Tim Thomas vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Tim Thomas, 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

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.

Tim Thomas played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jerry West, who played 14. Tim Thomas had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Tim Thomas	13	7	1997-98 to 2009-10
Jerry West	14	13	1960-61 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	1997-98	1960-61
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tim Thomas	77	23.1	11.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	4.0	8.9	.447	0.8	2.2	.363	2.2	3.0	.740
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726


Season 2
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	1998-99	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	50	16.2	7.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	2.6	5.6	.473	0.4	1.4	.309	1.5	2.2	.652
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	3	19.7	7.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.7	6.0	.444	0.0	0.7	.000	2.3	4.0	.583
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807


Season 3
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	1999-00	1962-63
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	80	26.2	11.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.8	4.3	9.4	.461	0.8	2.3	.346	2.4	3.0	.774
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	5	28.4	15.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.0	0.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	5.8	11.8	.492	1.0	3.0	.333	2.8	3.4	.824
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740


Season 4
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2000-01	1963-64
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tim Thomas	76	27.4	12.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.5	2.6	4.3	10.0	.430	1.4	3.4	.412	2.6	3.3	.771
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	18	26.5	11.3	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.9	.448	1.2	2.8	.431	2.9	3.6	.815
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792


Season 5
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2001-02	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	74	26.9	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	4.3	10.2	.420	1.3	3.9	.326	1.9	2.4	.793
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890


Season 6
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2002-03	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	80	29.5	13.3	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	3.2	5.2	11.6	.443	1.2	3.3	.366	1.8	2.3	.780
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	6	31.8	17.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	4.5	6.0	13.0	.462	2.0	3.5	.571	3.8	5.3	.719
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872


Season 7
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2003-04	1966-67
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tim Thomas	66	31.7	14.7	1.0	3.9	4.8	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.5	12.3	.446	1.1	2.9	.376	2.6	3.3	.784
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	1	23.0	12.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	10.0	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2004-05	1967-68
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	71	27.3	12.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	10.1	.439	1.2	2.9	.409	1.9	2.4	.786
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781


Season 9
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2005-06	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	29	23.0	10.3	0.8	3.8	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.7	3.9	9.0	.431	1.6	3.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.667
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	20	31.8	15.1	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	4.5	5.4	11.0	.491	2.4	5.4	.444	1.9	2.5	.776
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804


Season 10
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2006-07	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	76	27.0	11.0	0.8	4.1	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.4	3.0	3.9	9.5	.414	1.8	4.7	.382	1.3	1.9	.708
Jerry West	74	42.0	31.2	-	-	4.6	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	11.2	22.6	.497	-	-	-	8.7	10.6	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	18	46.1	31.2	-	-	3.7	8.4	-	-	-	3.1	10.9	23.2	.469	-	-	-	9.4	11.8	.802


Season 11
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2007-08	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Tim Thomas	63	30.8	12.4	1.0	4.1	5.1	2.7	0.6	0.5	1.6	3.0	4.6	11.2	.413	1.3	4.3	.306	1.8	2.4	.752
Jerry West	69	41.2	26.9	-	-	4.6	9.5	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.6	.494	-	-	-	7.6	9.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2008-09	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tim Thomas	64	19.5	8.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.3	3.0	6.8	.432	1.2	3.0	.413	1.4	1.9	.736
Jerry West	77	38.6	25.8	-	-	4.2	9.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.5	20.0	.477	-	-	-	6.7	8.2	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	2	7.5	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.0	.300	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Jerry West	15	40.5	22.9	-	-	4.9	8.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.5	22.7	.376	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.830


Season 13
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	2009-10	1972-73
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Tim Thomas	18	15.8	7.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.7	5.9	.462	0.9	2.4	.372	1.2	1.3	.875
Jerry West	69	35.7	22.8	-	-	4.2	8.8	-	-	-	2.0	9.0	18.7	.479	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	17	37.5	23.6	-	-	4.5	7.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.9	19.8	.449	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.780


Season 14
	Tim Thomas	Jerry West
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	31	31.2	20.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7	-	2.6	7.5	16.7	.447	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	1	14.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	9.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Tim Thomas vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Tim Thomas, 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