Kyle Korver vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Kyle Korver, 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.

Kyle Korver played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Kyle Korver had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Isaiah Thomas 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
	Kyle Korver	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Kyle Korver	74	11.9	4.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.4	.352	1.1	2.8	.391	0.3	0.3	.792
difference:	+9	+13.6	+7.0	+0.3	+0.7	+1.1	+3.6	+0.5		-1.0	-0.5	+2.3	+4.4	+.096	+0.2	+0.6	+.012	+2.1	+2.5	+.040
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Korver nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Kyle Korver	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Korver	75	23.1	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.6	3.4	7.7	.443	1.5	3.9	.375	1.6	1.7	.915
difference:	+7	+9.1	+12.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+4.9	+0.5	+0.3	-1.7	-0.6	+3.8	+9.2	+.015	+0.5	+1.8	+.016	+4.2	+4.9	+.044
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	12	21.6	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.1	.411	0.9	3.2	.289	1.9	2.1	.920
difference:	+6	+15.1	+16.4	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+4.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.6	-0.7	+5.3	+13.7	+.016	+1.3	+4.5	+.006	+4.4	+5.7	+.111
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809

Season 6
	Kyle Korver	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kyle Korver	78	24.0	9.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.1	7.2	.438	1.3	3.4	.386	1.4	1.6	.882
difference:	+2	+9.8	+19.9	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+4.1	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6		+5.9	+12.2	+.025	+1.9	+5.1	+.007	+6.4	+6.9	+.027
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	5	27.2	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.8	3.6	9.2	.391	2.4	5.2	.462	1.0	1.4	.714
difference:	+10	+7.5	+12.7	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+4.1	+0.3	+0.1	-2.9	-0.5	+3.8	+8.2	+.034		+2.0	+.129	+5.1	+6.0	+.106
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.

Season 12
	Kyle Korver	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Korver	75	32.2	12.1	0.2	3.9	4.1	2.6	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.9	8.0	.487	2.9	6.0	.492	1.4	1.6	.898
difference:	+69	+29.0	+10.8	+0.2	+3.9	+4.1	+2.1	+0.7	+0.6	-1.4	-1.9	+3.4	+6.3	+.187	+2.6	+5.3	+.008	+1.4	+1.6
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	14	37.6	11.1	0.1	4.9	5.0	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	3.7	9.5	.391	2.8	7.9	.355	0.9	1.1	.813
difference:	+13	+33.6	+11.1	+0.1	+4.9	+5.0	+2.4	+1.4	+1.1	-0.5	-1.9	+3.7	+7.5	+.391	+2.8	+6.9	+.355	+0.9	+1.1
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-