Kevin Duckworth vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Kevin Duckworth, 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.

Kevin Duckworth and Klay Thompson both played 11 years in the NBA. Kevin Duckworth had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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 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
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Rookie Season
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1986-87	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Duckworth	65	13.5	5.4	1.2	2.3	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.2	3.0	2.0	4.2	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.687
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Duckworth	4	13.3	3.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.5	3.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1987-88	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Duckworth	78	28.5	15.8	2.9	4.5	7.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.3	3.6	5.8	11.6	.496	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.5	.770
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	4	37.8	21.5	5.0	6.0	11.0	1.8	0.3	0.5	5.3	3.5	8.5	17.5	.486	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.8	.783
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Duckworth	79	33.7	18.1	3.1	4.9	8.0	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	3.8	7.0	14.7	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.4	.757
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	3	27.7	11.3	2.7	3.0	5.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	5.7	4.7	11.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.545
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kevin Duckworth	82	30.0	16.2	2.2	4.0	6.2	1.1	0.4	0.4	2.1	3.3	6.7	14.0	.478	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.740
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	15	30.2	13.1	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.1	0.3	0.6	2.2	4.0	5.5	12.5	.439	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.717
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Duckworth	81	31.0	15.8	2.2	4.4	6.6	1.1	0.4	0.4	2.3	3.1	6.4	13.4	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.772
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	16	31.9	11.7	2.5	4.2	6.7	0.9	0.5	0.5	2.4	3.3	4.6	11.4	.401	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.5	.732
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kevin Duckworth	82	27.1	10.7	1.8	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.2	4.4	9.6	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.8	.690
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	21	30.8	11.9	1.9	3.7	5.6	2.0	0.5	0.6	2.1	3.6	5.1	10.3	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.660
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Kevin Duckworth	74	23.8	9.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.2	3.0	4.1	9.3	.438	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.4	.730
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	4	14.5	4.5	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.5	3.0	1.8	5.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Duckworth	69	21.5	6.6	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.2	2.7	6.4	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.667
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevin Duckworth	Klay Thompson
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Duckworth	40	20.5	7.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.200	1.1	1.8	.643
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		%
Kevin Duckworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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