Klay Thompson vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than John Wall, who played 11. Klay Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	2011-12	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
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:	+3	+13.4	+3.9	+0.1	+2.0	+2.2	+6.3	+1.1	+0.2	-2.2	-0.2	+1.0	+3.2	+.034	+1.2	+2.4	+.118	+3.2	+4.3	+.102
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Klay Thompson nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Klay Thompson	John Wall
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+4.4	+2.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.9	+5.9	+0.7	+0.3	-1.7	-1.1	+0.7	+0.6	+.030	+1.8	+3.3	+.088	+1.0	+1.5	+.074
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
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:	+10	+2.0	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+4.5	+0.8	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+1.6	+1.0	+.080	+2.1	+4.1	+.171	+3.0	+4.1	+.035
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Klay Thompson	John Wall
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+2.6	+4.5	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+7.9	+0.9		-2.1	-0.4	+1.5	+2.5	+.025	+2.7	+5.4	+.125	+1.2	+1.8	+.088
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
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:	+17	+3.6	+6.9	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+9.6	+0.3	+1.0	-1.9	-0.3	+2.3	+3.2	+.053	+3.7	+7.2	+.248	+1.3	+1.6	+.008
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Klay Thompson	John Wall
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+2.2	+2.4	+0.1	+1.4	+1.2	+8.1	+1.1	+0.3	-2.5	-0.3	+0.9	+0.1	+.044	+1.9	+4.0	+.063	+1.1	+1.7	+.062
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Klay Thompson	John Wall
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+2.1	+3.1	+0.4		+0.4	+8.2	+1.2	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+0.4	+2.2	+.037	+2.0	+3.6	+.113	+4.3	+5.5	+.036
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
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:	+8	+1.2	+7.6		+0.4	+0.4	+8.5	+0.9	+0.9	-2.7	-0.3	+2.2	+5.3	+.013	+1.6	+2.8	+.083	+4.7	+5.7	+.032
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Season 8
	Klay Thompson	John Wall
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+37	+0.4	+2.1		+0.3	+0.1	+7.2	+0.3	+0.5	-2.4		+1.6	+1.7	+.047	+1.6	+3.6	+.031	+2.6	+3.9	+.090
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726
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:	+15		+5.3	+0.1	+1.7	+1.6	+9.4	+1.0	+0.6	-2.7	-0.1	+1.5	+4.1	+.015	+2.6	+4.0	+.253	+4.9	+5.8	+.051
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851

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

Season 9
	Klay Thompson	John Wall
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:		+5.1	+0.3		+0.2	+0.3	+5.9	+1.0	+0.4	-2.5	-0.5		+0.6	+.015	+2.0	+4.0	+.083	+2.4	+3.9	+.205
John Wall	32	34.5	20.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	8.7	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.2	7.7	17.3	.444	1.6	5.3	.302	3.8	5.5	.697
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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2021-22.