Shawn Kemp vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Shawn Kemp, 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.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Shawn Kemp	Amen Thompson
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
difference:	+19	+8.6	+3.0	+0.6	+1.7	+2.3	+2.3	+0.7	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+1.4	+2.0	+.057	+0.1	+0.8	+.029	+0.3	+0.5	+.052
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
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Shawn Kemp	Amen Thompson
Season	1990-91	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
difference:	+12	+2.1	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+2.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5	-1.5	+0.1	+1.1	+.049	+0.4	+1.2	+.108	+1.2	+1.8	+.023
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		%
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815
difference:	+2	+3.2	+2.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.3	+2.1	+1.1	+0.1	-1.5	-1.4	+1.6	+0.7	+.108	+0.1	+0.4	+.250	+0.8	+0.3	+.121
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
* Shawn Kemp played 11 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1993 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in 8 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Amen Thompson, Shawn Kemp got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game