Klay Thompson vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / 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.

Klay Thompson played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Klay Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Klay Thompson	12	9	2011-12 to 2024-25
Metta World Peace	17	9	1999-00 to 2016-17

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


Rookie Season
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2011-12	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
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		%
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:	+6	+6.7	+0.5	+0.5	+1.3	+1.9	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+.036	+0.9	+1.4	+.100	+1.4	+2.5	+.194
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Klay Thompson nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2012-13	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+6	+4.7	+4.7	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+1.9	+4.0	+.021	+2.0	+4.5	+.110	+1.2	+1.8	+.091
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2013-14	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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:	+26	+5.5	+5.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.1	+1.7	+0.2	-0.4	-1.0	+2.0	+3.9	+.021	+1.8	+3.5	+.105	+0.7	+1.4	+.128
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667

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:	+2	+3.5	+4.6	+0.6	+1.9	+2.6	+0.4	+1.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+1.3	+3.2	+.001	+1.1	+3.7	+.098	+0.9	+0.8	+.100
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 4
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2014-15	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
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:	+8	+1.7	+6.2	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0		+1.2	+0.1	-0.2	-1.9	+2.6	+4.6	+.035	+2.1	+4.0	+.103	+1.1	+2.1	+.143
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736

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:	+15	+6.0	+0.4	+1.4	+0.6	+1.9	+0.4	+1.7	+0.1	-0.7	-1.2	+1.3	+0.9	+.057	+0.7	+1.8	+.003	+3.6	+4.6
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800


Season 5
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
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:	+7	+3.9	+3.8	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+1.6	+1.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.8	+1.7	+2.1	+.049	+2.5	+4.8	+.115	+2.0	+3.2	+.140
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733

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:	+9	+3.7	+5.9	+1.0	+1.9	+2.8	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	-0.5	-0.8	+1.9	+1.6	+.066	+2.8	+5.2	+.136	+0.7	+1.7	+.136
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718


Season 6
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	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:	+71	+7.6	+2.3	+0.5	+2.3	+2.7	+1.0	+0.9	+0.4	-0.8	-2.1	+0.1	+0.6	+.028	+2.4	+5.9	+.002	+4.3	+4.5	+.069
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+17	+5.1	+2.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.1	+1.4	+0.2	-0.5	-1.3	+1.6	+0.7	+.084	+1.7	+2.6	+.132	+2.6	+4.1	+.162
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675

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:	+16	+1.8	+2.2	+1.1	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	+0.8	+0.5	-0.5	-0.7	+1.4	+0.1	+.082	+1.4	+2.1	+.094	+1.9	+3.1	+.175
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696


Season 8
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+8	+3.7	+2.7	+1.0	+1.6	+2.7	+1.0	+1.0		-0.6	-0.9	+1.9	+3.1	+.027	+1.8	+4.0	+.044	+2.7	+3.9	+.076
Metta World Peace	70	37.7	18.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	3.4	2.1	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.5	14.9	.440	1.3	3.7	.358	4.4	5.9	.740

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
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:	+25	+8.7	+0.1	+1.3	+0.6	+1.9	+0.7	+1.8	+0.2	-1.3	-1.1	+0.1	+1.0	+.024	+2.1	+5.4	+.005	+2.3	+3.6	+.183
Metta World Peace	57	38.1	20.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.3	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.9	.453	1.5	3.9	.380	3.7	5.2	.719

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
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:		+2.5	+4.8	+0.3	+0.7	+1.1	+0.9	+0.8	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+1.9	+3.1	+.035	+2.2	+5.0	+.013	+1.1	+1.9	+.131
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748

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
difference:		+1.5	+2.9	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	+2.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+0.3	+1.2	+.006	+2.0	+4.1	+.091	+0.1	+0.4	+.161
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714


Season 11
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:		+4.1	+6.9	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+0.8	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+2.4	+5.1	+.018	+2.1	+5.2	+.032	+0.1	+0.6	+.239
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579


Season 12
	Klay Thompson	Metta World Peace
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+2.1	+5.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.8		-0.1	-1.1	+1.8	+4.2	+.015	+2.0	+4.9	+.035	+0.2	+0.7	+.229
Metta World Peace	82	29.4	8.5	1.2	2.0	3.3	2.1	1.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.2	8.0	.397	1.0	2.8	.356	1.1	1.7	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	9	31.9	10.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.6	3.9	8.8	.443	1.0	3.1	.321	1.8	2.3	.762

Additional Years

* Metta World Peace played 5 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2012 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in two Playoffs.

Klay Thompson vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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.

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