Michael Finley vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Michael Finley, 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.

Michael Finley played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Michael Finley had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, 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
Michael Finley	15	10	1995-96 to 2009-10
Klay Thompson	11	9	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


Rookie Season
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Michael Finley	82	39.2	15.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.4	5.7	11.9	.476	0.7	2.3	.328	3.0	3.9	.749
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		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Michael Finley	83	33.6	15.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.7	5.7	12.9	.444	1.2	3.4	.361	2.4	3.0	.808
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		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Michael Finley	82	41.4	21.5	1.8	3.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.0	8.2	18.4	.449	1.1	3.0	.357	4.0	5.1	.784
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		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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		%
Michael Finley	50	41.0	20.2	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	7.8	17.5	.444	0.9	2.7	.331	3.7	4.5	.823
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		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Michael Finley	82	42.2	22.6	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.1	9.1	20.0	.457	1.2	3.0	.401	3.2	3.9	.820
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		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Michael Finley	82	42.0	21.5	1.3	3.9	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	8.7	18.9	.458	1.1	3.2	.346	3.1	4.0	.775
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		%
Michael Finley	10	43.4	19.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.3	7.2	20.0	.360	1.7	4.7	.362	3.6	4.4	.818
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Michael Finley	69	39.9	20.6	1.3	3.9	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	8.2	17.8	.463	1.1	3.2	.339	3.0	3.6	.837
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		%
Michael Finley	8	46.5	24.6	1.6	4.6	6.3	2.3	1.5	0.5	1.9	3.0	8.6	18.5	.466	1.8	4.6	.378	5.6	6.3	.900
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Michael Finley	69	38.3	19.3	1.6	4.3	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.5	7.3	17.3	.425	1.7	4.7	.370	2.9	3.3	.861
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		%
Michael Finley	20	41.1	18.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.1	.435	2.4	5.7	.412	2.9	3.3	.864
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Finley	72	38.6	18.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.2	1.6	7.1	16.1	.443	2.1	5.1	.405	2.3	2.7	.850
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		%
Michael Finley	5	39.4	13.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.8	1.6	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	5.2	.269	1.2	2.0	.600
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Michael Finley	64	36.8	15.7	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.9	6.0	14.2	.427	1.8	4.5	.407	1.8	2.1	.831
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		%
Michael Finley	13	38.2	13.1	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	11.8	.425	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.4	.889
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
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Michael Finley	77	26.5	10.1	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.3	3.7	9.0	.412	1.4	3.6	.394	1.3	1.5	.852
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		%
Michael Finley	13	31.6	10.5	0.1	3.7	3.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.8	8.1	.476	1.4	3.6	.383	1.4	1.5	.900
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Michael Finley	82	22.2	9.0	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	3.3	8.1	.412	1.3	3.5	.364	1.1	1.2	.918
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	20	26.9	11.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.7	8.9	.410	2.2	5.3	.419	1.8	2.0	.897
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2007-08	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Michael Finley	82	26.9	10.1	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.1	3.8	9.3	.414	1.6	4.4	.370	0.8	1.0	.800
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	17	23.0	6.7	0.1	1.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	6.3	.402	1.1	3.1	.365	0.5	0.5	1.000
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Michael Finley	81	28.8	9.7	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.7	8.5	.437	1.6	3.9	.411	0.6	0.8	.823
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	5	28.6	8.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.6	3.0	6.8	.441	1.4	3.0	.467	0.6	0.8	.750
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Michael Finley	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Michael Finley	46	15.4	4.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	4.0	.440	0.7	1.8	.390	0.2	0.3	.533
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	18	6.0	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	1.1	.250	0.2	0.6	.273	0.1	0.1	1.000
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Finley vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Michael Finley, 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