Speedy Claxton vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Speedy Claxton, 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.

Speedy Claxton played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 13. Speedy Claxton had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Speedy Claxton	Tristan Thompson
Season	2001-02	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Speedy Claxton	67	22.8	7.2	0.7	1.7	2.4	3.0	1.4	0.1	1.4	2.2	2.7	6.7	.400	0.1	0.5	.121	1.7	2.0	.838
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	.000	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Speedy Claxton	5	9.8	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.667
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Speedy Claxton	Tristan Thompson
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Speedy Claxton	30	15.7	5.8	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.2	4.8	.462	0.0	0.4	.000	1.3	1.9	.684
Tristan Thompson	82	31.3	11.7	3.7	5.7	9.4	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.8	9.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.608
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Speedy Claxton	24	13.6	5.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.4	.438	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.750
Tristan Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Speedy Claxton	Tristan Thompson
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Speedy Claxton	71	28.4	12.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.3	10.4	.413	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.5	.769
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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Speedy Claxton didn't play in 2007-08.