Lance Stephenson vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson and Lance Stephenson, 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.

Lance Stephenson played 10 years in the NBA, 5 less than LaSalle Thompson, who played 15. Lance Stephenson had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while LaSalle Thompson had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22
LaSalle Thompson	15	7	1982-83 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2010-11	1982-83
Team	Indiana Pacers	Kansas City Kings
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		%
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
LaSalle Thompson	71	13.9	5.4	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.6	2.1	4.0	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2011-12	1983-84
Team	Indiana Pacers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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		%
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471
LaSalle Thompson	80	23.9	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	1.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	4.1	4.2	8.0	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500
LaSalle Thompson	3	31.0	15.0	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.7	6.0	13.3	.450	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 3
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652
LaSalle Thompson	82	30.0	11.8	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Kings 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		%
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711
LaSalle Thompson	80	29.7	12.8	3.2	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	3.7	5.1	9.9	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714
LaSalle Thompson	3	33.0	9.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	10.7	.344	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.0	.583


Season 5
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627
LaSalle Thompson	82	26.4	11.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.5	4.4	9.2	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784
LaSalle Thompson	69	18.2	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.1	3.1	6.6	.471	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.4	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615
LaSalle Thompson	76	30.6	13.9	2.9	6.5	9.4	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	3.8	5.5	11.2	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661
LaSalle Thompson	82	25.9	6.8	2.1	5.5	7.7	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.8	2.7	5.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556
LaSalle Thompson	3	18.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	4.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 9
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685
LaSalle Thompson	82	23.7	7.6	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	3.2	3.4	6.9	.488	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.3	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	5	25.2	9.0	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.0	3.0	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.4	1.000

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788
LaSalle Thompson	80	16.2	4.9	1.2	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.1	4.5	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	21.0	5.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.7	2.3	3.7	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 11
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	63	11.6	3.8	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2	1.7	3.4	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	4	18.3	3.8	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	1.3	3.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	30	9.4	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.6	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	7	5.6	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 13
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	38	11.9	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.0	1.3	3.1	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	44	17.6	1.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.8	0.8	1.9	.398	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Lance Stephenson	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	26	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.1	0.7	.158	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lance Stephenson vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson and Lance Stephenson, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15