442	2.2	6.0	.364	4.3	5.1	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	4	9.8	4.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	-	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.875
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
John Mengelt	80	24.9	11.0	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.5	0.9	0.1	-	2.5	4.2	8.8	.479	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.851
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	3	21.7	8.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.0	0.3	0.3	-	3.0	3.0	7.7	.391	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.778
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
John Mengelt	67	16.5	10.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	-	2.1	3.9	8.1	.489	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.810
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	9	13.2	9.7	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	-	2.4	3.8	6.2	.607	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.704
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
John Mengelt	61	19.3	8.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	-	1.7	3.4	7.5	.456	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.788
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	3	22.3	12.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	-	1.0	4.7	8.7	.538	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.909
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1977-78	-
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		%
John Mengelt	81	21.8	10.3	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.9	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.1	4.0	8.3	.481	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.773
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1978-79	-
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		%
John Mengelt	75	22.7	11.0	0.3	1.2	1.6	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	4.5	9.2	.491	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.824
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1979-80	-
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		%
John Mengelt	36	10.8	6.1	0.1	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.6	.542	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.796
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	John Mengelt	Cameron Thomas
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
John Mengelt	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Mengelt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Mengelt vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and John Mengelt, 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