Mike Conley vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Mike Conley, 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.

Mike Conley played 18 years in the NBA, 4 more than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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 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
	Mike Conley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Conley	53	26.1	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.6	3.6	8.3	.428	0.6	1.7	.330	1.7	2.3	.732
difference:	+7	+2.4	+1.2	+2.7	+1.2	+3.9	+3.7	+0.3	+1.0	-0.3	-0.6	+0.4	+0.9	+.011	+0.6	+1.7		+0.1	+0.9	+.180
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	-	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mike Conley nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Mike Conley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Mike Conley	62	35.1	12.7	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.5	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.1	4.8	11.0	.433	1.0	2.6	.377	2.2	2.5	.861
difference:	+20	+7.4	+4.9	+2.9	+3.5	+6.5	+5.7	+1.7	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+1.8	+5.9	+.155	+1.0	+2.6		+0.4	+0.5	+.245
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		%
Mike Conley	7	39.6	14.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.1	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.7	4.6	10.9	.421	1.6	3.1	.500	3.4	4.6	.750
difference:	+14	+10.0	+7.4	+3.5	+2.2	+5.7	+6.4	+0.5	+0.9	-1.5	-0.1	+2.3	+6.5	+.106	+1.6	+3.1		+1.4	+1.1	+.175
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
	Mike Conley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Mike Conley	80	34.5	14.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.2	11.8	.440	1.3	3.7	.362	2.9	3.5	.830
difference:	+2	+4.6	+6.5	+3.2	+3.2	+6.4	+5.1	+1.7	+0.8	-1.6	-0.2	+1.8	+6.2	+.160	+1.3	+3.7		+1.5	+0.8	+.332
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	-	1.4	2.7	.498
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	15	38.3	17.0	0.8	3.9	4.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.5	14.4	.384	1.2	4.3	.281	4.7	6.2	.763
difference:	+3	+7.1	+8.8	+3.0	+0.6	+3.6	+5.7	+1.2	+0.4	-1.1	-0.3	+2.5	+9.3	+.203	+1.2	+4.3		+2.5	+2.9	+.096
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 14
	Mike Conley	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	51	29.4	16.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.2	1.9	1.9	5.6	12.5	.444	2.7	6.6	.412	2.4	2.8	.852
difference:	+11	+21.2	+14.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+5.4	+1.3	+0.1	-1.5	-1.0	+4.8	+10.7	+.007	+2.7	+6.5	+.412	+2.2	+2.0	+.619
Tristan Thompson	40	8.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.8	.233
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	29.3	15.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.7	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.3	.426	3.0	6.2	.486	2.7	2.7	1.000
difference:	+3	+19.6	+13.0	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+7.4	+0.1	+0.2	-1.6	-1.8	+3.8	+9.3	+.074	+3.0	+6.2		+2.4	+1.7	+.667
Tristan Thompson	3	9.7	2.3	0.7	4.3	5.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333