Patrick Ewing vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and Patrick Ewing, 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 13 more than Cameron Thomas, who played 4. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Cameron Thomas had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Patrick Ewing	Cameron Thomas
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+17	+17.8	+11.5	+2.3	+4.3	+6.6	+0.8	+0.6	+2.0	-2.6	-2.8	+4.4	+8.8	+.041	+0.7	+2.5	+.270	+3.2	+4.5	+.090
Cameron Thomas	67	17.6	8.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.0	3.3	7.5	.433	0.7	2.6	.270	1.3	1.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Cameron Thomas
Season	1987-88	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:	+16	+0.4	+2.3	+2.6	+2.5	+5.0	+1.4	+0.6	+2.8	-1.6	-1.9		+3.6	+.113	+2.2	+6.0		+0.1	+0.7	+.140
Cameron Thomas	66	31.4	22.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	8.0	18.0	.442	2.2	6.0	.364	4.3	5.1	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
Cameron Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Cameron Thomas
Season	1988-89	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:	+55	+5.0	+1.3	+2.1	+3.9	+6.0	+1.4	+0.9	+3.4	-0.8	-2.1	+1.1	+2.2	+.129	+2.7	+7.7	+.349	+0.8	+0.1	+.135
Cameron Thomas	25	31.2	24.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.8	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.8	8.0	18.2	.438	2.7	7.8	.349	5.3	6.0	.881
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
Cameron Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Patrick Ewing played 13 seasons more than Cameron Thomas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 1990 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 12 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cameron Thomas, Patrick Ewing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 8 All-Star Game