Michael Jordan vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Michael Jordan, 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.

Michael Jordan played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Michael Jordan	Amen Thompson
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
difference:	+20	+15.9	+18.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+3.3	+1.1	+0.2	-2.0	-1.2	+6.3	+12.6	+.021		+0.3	+.035	+6.0	+6.6	+.161
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Michael Jordan	Amen Thompson
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
difference:	+51	+7.1	+8.6	+1.5	+3.1	+4.6	+0.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+2.7	+8.1	+.100	+0.2	+0.3	+.108	+3.4	+3.3	+.156
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872
difference:	+4	+12.0	+28.0	+1.0	+0.6	+0.6	+2.4	+0.6	+0.4	-3.0	-1.7	+10.0	+19.6	+.011	+0.2	+0.3	+.750	+7.7	+7.9	+.178
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Season 3
	Michael Jordan	Amen Thompson
Season	1986-87	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
difference:	+76	+5.8	+20.1		+0.6	+0.6	+0.9	+2.1	+1.2	-0.6	-0.2	+6.9	+14.8	+.018	+0.2	+1.5	+.039	+6.5	+6.4	+.190
Amen Thompson	6	34.2	17.0	2.0	3.8	5.8	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.7	2.7	6.5	13.0	.500	0.3	2.3	.143	3.7	5.5	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Michael Jordan played 12 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1988 to 2003—Michael Jordan played in 10 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Amen Thompson, Michael Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 Finals MVP 5 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 9 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 11 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP