Serge Ibaka vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Serge Ibaka, 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.

Serge Ibaka and Tristan Thompson both played 14 years in the NBA. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Tristan 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 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
	Serge Ibaka	Tristan Thompson
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.630
difference:	+13	+5.6	+1.9	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.5	+0.4	+2.3	+.104				+1.0	+1.9	+.078
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Serge Ibaka	Tristan Thompson
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
difference:	+16	+4.4	+2.6	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+0.5		+3.3	-0.1	-0.4	+0.4	+1.9	+.058				+1.7	+2.3	+.032
Tristan Thompson	82	31.6	11.7	3.3	5.9	9.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.4	9.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Tristan Thompson
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
difference:	+2	+4.3	+4.7	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3			+2.3	-0.6	-0.4	+2.3	+3.7	+.026	+0.3	+0.7		+0.1	+0.6	+.108
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792
difference:	+9	+3.1	+3.2	+0.9	+1.6	+2.4	+0.2	+0.3	+1.8	-0.2	-1.0	+1.8	+5.8	+.121	+0.4	+0.8		+0.7	+1.9	+.207
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585

Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Tristan Thompson
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
difference:	+1	+5.2	+7.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2		+2.1	-0.8	-0.4	+3.5	+7.0	+.052	+0.3	+0.7		+0.1	+0.5	+.168
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765
difference:	+4	+4.6	+5.4	+2.3	+0.1	+2.2		+0.2	+1.6	-0.4	-0.6	+2.8	+4.2	+.065	+0.3	+0.8		+0.5	+1.5	+.190
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575

Season 10
	Serge Ibaka	Tristan Thompson
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763
difference:	+20	+3.4	+7.4	+1.0	+1.0		+0.1		+0.8	-0.4	-0.7	+3.2	+5.9	+.011	+0.7	+2.2	+.290	+0.5	+0.2	+.171
Tristan Thompson	54	23.8	7.6	3.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.1	6.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.592
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762
difference:	+19	+5.6	+1.0	+4.3	+0.5	+3.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2		-0.9	+0.2	+1.2	+.111	+0.4	+1.6		+1.1	+1.6	+.056
Tristan Thompson	5	26.4	10.4	5.8	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	2.4	4.0	6.8	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706