Kristaps Porzingis vs. Etan Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Etan Thomas and Kristaps Porzingis, 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

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.

Kristaps Porzingis played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Etan Thomas, who played 9. Kristaps Porzingis had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Etan Thomas had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kristaps Porzingis	8	3	2015-16 to 2023-24
Etan Thomas	9	5	2001-02 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
Etan Thomas	47	13.1	4.3	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.2	.536	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.554

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	66	32.8	18.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	1.7	4.8	.357	3.0	3.8	.786
Etan Thomas	38	13.5	4.8	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	1.6	3.3	.492	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793
Etan Thomas	79	24.1	8.9	2.3	4.4	6.7	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.7	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.7	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.


Season 4
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	57	31.8	20.4	1.8	7.7	9.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	16.4	.427	2.5	7.1	.352	4.0	5.0	.799
Etan Thomas	47	20.8	7.1	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.7	5.4	.502	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.1	.528

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	3	31.3	23.7	1.0	7.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	13.3	.525	3.0	5.7	.529	6.7	7.7	.870
Etan Thomas	8	16.1	6.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.4	3.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.8	.455


Season 5
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	43	30.9	20.1	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	2.7	7.6	15.9	.476	2.3	6.0	.376	2.7	3.2	.855
Etan Thomas	71	15.8	4.7	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.8	3.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	7	33.3	13.1	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.7	4.9	10.3	.472	1.1	3.9	.296	2.3	2.7	.842
Etan Thomas	3	6.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 6
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	51	29.0	20.2	2.0	6.1	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.7	6.9	15.0	.459	1.5	4.9	.310	4.9	5.6	.867
Etan Thomas	65	19.2	6.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.5	2.4	4.3	.574	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.558

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	4	21.0	5.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.667

Note: Etan Thomas didn't play in 2007-08.


Season 7
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	65	32.6	23.2	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.0	7.8	15.7	.498	2.1	5.5	.385	5.4	6.4	.851
Etan Thomas	26	11.8	3.1	1.0	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.5	.485	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	Thunder 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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	57	29.6	20.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	2.7	6.8	13.2	.516	1.9	5.1	.375	4.5	5.3	.858
Etan Thomas	23	14.0	3.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	1.3	3.0	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.591

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	4	26.3	12.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	2.0	5.0	.400	3.3	3.5	.929
Etan Thomas	2	8.5	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	.833	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 9
	Kristaps Porzingis	Etan Thomas
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	13	6.3	2.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Etan Thomas	1	7.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Kristaps Porzingis vs. Etan Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Etan Thomas and Kristaps Porzingis, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9