Lindsey Hunter vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Lindsey Hunter, 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.

Lindsey Hunter played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Lindsey Hunter had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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 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
Lindsey Hunter	17	12	1993-94 to 2009-10
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	26.5	10.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.1	4.1	10.9	.375	0.8	2.5	.333	1.3	1.7	.732
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	42	22.5	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.2	2.8	7.6	.374	0.9	2.6	.333	1.0	1.3	.727
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	80	26.7	8.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.0	7.9	.381	1.5	3.6	.405	1.1	1.5	.700
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	2	18.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	1.0	.500
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	36.9	14.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.5	5.1	12.7	.404	2.0	5.7	.355	1.9	2.5	.778
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	40.2	15.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	5.8	13.2	.439	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.714
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969


Season 5
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	71	35.3	12.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	1.5	2.5	4.5	11.6	.383	1.2	3.7	.321	2.0	2.8	.740
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	49	35.8	11.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	1.8	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.7	10.7	.435	1.2	3.1	.386	1.4	1.8	.753
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	36.2	7.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.2	2.8	10.6	.264	0.6	2.2	.273	1.0	1.0	1.000
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


Season 7
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	35.6	12.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.6	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.6	10.9	.425	2.0	4.7	.432	1.4	1.9	.760
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	3	31.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.3	10.7	.313	0.3	3.0	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	24.4	10.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	9.5	.381	1.9	5.0	.373	0.9	1.2	.802
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	16.2	3.6	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.3	5.5	.242	0.4	2.9	.151	0.4	0.6	.727
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	19.7	5.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.3	6.0	.382	1.0	2.5	.380	0.2	0.5	.500
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	7.3	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.5	.311	0.4	1.6	.276	0.0	0.0	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	29	23.2	9.7	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	10.4	.351	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.6	.723
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	33	20.0	3.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.5	4.3	.343	0.4	1.5	.280	0.2	0.2	.625
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	23	11.6	2.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.8	2.8	.292	0.3	1.3	.233	0.5	0.5	.917
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	76	15.1	3.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.4	4.0	.358	0.3	1.1	.274	0.6	0.8	.793
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	25	14.9	3.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.8	1.4	4.5	.319	0.3	1.4	.222	0.6	0.9	.727
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	-


Season 13
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	30	11.8	2.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.5	1.2	3.3	.370	0.4	1.4	.256	0.1	0.1	.500
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	12.1	4.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.3	1.4	4.3	.333	0.8	2.4	.318	0.6	0.6	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	52	14.3	4.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	4.7	.385	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.6	.909
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	10.2	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.7	0.5	2.4	.226	0.3	1.4	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	24	9.0	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.7	.344	0.3	1.1	.269	0.3	0.4	.778
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	11	10.5	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.9	0.7	1.9	.381	0.5	1.0	.455	0.0	0.0	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	28	9.5	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.9	.329	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.600
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	6	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.7	.750
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Lindsey Hunter	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	9.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	.167	0.1	1.0	.077	0.2	0.2	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lindsey Hunter vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Lindsey Hunter, 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

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