Kenyon Martin vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Kenyon Martin, 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 / 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.

Kenyon Martin played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Kenyon Martin had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Isaiah Thomas 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
Kenyon Martin	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Kenyon Martin	68	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	5.1	11.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.091	1.8	2.8	.630
difference:	+3	+7.9	+0.5	+1.3	+3.6	+4.8	+2.2	+0.3	+1.6	-0.4	-2.2	+1.2	+2.6	+.003	+1.3	+3.2	+.288	+0.6		+.202
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kenyon Martin nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	73	34.3	14.9	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.6	1.2	1.7	2.4	3.6	6.1	13.2	.463	0.2	0.9	.224	2.5	3.7	.678
difference:	+6	+7.4	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+3.3	+1.4	+0.4	+1.7	-0.6	-1.5	+1.5	+2.7	+.023	+1.3	+3.2	+.134	+0.7	+0.1	+.204
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	20	37.5	16.8	1.5	4.3	5.8	2.9	1.2	1.3	2.6	4.3	6.5	15.2	.424	0.1	0.5	.222	3.8	5.5	.691
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kenyon Martin	77	34.1	16.7	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.4	1.3	0.9	2.5	3.8	6.6	14.1	.470	0.1	0.6	.209	3.3	5.1	.653
difference:	+5	+0.6	+3.6	+1.4	+3.9	+5.4	+3.9		+0.8	-0.5	-1.2	+0.3	+1.1	+.017	+1.7	+4.5	+.140	+1.5	+0.6	+.197
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	20	38.8	18.9	2.5	6.9	9.4	2.9	1.5	1.6	2.9	4.6	7.5	16.5	.453	0.1	0.6	.091	4.0	5.7	.693
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	65	34.6	16.7	2.0	7.4	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.8	13.8	.488	0.1	0.4	.280	3.1	4.5	.684
difference:	+2	+8.8	+0.3	+1.5	+5.6	+7.2	+1.7	+0.6	+1.2	-0.5	-1.3	+1.8	+1.9	+.068	+1.8	+4.8	+.093	+1.4	+0.7	+.184
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	11	37.1	19.1	2.3	8.7	11.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	13.8	.533	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.8	.750
difference:	+7	+7.3	+1.6	+2.0	+5.9	+8.0	+5.9	+0.4	+1.3	-0.6	-2.0	+2.9	+0.3	+.200	+0.8	+4.1	+.167	+3.4	+2.2	+.219
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969


Season 5
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	70	32.5	15.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.4	1.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	6.3	13.0	.490	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	4.4	.646
difference:	+12	+0.3	+6.7	+1.5	+2.8	+4.3	+3.8	+0.3	+1.0	-0.6	-1.3	+0.9	+3.9	+.062	+2.0	+5.5	+.359	+3.0	+2.2	+.225
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	5	32.8	12.4	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	4.4	5.4	11.6	.466	0.0	0.2	.000	1.6	2.6	.615
difference:	+1	+3.9	+11.8	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+3.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-1.4	+2.4	+8.2	+.071	+2.2	+7.5	+.283	+4.7	+5.2	+.194
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809


Season 6
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	56	27.6	12.9	1.7	4.6	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.1	5.3	10.7	.495	0.1	0.4	.227	2.2	3.0	.712
difference:	+20	+6.2	+16.0	+1.1	+2.5	+3.6	+4.5	+0.1	+0.7	-1.5	-0.9	+3.7	+8.7	+.032	+3.1	+8.1	+.152	+5.6	+5.5	+.197
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	2	17.5	4.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	6.5	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+13	+17.2	+18.8	+2.7	+1.3	+1.4	+6.2	+1.1	+0.9	-1.8	-0.2	+5.4	+10.9	+.117	+2.4	+7.2		+5.6	+6.4	+.320
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820


Season 7
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	2	31.5	9.5	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	6.0	.250
difference:	+30	+4.6	+5.7	+2.5	+5.4	+7.9	+4.3	+0.5	+0.1	-0.5	-3.2	+0.9	+5.2	+.127	+1.7	+5.4	+.293	+2.2	+1.9	+.643
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kenyon Martin nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	71	30.4	12.4	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	3.3	5.3	9.8	.538	0.0	0.2	.182	1.7	3.0	.580
difference:	+59	+15.3	+4.3	+1.1	+4.3	+5.4	+0.6	+0.8	+1.1	-0.2	-1.9	+2.5	+1.5	+.195	+1.0	+3.4	+.097	+0.3	+0.7	+.050
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	4	29.5	8.8	3.3	3.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.5	2.3	5.0	3.8	8.5	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	66	32.0	11.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	2.0	1.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	4.8	9.8	.491	0.2	0.6	.368	1.8	3.0	.604
difference:	+26	+8.9	+0.5	+0.9	+3.4	+4.3	+1.7	+1.2	+0.9	-0.3	-1.1	+0.4	+0.9	+.083	+1.8	+4.1	+.045	+0.2	+1.1	+.212
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	16	33.6	10.9	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.9	1.6	3.8	4.7	9.4	.497	0.1	0.3	.200	1.4	2.2	.657
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	58	34.2	11.5	2.4	7.0	9.4	1.9	1.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	4.9	10.7	.456	0.1	0.5	.276	1.6	2.9	.557
difference:	+55	+18.2	+3.8	+2.1	+6.0	+8.1	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	-0.4	-2.2	+1.9	+1.7	+.123	+0.9	+3.5	+.026	+0.9	+2.2	+.443
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	6	34.2	10.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.8	4.5	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	3.2	.632
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenyon Martin	48	25.7	8.6	1.4	4.8	6.2	2.3	0.9	0.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	7.5	.511	0.0	0.2	.222	0.9	1.5	.583
difference:	+26	+10.5	+0.2	+1.2	+3.7	+4.9	+0.8	+0.6	+0.5	-0.5	-1.3	+0.9	+0.1	+.110	+1.3	+3.6	+.115	+0.1	+0.3	+.263
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	5	29.6	11.8	1.2	6.6	7.8	1.6	0.4	0.4	1.4	3.6	4.8	10.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.611
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 12
	Kenyon Martin	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	42	22.4	5.2	1.2	3.1	4.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	2.3	5.2	.441	0.1	0.3	.231	0.5	1.3	.370
difference:	+36	+19.2	+3.9	+1.2	+3.1	+4.3	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	-0.8	-2.5	+1.8	+3.5	+.141	+0.2	+0.4	+.269	+0.5	+1.3
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	11	17.5	4.5	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.4	3.3	2.0	3.8	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.625
difference:	+10	+13.5	+4.5	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+0.3	+0.4	+1.7	-0.6	-3.3	+2.0	+1.8	+.524		+1.0		+0.5	+0.7
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Kenyon Martin played 3 seasons more than Isaiah Thomas in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 15, from 2013 to 2015—Kenyon Martin played in one postseason.

Kenyon Martin vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Kenyon Martin, 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

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years