Mason Plumlee vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Mason Plumlee, 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.

Mason Plumlee played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Mason Plumlee had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Tristan 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
Mason Plumlee	11	7	2013-14 to 2023-24
Tristan Thompson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mason Plumlee	70	18.2	7.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.8	4.3	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.626
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	10	11.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.444
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Mason Plumlee	82	21.3	8.7	2.1	4.1	6.2	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.4	6.0	.573	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.9	.495
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	6	8.2	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.8	.364
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mason Plumlee	82	25.4	9.1	2.5	5.2	7.7	2.8	0.8	1.0	1.9	3.1	3.3	6.3	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.1	.642
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	11	27.8	7.0	3.4	8.5	11.8	4.8	0.6	1.0	2.3	3.8	2.5	6.4	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.636
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Mason Plumlee	81	26.5	10.4	2.1	5.4	7.5	3.5	0.9	1.1	1.7	2.8	4.1	7.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.7	.580
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585


Season 5
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mason Plumlee	74	19.4	7.1	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.9	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.0	5.0	.601	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.4	.458
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575


Season 6
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Mason Plumlee	82	21.1	7.8	2.0	4.4	6.4	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.5	3.1	3.2	5.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.4	.561
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.7	.498

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	14	15.6	4.6	1.9	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	2.8	1.7	3.4	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.0	.571
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 7
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Mason Plumlee	61	17.3	7.2	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.5	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.3	2.9	4.7	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.5	.535
Tristan Thompson	53	20.2	5.8	2.4	4.3	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.4	.562	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.544

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	19	10.8	2.4	1.6	1.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.0	2.1	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.667
Tristan Thompson	19	21.9	6.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.6	4.4	.590	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.741


Season 8
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Mason Plumlee	56	26.8	10.4	2.6	6.7	9.3	3.6	0.8	0.9	1.9	3.3	4.2	6.8	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.0	.669
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Mason Plumlee	73	24.6	6.5	2.4	5.3	7.7	3.1	0.8	0.7	1.4	3.1	2.8	4.4	.641	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	2.3	.392
Tristan Thompson	57	30.2	12.0	4.0	6.2	10.1	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.1	9.9	.512	0.2	0.4	.391	1.7	2.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Mason Plumlee	79	26.0	10.8	2.9	6.0	8.9	3.1	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.7	4.2	6.1	.680	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.636
Tristan Thompson	54	23.8	7.6	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.1	6.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	5	18.2	8.2	3.2	3.6	6.8	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.0	2.8	3.2	.875	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	2.8	.929
Tristan Thompson	5	26.4	10.4	5.8	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	2.4	4.0	6.8	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 11
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mason Plumlee	46	14.7	5.3	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.9	3.3	.569	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.2	.707
Tristan Thompson	57	15.7	6.0	2.1	2.9	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	4.7	.528	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	2.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	6	11.0	3.2	1.2	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.625
Tristan Thompson	5	7.6	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	6	5.3	1.8	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.200


Season 13
	Mason Plumlee	Tristan Thompson
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	49	11.2	3.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.4	.608	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	1.1	.288

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mason Plumlee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	10	8.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Mason Plumlee vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Mason Plumlee, 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