Taurean Prince vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Taurean Prince, 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.

Taurean Prince played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Taurean Prince had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Klay 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
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
difference:	+7	+7.8	+6.8		+0.1	+0.3	+1.1		+0.2	-0.6	-0.7	+2.9	+6.1	+.043	+1.1	+2.4	+.090	+0.1	+0.2	+.081
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Taurean Prince	64	29.0	12.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	11.5	.376	2.3	6.7	.339	1.1	1.4	.798
difference:	+13	+2.9	+9.6	+0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.9	+3.5	+5.4	+.087	+0.8	+0.4	+.100	+1.8	+1.9	+.081
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800

Season 5
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Taurean Prince	41	22.1	9.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.2	8.0	.401	1.5	3.8	.400	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+39	+11.2	+12.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1		-0.6	-0.1	+4.9	+9.3	+.069	+2.0	+4.3	+.025	+0.8	+0.9	+.018
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854

Season 6
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
difference:	+9	+16.9	+15.0	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-0.1	+5.7	+11.9	+.014	+2.2	+5.0	+.038	+1.5	+1.6	+.097
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+12	+22.1	+9.0	+0.4	+1.8	+2.3	+0.9	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-1.6	+3.5	+8.5	+.027	+1.6	+3.4	+.101	+0.3	+0.5	+.069
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788

Season 7
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	54	22.1	9.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	.467	1.4	3.6	.381	1.2	1.4	.844
difference:	+19	+12.2	+10.9	+0.1	+1.2	+1.4	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+4.6	+9.2	+.021	+1.7	+3.5	+.059	+0.1	+0.1	+.007
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	20.0	7.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+16	+17.8	+11.8	+0.1	+2.8	+2.7	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+5.2	+9.7	+.101	+1.6	+3.3	+.046	+0.1	+0.3	+.093
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871

Season 8
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA Finals
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
difference:		+7.0	+12.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+5.2	+10.7	+.025	+1.3	+3.1	+.006	+1.1	+1.1	+.081
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000
difference:	+16	+16.8	+13.3	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+1.5	+1.1	+0.3	-1.6	-1.0	+5.4	+11.3	+.042	+2.3	+4.1	+.149	+0.2	+0.4	+.098
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Season 9
	Taurean Prince	Klay Thompson
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
difference:	+48	+2.3	+12.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3	-0.4	+4.8	+11.5	+.028	+1.8	+5.1	+.054	+0.9	+1.0	+.089
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+17	+23.8	+17.8	+0.3	+2.6	+2.9	+0.7	+0.7	+0.5	-0.3	-1.5	+6.8	+14.7	+.229	+3.1	+7.3	+.163	+1.2	+1.4
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867