Paul George vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Paul George, 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.

Paul George played 15 years in the NBA, 13 more than Amen Thompson, who played 2. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Paul George	Amen Thompson
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
difference:	+1	+1.7	+1.7	+1.8	+1.1	+2.9	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+.083	+0.6	+1.4	+.159	+0.4	+0.8	+.078
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		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Paul George	Amen Thompson
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802
difference:	+3	+2.5	+2.0	+2.0	+0.6	+2.6	+1.4	+0.2	+0.7	-0.2	-0.5	+1.3	+0.4	+.117	+1.0	+2.2	+.110	+0.2	+0.8	+.118
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		%
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786
difference:	+4	+0.7	+6.0	+1.3	+1.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.1	+0.5	-0.2	-0.3	+2.6	+3.5	+.105	+0.9	+3.1	+.018	+1.6	+2.6	+.092
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

Additional Years
* Paul George played 13 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 2013 to 2025—Paul George played in 9 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Amen Thompson, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Most Improved Player 1 Steals Leader 9 All-Star Game