Kendrick Nunn vs. John Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Thompson and Kendrick Nunn, 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.

Kendrick Nunn played 3 years in the NBA, 1 more than John Thompson, who played 2. Kendrick Nunn had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Thompson had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3
Rookie Season
	Kendrick Nunn	John Thompson
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Nunn	67	29.3	15.3	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.3	6.0	13.6	.439	2.0	5.8	.350	1.3	1.5	.850
John Thompson	64	10.9	3.6	-	-	3.6	0.3	-	-	-	2.2	1.3	3.3	.402	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Nunn	15	15.9	6.1	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	2.4	6.1	.391	0.8	2.9	.279	0.5	0.5	1.000
John Thompson	3	7.0	3.7	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	-	-	-	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 2
	Kendrick Nunn	John Thompson
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Nunn	56	29.5	14.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.6	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	5.7	11.8	.485	2.2	5.7	.381	1.0	1.1	.933
John Thompson	10	7.2	3.2	-	-	3.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.4	3.0	.467	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Nunn	4	23.3	10.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	4.3	10.8	.395	1.3	4.5	.278	0.5	0.5	1.000
John Thompson	3	3.7	0.7	-	-	1.3	0.0	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	2.3	.143	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Kendrick Nunn didn't play in 2021-22.