Sean Elliott vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Sean Elliott, 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

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.

Sean Elliott and Isaiah Thomas both played 12 years in the NBA. Sean Elliott had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Isaiah Thomas 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
Sean Elliott	12	9	1989-90 to 2000-01
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Sean Elliott	81	25.1	10.0	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.8	8.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.111	2.3	2.7	.866
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	10	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.7	5.3	9.6	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.9	.724
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	37.1	15.9	1.7	3.8	5.6	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	11.9	.490	0.2	0.8	.313	4.0	4.9	.808
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	4	33.0	14.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.3	10.0	.425	0.0	0.8	.000	6.3	8.0	.781
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	38.0	16.3	1.7	3.6	5.4	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.9	1.8	6.3	12.7	.494	0.3	1.0	.305	3.5	4.0	.861
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	3	45.7	19.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	6.3	13.3	.475	1.7	2.7	.625	5.3	6.0	.889
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Sean Elliott	70	37.2	17.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.8	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.4	13.1	.491	0.5	1.5	.356	3.8	4.8	.795
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.1	15.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.9	12.5	.472	0.3	1.4	.214	3.7	4.0	.925
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969


Season 5
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Sean Elliott	73	33.0	12.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.8	.455	0.4	1.2	.299	1.9	2.4	.803
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809


Season 6
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Sean Elliott	81	35.3	18.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.2	13.2	.468	1.7	4.1	.408	4.0	5.0	.807
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	15	38.3	17.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.8	13.3	.435	1.3	3.7	.364	4.4	5.7	.776
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820


Season 7
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Sean Elliott	77	37.7	20.0	0.9	4.2	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	2.6	2.3	6.8	14.6	.466	2.1	5.1	.411	4.2	5.5	.771
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.9	15.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	3.0	2.4	4.7	11.7	.402	1.0	3.4	.294	5.1	6.4	.797
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Sean Elliott	39	35.7	14.9	1.2	3.6	4.9	3.2	0.6	0.6	2.3	2.7	5.0	11.9	.422	1.1	3.2	.333	3.8	5.0	.755
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
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		%
Sean Elliott	36	28.1	9.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.4	.403	0.9	2.5	.378	1.6	2.2	.718
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sean Elliott	50	30.2	11.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.2	10.1	.410	0.8	2.4	.328	2.1	2.8	.757
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	17	33.8	11.9	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	3.5	.763
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	19	20.6	6.0	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.0	5.6	.358	0.7	1.9	.351	1.3	1.7	.781
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	4	29.8	10.0	0.3	5.3	5.5	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	10.0	.375	1.3	3.3	.385	1.3	2.0	.625
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 12
	Sean Elliott	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Sean Elliott	52	23.6	7.9	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.5	.434	1.1	2.5	.426	1.2	1.6	.714
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	12	19.9	4.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.3	.373	0.7	1.8	.364	0.9	0.9	1.000
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Sean Elliott vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Sean Elliott, 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