Lamar Odom vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Lamar Odom, 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.

Lamar Odom played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Lamar Odom had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Lamar Odom	Amen Thompson
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
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		%
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
difference:	+14	+14.0	+7.1	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+1.6	+0.1	+0.7	-1.9	-1.5	+2.0	+6.3	+.098	+0.7	+1.3	+.222	+2.3	+3.0	+.035
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lamar Odom nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Lamar Odom	Amen Thompson
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Lamar Odom	76	37.3	17.2	1.4	6.3	7.8	5.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.460	1.1	3.3	.316	3.4	5.1	.679
difference:	+7	+5.1	+3.1	+1.4	+0.9	+0.4	+1.4	+0.4	+0.3	-1.5	-0.7	+0.7	+3.7	+.097	+0.7	+2.0	+.041	+1.0	+1.5	+.005
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 11 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2003 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Amen Thompson, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year