Luguentz Dort vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Luguentz Dort, 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.

Luguentz Dort played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Luguentz Dort had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792
difference:	+36	+11.0	+10.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+7.0	+1.2	+0.1	-3.6	-0.8	+3.9	+8.7	+.030	+0.6	+2.0	+.009	+3.0	+4.5	+.088
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533
Isiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Luguentz Dort	52	29.7	14.0	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	12.3	.387	2.2	6.3	.343	2.3	3.2	.744
difference:	+29	+8.5	+8.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	+6.1	+1.6		-2.5	-1.3	+4.2	+6.7	+.085	+1.8	+4.8	+.055	+2.2	+3.2	+.034
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luguentz Dort nor Isiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	51	32.6	17.2	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.9	5.7	14.2	.404	2.5	7.7	.332	3.2	3.7	.843
difference:	+31	+4.1	+4.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.2	+9.4	+1.6		-2.0	-1.1	+2.5	+3.5	+.058	+2.2	+6.9	+.006	+1.5	+2.8	+.110
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771

Season 4
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772
difference:	+7	+7.4	+7.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	+11.8	+1.3		-2.5	-0.3	+3.4	+5.6	+.070	+1.4	+4.1	+.073	+2.2	+2.6	+.037
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758

Season 5
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Luguentz Dort	79	28.4	10.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.3	.438	2.0	5.0	.394	1.6	2.0	.826
difference:	+2	+7.8	+10.0	+0.2	+0.2		+9.4	+1.3	+0.3	-2.9	-0.3	+4.3	+7.9	+.050	+1.7	+3.9	+.084	+3.1	+4.0	+.036
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	10	35.0	10.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.0	1.3	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.3	9.1	.363	2.5	6.4	.391	1.6	1.9	.842
difference:	+6	+5.8	+15.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+10.0	+1.0	+0.6	-3.2	-0.1	+7.0	+13.7	+.088	+2.5	+5.1	+.391	+4.4	+7.1	+.175
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667

Season 6
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2024-25	1986-87
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717
difference:	+10	+8.0	+10.5	+0.3		+0.2	+8.4	+0.8	+0.3	-3.5	-0.2	+4.1	+8.3	+.028	+2.2	+4.6	+.218	+4.4	+5.8	+.051
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636
difference:	+8	+8.5	+16.2		+0.6	+0.6	+7.8	+1.3	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+6.3	+12.7	+.085	+1.4	+3.9	+.040	+4.9	+6.3	+.119
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755

Season 7
	Luguentz Dort	Isiah Thomas
Season	2025-26	1987-88
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	9	30.3	7.8	1.6	2.9	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.8	2.6	7.4	.343	1.3	4.9	.273	1.3	1.4	.923
difference:	+72	+5.8	+11.7	+0.8	+0.3	+1.0	+7.0	+0.8		-2.7	-0.1	+5.1	+9.2	+.120	+0.9	+3.7	+.036	+2.5	+3.5	+.149
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828

Additional Years
* Isiah Thomas played 6 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 1989 to 1994—Isiah Thomas played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Isiah Thomas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 5 All-Star Game