Kristaps Porzingis vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson 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.

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 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Kristaps Porzingis had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Tristan 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 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
	Kristaps Porzingis	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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		%
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
difference:	+12	+4.7	+6.1	+1.3	+2.1	+0.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.9	-0.3	-0.6	+2.0	+4.9	+.018	+1.1	+3.4		+1.0	+0.1	+.286
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kristaps Porzingis	Tristan Thompson
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+34	+0.8	+11.0	+2.0	+0.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3	+2.0	-0.6	-0.6	+3.7	+9.2	+.038	+1.9	+4.8		+1.6	+1.6	+.100
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.693
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 3

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

Season 5
	Kristaps Porzingis	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+39	+3.2	+12.3	+1.4	+1.3	+0.1	+0.8		+0.7	-0.5	-0.2	+4.6	+10.8	+.112	+2.3	+6.0		+0.9	+0.2	+.239
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616
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
difference:	+14	+3.7	+6.4	+3.1	+0.5	+3.6	+0.6	+0.9	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.6	+5.9	+.055	+1.1	+3.9		+0.3	+0.8	+.267
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575

Season 8
	Kristaps Porzingis	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
difference:	+14	+1.7	+9.2	+2.3	+0.7	+3.0			+1.5	-0.2	-0.6	+2.1	+4.4	+.013	+1.9	+5.1		+2.9	+2.8	+.216
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	7	23.6	12.3	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.1	4.0	8.6	.467	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.1	.909
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-