Kenyon Martin vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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 Klay Thompson, who played 12. Kenyon Martin had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
Kenyon Martin	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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:	+2	+9.0	+0.5	+1.6	+3.3	+5.0	+0.1	+0.4	+1.4	-0.4	-1.8	+0.3	+0.5	+.002	+1.7	+3.9	+.323	+0.6	+1.4	+.238
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 Kenyon Martin nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+9	+1.5	+1.7	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	+1.2	-0.5	-0.7	+0.1	+1.5	+.041	+2.4	+5.5	+.177	+0.9	+1.8	+.163
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		%
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
difference:	+8	+3.8	+1.6	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+1.1	+0.2	+0.7	-0.6	-0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+.013	+2.0	+4.4	+.202	+3.4	+5.0	+.142
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+4	+1.3	+1.7	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-0.9	+0.3	+1.4	+.026	+2.7	+6.0	+.208	+1.5	+2.8	+.142
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		%
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
difference:	+13	+2.1	+2.5	+1.9	+4.0	+6.0	+0.7	+0.5	+0.9	-0.8	-1.2	+1.8	+2.5	+.045	+2.2	+5.7	+.273	+1.3	+2.3	+.099
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+12	+2.7	+5.0	+1.6	+4.5	+6.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-1.9	+1.0	+3.1	+.025	+3.0	+6.7	+.159	+0.2	+1.2	+.195
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		%
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:	+10	+0.9	+0.5	+1.9	+5.3	+7.1	+1.5	+0.4	+0.4	-0.9	-1.5	+0.3	+2.1	+.087	+2.7	+6.6	+.390	+2.7	+3.7	+.050
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+10	+0.8	+6.6	+1.7	+1.8	+3.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5	-0.4	-1.4	+1.8	+4.3	+.020	+3.5	+7.9	+.425	+0.4	+1.6	+.227
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		%
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:	+19	+2.6	+11.9	+0.8	+1.2	+1.9	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-0.6	-2.2	+3.0	+7.3	+.022	+4.1	+9.4	+.424	+1.8	+1.4	+.239
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+22	+6.4	+9.4	+1.1	+1.6	+2.6	+0.7		+0.4	-0.3	-1.3	+3.0	+6.9	+.027	+3.3	+7.9	+.187	+0.2	+0.2	+.141
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		%
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:	+15	+17.6	+10.5	+2.4	+1.7	+0.6	+1.6	+1.2	+0.7	-0.1	-0.1	+3.5	+7.4	+.089	+2.4	+6.2		+1.0	+0.9	+.288
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+71	+2.8	+10.5	+2.6	+3.6	+6.2	+2.0	+0.8	+0.5	-0.7	-3.4	+3.9	+8.2	+.012	+3.1	+6.6	+.440	+0.4	+4.7	+.587
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		%
Kenyon Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+7	+3.6	+9.1	+1.0	+1.6	+2.7	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-0.2	-1.3	+3.1	+8.2	+.071	+3.1	+7.5	+.220		+1.0	+.236
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		%
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
difference:	+17	+9.5	+11.9	+2.7	+0.5	+2.2	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-2.2	+4.0	+8.6	+.015	+3.3	+7.5		+0.5		+.277
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
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:	+34	+2.6	+8.7	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+0.8	+1.0	+0.6	-0.3	-1.3	+2.9	+8.1	+.062	+3.4	+8.7	+.017	+0.4	+1.4	+.298
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		%
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
difference:	+6	+2.4	+8.1	+1.2	+0.8	+2.0	+0.2		+0.2	-0.3	-1.7	+2.5	+7.3	+.068	+3.4	+8.8	+.185	+0.2	+0.8	+.210
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+11	+1.2	+10.4	+1.8	+3.4	+5.3	+0.5	+0.5	+0.7	-0.2	-1.3	+3.0	+7.4	+.020	+4.3	+10.1	+.136	+0.1	+1.0	+.322
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		%
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
difference:	+7	+1.8	+8.5	+2.2	+1.9	+4.1	+0.9	+1.0	+0.9	-0.2	-2.3	+2.5	+8.5	+.092	+3.8	+10.3	+.368	+0.4	+1.4	+.243
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
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
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:	+29	+4.0	+9.3	+0.9	+2.0	+2.9		+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-1.2	+2.5	+7.2	+.079	+3.5	+8.8	+.165	+0.7	+0.3	+.344
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		%
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
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kenyon Martin	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+30	+4.9	+8.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+1.6	+0.3	+0.6	-0.4	-1.4	+2.7	+7.0	+.029	+2.9	+7.4	+.160	+0.4	+0.3	+.535
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		%
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
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Kenyon Martin played 3 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA.

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

Kenyon Martin vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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