Kawhi Leonard vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson and Kawhi Leonard, 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Ausar 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
	Kawhi Leonard	Ausar Thompson
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
difference:	+1	+1.1	+0.9	+0.4	+0.8	+1.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.5	-0.6	-1.4	+0.6	+1.3	+.010	+0.3	+0.1	+.190		+0.5	+.176
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Ausar Thompson
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
difference:	+43	+2.5	+1.4	+0.8	+1.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+.005	+0.8	+2.1	+.066	+0.2	+1.4	+.276
Ausar Thompson	23	26.6	11.4	2.0	3.8	5.8	2.8	1.4	0.7	1.4	2.6	4.7	9.2	.517	0.2	0.7	.313	1.7	3.3	.526
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 11 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2015 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP