Thabo Sefolosha vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Thabo Sefolosha, 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.

Thabo Sefolosha played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Lance Stephenson, who played 10. Thabo Sefolosha had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Thabo Sefolosha	14	9	2006-07 to 2019-20
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	71	12.2	3.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.5	3.6	.426	0.2	0.6	.357	0.3	0.6	.511
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	9	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.1	2.9	.385	0.3	0.9	.375	0.8	1.3	.583
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	69	20.8	6.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.9	2.6	6.1	.428	0.4	1.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.721
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 3
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	66	22.0	5.9	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.3	5.4	.426	0.4	1.3	.276	0.9	1.1	.836
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622

Season 4
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	82	28.6	6.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.8	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.9	2.4	5.4	.440	0.5	1.6	.313	0.7	1.1	.674
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	6	21.2	4.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.3	4.5	.296	0.5	2.2	.231	1.3	1.5	.889
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714

Season 5
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	79	25.9	5.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	.471	0.4	1.3	.275	0.7	1.0	.747
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	17	20.2	4.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.8	3.9	.463	0.2	1.5	.154	0.8	0.8	1.000
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	42	21.8	4.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.6	3.7	.432	0.7	1.7	.437	0.9	1.0	.884
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	20	22.3	5.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.1	.402	0.8	2.5	.327	0.4	0.5	.889
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800

Season 7
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	81	27.5	7.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.8	5.8	.481	1.3	3.2	.419	0.7	0.9	.826
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	11	27.3	5.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.4	1.9	5.5	.344	1.1	3.5	.316	0.8	1.0	.818
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 8
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	61	26.0	6.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.3	5.6	.415	0.8	2.5	.316	0.9	1.1	.768
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	15	15.7	3.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.7	.418	0.4	1.5	.261	0.3	0.3	.800
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556

Season 9
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	52	18.8	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.8	.418	0.5	1.5	.321	0.9	1.1	.776
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Season 10
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	75	23.4	6.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.5	4.9	.507	0.6	1.6	.341	0.8	1.3	.626
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	10	20.3	5.9	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.2	4.6	.478	0.7	1.9	.368	0.8	1.5	.533
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	62	25.7	7.2	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.8	6.4	.441	0.7	1.9	.342	0.9	1.2	.733
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	4	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	38	21.2	8.2	0.8	3.5	4.2	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.8	1.6	3.1	6.3	.492	0.8	2.2	.381	1.2	1.4	.815
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	50	12.2	3.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.0	.477	0.7	1.6	.436	0.3	0.4	.636
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	4	10.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.5	.143	0.3	2.0	.125	0.0	0.0	-
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Thabo Sefolosha	Lance Stephenson
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Thabo Sefolosha	41	10.6	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.9	2.2	.407	0.4	1.3	.278	0.1	0.2	.375
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thabo Sefolosha vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Thabo Sefolosha, 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

Season 14