Pete Maravich vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and Pete Maravich, 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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 6 more than Cameron Thomas, who played 4. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, 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
	Pete Maravich	Cameron Thomas
Season	1970-71	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
difference:	+14	+18.5	+14.7			+1.3	+3.2				-1.9	+5.8	+12.4	+.025				+3.7	+4.6	+.029
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		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
difference:	+4	+39.8	+22.0			+5.2	+4.8				-2.8	+9.2	+24.4					+3.6	+5.2
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
	Pete Maravich	Cameron Thomas
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
difference:	+13	+7.7	+3.6			+1.2	+4.0				-1.0	+2.0	+4.6	+.001				+1.8	+2.6	+.056
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		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Cameron Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Cameron Thomas
Season	1973-74	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
difference:	+51	+7.0	+3.7	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+1.4	+0.9	+0.1		-1.6	+2.8	+5.4	+.019				+0.9	+1.5	+.055
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
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Cameron Thomas played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Pete Maravich played 6 seasons more than Cameron Thomas in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 1975 to 1980—Pete Maravich played in one postseason. In those 6 extra years over Cameron Thomas, Pete Maravich got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 All-Star Game