Leandro Barbosa vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Leandro Barbosa, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Leandro Barbosa played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Leandro Barbosa had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Klay 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 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
Leandro Barbosa	14	8	2003-04 to 2016-17
Klay Thompson	11	9	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	21.4	7.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.0	6.7	.447	1.2	3.0	.395	0.7	0.9	.770
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	63	17.3	7.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.7	5.6	.475	0.8	2.2	.367	0.9	1.1	.797
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	12	9.7	2.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.343	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.3	.500
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	57	27.9	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.8	9.9	.481	1.5	3.4	.444	1.9	2.6	.755
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	31.6	14.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.3	5.2	11.0	.470	1.4	3.5	.391	2.5	2.9	.862
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	80	32.7	18.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.6	6.6	13.9	.476	2.4	5.5	.434	2.5	2.9	.845
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	31.7	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	14.4	.405	1.6	5.4	.305	2.5	3.5	.718
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	82	29.5	15.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	5.8	12.5	.462	2.0	5.1	.389	2.1	2.6	.822
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	5	28.6	10.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.0	3.8	11.0	.345	0.8	3.6	.222	2.0	2.2	.909
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	24.4	14.2	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.3	1.2	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.2	10.8	.482	1.3	3.4	.375	2.4	2.8	.881
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	44	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.5	8.3	.425	1.0	3.1	.324	1.5	1.7	.877
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	16	15.6	7.2	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.4	.417	0.8	2.2	.343	1.1	1.5	.708
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	58	24.1	13.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.1	11.3	.450	1.2	3.7	.338	1.9	2.4	.796
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 9
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	64	21.6	11.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.1	4.2	10.0	.425	1.0	2.7	.382	1.6	1.9	.815
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	20.3	5.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.6	.370	0.3	1.8	.150	0.5	1.1	.500
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867


Season 10
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	41	12.5	5.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.7	.430	0.4	1.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.756
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	18.4	7.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.6	.427	0.4	1.3	.280	1.6	2.0	.795
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	66	14.9	7.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.8	5.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.384	0.9	1.1	.784
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	21	10.9	5.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	4.2	.443	0.4	1.1	.348	0.9	1.0	.818
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	68	15.9	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.5	5.4	.462	0.6	1.6	.355	0.8	0.9	.839
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	23	11.0	5.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.2	3.8	.580	0.5	1.2	.393	0.7	0.9	.762
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Leandro Barbosa	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	67	14.4	6.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.2	2.6	5.9	.439	0.5	1.5	.357	0.6	0.7	.889
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Leandro Barbosa vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Leandro Barbosa, 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