Sidney Moncrief vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Sidney Moncrief, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Sidney Moncrief played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Sidney Moncrief had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Sidney Moncrief	11	11	1979-80 to 1990-91
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1979-80	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	77	20.2	8.5	2.0	2.4	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.7	5.9	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.795
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	7	26.0	12.4	2.4	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	4.4	.871
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1980-81	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	80	30.2	14.0	2.3	2.8	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.0	9.2	.541	0.0	0.1	.222	4.0	5.0	.804
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	7	39.6	14.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	2.9	3.4	4.3	9.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.3	.745
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1981-82	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	80	37.3	19.8	2.8	3.9	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.6	7.0	13.3	.523	0.0	0.2	.071	5.9	7.2	.817
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	6	42.0	15.3	2.5	2.5	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	3.7	5.2	12.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	6.3	.789
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1982-83	1984-85
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	76	35.7	22.5	2.5	3.2	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.100	6.6	7.9	.826
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	9	41.9	18.9	3.1	3.6	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.9	15.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	6.8	.754
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758


Season 5
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	79	38.9	20.9	2.7	4.0	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.2	.498	0.1	0.2	.278	6.7	7.9	.848
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	16	38.6	19.1	2.8	4.2	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	3.8	3.4	6.2	11.9	.518	0.1	0.3	.250	6.6	8.4	.791
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667


Season 6
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	73	37.5	21.7	2.0	3.3	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.5	2.7	7.7	15.9	.483	0.1	0.5	.273	6.2	7.5	.828
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	8	39.9	23.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.5	3.3	6.9	12.4	.556	0.5	1.3	.400	8.8	9.4	.933
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755


Season 7
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	73	35.2	20.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.4	13.2	.489	0.5	1.4	.320	6.8	7.9	.859
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	9	36.3	16.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.9	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	5.8	13.6	.426	0.4	1.6	.286	4.9	7.0	.698
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828


Season 8
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	39	25.4	11.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	3.1	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	8.3	.488	0.2	0.8	.258	3.5	4.2	.840
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	12	35.5	19.4	1.8	2.8	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.5	13.8	.473	0.3	1.2	.286	6.1	7.5	.811
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740


Season 9
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	56	25.5	10.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	3.9	7.9	.489	0.1	0.6	.161	2.9	3.5	.837
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	5	34.6	15.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.8	10.0	.480	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.2	5.4	.963
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794


Season 10
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	62	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.2	8.6	.491	0.4	1.2	.342	3.3	3.8	.865
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	9	20.4	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	.396	0.2	0.8	.286	1.7	1.8	.938
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725

Note: Sidney Moncrief didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 11
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Sidney Moncrief	72	15.2	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.3	.488	0.3	0.9	.328	1.1	1.5	.781
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	5	18.2	7.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	3.2	.813
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786


Season 12
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Sidney Moncrief	Isiah Thomas
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sidney Moncrief vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Sidney Moncrief, 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

Season 13