Klay Thompson vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Klay Thompson, 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.

Klay Thompson played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Klay Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Rookie Season
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
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
difference:	+11	+1.2	+0.9	+1.6	+1.0	+2.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.5	-0.7	-0.6	+1.0	+0.9	+.136	+1.7	+4.0	+.164	+0.6	+1.5	+.244
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Klay Thompson nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.7	+0.8	+1.6	+1.7	+3.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.4	+0.7	+2.2	+.128	+2.8	+6.5	+.417	+0.6	+0.8	+.019
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+12	+3.8	+5.1	+1.2	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.1		-0.7	-0.6	+3.0	+0.1	+.214	+2.2	+6.2	+.136	+1.2	+2.4	+.116
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+0.8	+1.7	+1.4	+0.4	+2.0	+0.2		+0.2	-0.1	-1.0	+0.6	+2.4	+.116	+3.1	+6.9	+.439	+0.3	+0.9	+.108
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+2.3	+1.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+1.5	+0.4	+.112	+2.7	+6.7	+.390	+0.6	+1.3	+.119
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2015-16	1986-87
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+1.1	+2.7	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+0.2	+2.6	+.069	+3.5	+7.9	+.425	+1.2	+1.9	+.122
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+2.4	+0.7	+1.1	+0.9	+1.9	+1.2	+0.5	+0.8	-0.2	-0.1	+1.4	+2.3	+.147	+4.1	+9.5	+.424	+0.7	+1.4	+.101
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
difference:	+3	+1.4	+2.6	+1.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+0.1	+2.1	+.063	+3.4	+8.1	+.289	+0.8	+1.3	+.057
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+2.2	+6.1	+1.6	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.6	+0.5	-0.9	-0.2	+3.0	+2.4	+.126	+2.4	+5.8	+.276	+2.5	+3.4	+.030
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2017-18	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+2.2	+0.5	+1.7	+0.6	+2.2	+1.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+0.8	+0.4	+.060	+3.1	+6.8	+.353	+2.0	+2.7	+.055
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+2.2	+5.2	+2.0	+0.7	+2.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	-0.7	-0.1	+2.6	+1.7	+.102	+3.0	+7.0	+.052	+2.9	+3.8	+.083
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+3.0	+0.4	+1.5	+0.6	+2.2	+1.2	+0.1		-0.5	-0.4	+0.5	+1.8	+.081	+2.9	+7.1	+.096	+1.4	+2.0	+.034
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+12	+1.7	+3.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+.041	+3.1	+6.6	+.193	+2.2	+2.8	+.065
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

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

Season 9
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+46	+9.2	+1.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+1.5	+0.8	+.063	+3.3	+8.1	+.096	+1.3	+1.8	+.105
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+4.7	+2.1	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	+1.6		+0.6	-0.9	-0.2	+1.7	+2.5	+.036	+3.3	+7.8	+.218	+1.7	+2.6	+.131
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Klay Thompson	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+15	+6.0	+2.0	+1.2	+0.2	+1.5	+2.3	+0.7		-0.6	-0.3	+0.4	+0.5	+.011	+4.2	+9.8	+.203	+1.4	+1.9	+.065
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-