Nicolas Batum vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Nicolas Batum, 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.

Nicolas Batum played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Nicolas Batum had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Nicolas Batum	16	9	2008-09 to 2023-24
Klay Thompson	11	9	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Nicolas Batum	79	18.4	5.4	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.6	.446	0.8	2.1	.369	0.5	0.7	.808
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		%
Nicolas Batum	6	10.5	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.8	1.5	.556	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nicolas Batum	37	24.8	10.1	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.2	3.8	7.2	.519	1.5	3.6	.409	1.2	1.4	.843
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		%
Nicolas Batum	6	23.2	8.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.2	2.8	6.2	.459	1.5	3.5	.429	1.0	1.3	.750
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nicolas Batum	80	31.5	12.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.4	4.6	10.1	.455	1.5	4.3	.345	1.7	2.1	.841
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		%
Nicolas Batum	6	25.2	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.3	3.2	7.7	.413	1.2	4.3	.269	0.5	0.7	.750
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Nicolas Batum	59	30.4	13.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.9	10.9	.451	1.8	4.6	.391	2.3	2.7	.836
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Nicolas Batum	73	38.5	14.3	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.9	1.2	1.1	2.6	1.9	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.1	.372	2.4	2.9	.848
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	82	36.0	13.0	1.4	6.0	7.5	5.1	0.9	0.7	2.5	1.9	4.6	10.0	.465	1.8	4.9	.361	2.0	2.5	.803
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		%
Nicolas Batum	11	41.7	15.2	0.9	6.7	7.6	4.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.9	6.1	12.9	.472	1.9	5.5	.350	1.1	1.4	.800
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	71	33.5	9.4	0.9	5.0	5.9	4.8	1.1	0.6	1.9	1.5	3.4	8.5	.400	1.4	4.4	.324	1.2	1.4	.857
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		%
Nicolas Batum	5	41.8	14.2	1.2	7.4	8.6	5.2	0.2	0.2	2.4	2.2	4.8	14.0	.343	2.6	7.8	.333	2.0	2.6	.769
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nicolas Batum	70	35.0	14.9	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	1.6	5.3	12.5	.426	2.0	5.7	.348	2.3	2.7	.849
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		%
Nicolas Batum	5	28.8	11.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.2	3.4	9.0	.378	1.2	4.4	.273	3.4	4.0	.850
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Nicolas Batum	77	34.0	15.1	0.6	5.6	6.2	5.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	1.4	5.1	12.7	.403	1.8	5.3	.333	3.2	3.7	.856
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	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		%
Nicolas Batum	64	31.0	11.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	5.5	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.1	4.2	10.2	.415	1.4	4.3	.336	1.7	2.0	.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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Nicolas Batum	75	31.4	9.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.5	.450	1.5	4.0	.389	1.0	1.2	.865
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		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Nicolas Batum	22	23.0	3.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.3	3.7	.346	0.6	2.2	.286	0.4	0.5	.900
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	67	27.4	8.1	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.1	.464	1.6	4.1	.404	0.7	0.9	.828
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	19	29.2	8.1	1.0	4.5	5.5	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.8	5.7	.486	1.5	3.8	.389	1.0	1.2	.826
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Nicolas Batum	59	24.8	8.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.0	6.6	.463	1.8	4.6	.400	0.4	0.6	.658
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	78	21.9	6.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	4.9	.420	1.6	4.1	.391	0.4	0.6	.708
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	5	18.4	4.4	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.6	3.8	.421	1.2	3.4	.353	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Nicolas Batum	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Nicolas Batum	60	25.5	5.3	1.2	3.0	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.8	1.9	4.3	.453	1.2	3.1	.395	0.3	0.4	.714
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	6	28.3	6.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.2	2.0	4.8	.414	1.5	3.7	.409	0.8	1.3	.625
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nicolas Batum vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Nicolas Batum, 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

Season 16