Kendrick Perkins vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Kendrick Perkins, 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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.

Kendrick Perkins played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Kendrick Perkins had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Klay 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
Kendrick Perkins	14	9	2003-04 to 2017-18
Klay Thompson	12	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kendrick Perkins	10	3.5	2.2	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.667
difference:	+56	+20.9	+10.3	+0.1	+1.2	+1.0	+1.7	+0.7	+0.1	-1.1	-1.7	+4.0	+9.4	+.090	+1.7	+4.1		+0.6	+0.5	+.201
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kendrick Perkins nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	60	9.1	2.5	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.6	0.9	2.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.638
difference:	+22	+26.7	+14.1	+0.5	+1.2	+0.8	+1.8	+0.8	+0.1	-1.2	-1.3	+5.3	+12.7	+.049	+2.6	+6.4		+1.0	+0.9	+.203
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	6	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.333
difference:	+6	+36.8	+13.7	+0.3	+3.3	+3.6	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1	-1.5	-2.5	+5.6	+13.7	+.363	+2.1	+4.9		+0.2		+.500
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	68	19.6	5.2	2.1	3.9	5.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	2.0	3.9	.515	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.615
difference:	+13	+15.8	+13.2	+1.6	+1.3	+2.8	+1.2	+0.6	+1.0	-0.1		+4.9	+11.6	+.071	+2.8	+6.6		+0.6	+0.4	+.180
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	72	21.9	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.0	1.8	3.7	.491	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.600
difference:	+5	+10.0	+17.2	+1.2	+0.7	+2.0	+1.6	+0.8	+0.5	-0.3	-1.4	+6.0	+13.2	+.028	+3.1	+7.1		+2.1	+1.9	+.279
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	78	24.5	6.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	1.6	3.1	2.7	4.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.623
difference:	+2	+8.8	+15.2	+1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.9	-0.1	-1.2	+5.4	+12.8	+.145	+3.5	+8.1		+0.9	+0.5	+.250
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	25	25.2	6.6	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.2	3.6	2.5	4.2	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.678
difference:	+1	+10.2	+17.7	+1.5	+1.0	+2.4	+1.8	+0.5	+0.9	-0.8	-1.4	+5.9	+14.7	+.141	+4.1	+9.6		+1.8	+1.6	+.176
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	76	29.6	8.5	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	3.3	3.6	6.3	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.600
difference:	+2	+4.4	+13.8	+2.1	+2.5	+4.4	+0.8	+0.5	+1.5	-0.6	-1.5	+4.7	+11.3	+.109	+3.4	+8.3		+1.1	+0.7	+.253
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	14	36.6	11.9	3.6	7.9	11.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	3.6	5.2	9.1	.575	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.667
difference:	+3	+1.5	+3.1	+3.0	+4.7	+7.7	+0.7	+0.4	+2.3	-1.0	-1.0	+0.3	+4.8	+.178	+2.4	+6.1	+.387	+0.1	+0.2	+.121
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	78	27.6	10.1	2.0	5.6	7.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.1	2.8	4.0	6.7	.602	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.582
difference:	+5	+6.7	+9.9	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+1.5	+0.5	+1.2	-0.3	-1.2	+3.9	+9.5	+.114	+3.1	+7.1		+1.0	+2.3	+.255
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	23	25.0	5.7	1.8	4.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.4	2.1	4.2	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.600
difference:	+2	+12.8	+13.9	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+0.8	+0.4	+1.1	-0.4	-1.1	+5.5	+12.1	+.045	+3.2	+7.5		+0.1	+0.9	+.271
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kendrick Perkins	29	25.6	6.0	2.1	5.9	8.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.9	3.1	2.3	4.5	.515	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.556
difference:	+49	+8.4	+15.5	+1.6	+2.5	+4.2	+1.5	+0.8	+0.3	-0.4	-1.1	+6.1	+13.5	+.048	+3.1	+7.7		+0.3	+0.5	+.260
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	17	28.2	4.5	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.6	3.4	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.576
difference:	+4	+10.8	+16.2	+1.6	+0.4	+2.0	+1.3	+1.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+6.1	+13.3	+.003	+3.3	+7.5		+0.7	+0.1	+.326
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 9
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	65	26.8	5.1	1.8	4.7	6.6	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	2.0	4.0	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.652
difference:	+33	+2.6	+15.3	+1.3	+1.3	+2.7	+1.6	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-1.2	+5.7	+13.9	+.060	+3.6	+9.3		+0.3	+0.1	+.250
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	20	25.9	4.7	1.8	4.5	6.2	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.5	3.0	1.9	4.5	.416	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800
difference:	+2	+10.1	+14.3	+1.5	+0.9	+2.3	+1.6	+0.7	+0.6	-0.2	-0.9	+5.3	+12.2	+.013	+3.5	+9.1		+0.2	+0.1	+.067
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867


Season 10
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	78	25.1	4.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	1.8	4.0	.457	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.611
difference:	+9	+7.9	+17.7	+0.8	+1.0	+1.9	+1.0	+0.1	+0.7	-0.4	-1.0	+6.1	+14.1	+.021	+4.4	+10.6		+1.1	+1.0	+.268
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	11	19.1	2.2	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.5	0.9	3.5	.263	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
difference:	+2	+16.9	+16.3	+1.3	+1.7	+0.5	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-1.3	+5.6	+13.3	+.125	+3.8	+10.4	+.368	+1.2	+1.4	+.125
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	62	19.5	3.4	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.9	1.4	3.1	.451	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.552
difference:	+15	+10.2	+14.5	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+1.2	+0.2			-1.3	+5.0	+11.6	+.019	+3.5	+9.0		+1.0	+0.7	+.375
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	19	20.2	3.2	1.7	3.6	5.4	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.3	3.4	1.3	2.4	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.800
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kendrick Perkins	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	68	16.9	3.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.4	1.5	3.3	.449	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.506
difference:	+4	+10.4	+10.4	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+1.2	+0.5	+0.2	-0.2	-1.3	+3.5	+8.9	+.037	+3.0	+7.7		+0.3	+0.2	+.399
Klay Thompson	72	27.3	14.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	5.0	12.2	.412	3.0	7.7	.391	0.9	1.0	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kendrick Perkins	8	4.1	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Kendrick Perkins played 2 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2016 to 2018—Kendrick Perkins didn't play in the postseason.

Kendrick Perkins vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Kendrick Perkins, 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

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Season 8

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