John Stockton vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and John Stockton, 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.

John Stockton played 19 years in the NBA, 16 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. John Stockton had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	John Stockton	Amen Thompson
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736
difference:	+20	+4.2	+3.9	+2.1	+3.2	+5.3	+2.5		+0.5	-0.3	-0.2	+2.0	+3.1	+.065	+0.1	+0.8	+.044		+0.1	+.052
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	John Stockton	Amen Thompson
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839
difference:	+13	+8.6	+6.4	+2.4	+3.6	+6.0	+3.6	+0.5	+1.2		-0.4	+2.8	+4.4	+.068	+0.4	+1.1	+.142	+0.3	+1.1	+.155
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889
difference:	+3	+14.7	+8.9	+1.9	+3.3	+5.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	-0.7	-0.1	+3.7	+7.8	+.035	+0.2	+0.3	+.750	+1.6	+2.8	+.195
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 16 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 19, from 1988 to 2003—John Stockton played in 16 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Amen Thompson, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 6 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 9 Assists Leader 2 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP