Tom Hawkins vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and Tom Hawkins, 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.

Tom Hawkins played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Cameron Thomas, who played 3. Tom Hawkins had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Cameron Thomas had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
Tom Hawkins 10 10 1959-60 to 1968-69
Cameron Thomas 3 2 2021-22 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1959-602021-22
Team Minneapolis LakersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Div FinalsNets 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 %
Tom Hawkins 69 21.3 7.9 - - 6.2 0.8 - - - 2.7 3.2 8.4 .380 - - - 1.5 2.4 .646
Cameron Thomas 67 17.6 8.5 0.2 2.2 2.4 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.0 3.3 7.5 .433 0.7 2.6 .270 1.3 1.6 .829
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 8 14.9 7.4 - - 2.6 0.4 - - - 3.0 2.8 5.6 .489 - - - 1.9 2.3 .833
Cameron Thomas 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1960-612022-23
Team Los Angeles LakersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Div FinalsNets 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 %
Tom Hawkins 78 23.7 9.7 - - 6.1 1.1 - - - 2.7 4.0 9.2 .431 - - - 1.8 3.0 .596
Cameron Thomas 57 16.6 10.6 0.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.0 3.5 8.0 .441 0.9 2.3 .383 2.6 3.1 .868
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 12 23.6 11.6 - - 6.3 1.1 - - - 3.6 4.5 9.7 .466 - - - 2.6 3.9 .660
Cameron Thomas 2 8.0 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1961-622023-24
Team Los Angeles LakersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost NBA FinalsDid 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 %
Tom Hawkins 79 24.1 9.1 - - 6.5 1.2 - - - 3.1 3.7 8.9 .411 - - - 1.8 2.8 .644
Cameron Thomas 66 31.4 22.5 0.4 2.8 3.2 2.9 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 8.0 18.0 .442 2.2 6.0 .364 4.3 5.1 .856
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 13 15.6 4.2 - - 5.1 1.5 - - - 2.6 1.7 4.7 .361 - - - 0.8 1.8 .417
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1962-63-
Team Cincinnati Royals-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Royals Lost East 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 %
Tom Hawkins 79 21.8 9.4 - - 6.9 1.3 - - - 2.5 3.8 8.0 .471 - - - 1.9 3.1 .610
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 12 22.0 10.5 - - 6.8 1.9 - - - 3.8 3.8 7.6 .505 - - - 2.8 3.9 .723
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1963-64-
Team Cincinnati Royals-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Royals Lost East 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 %
Tom Hawkins 73 24.2 8.6 - - 6.0 1.0 - - - 2.7 3.5 7.9 .441 - - - 1.5 2.6 .601
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 10 27.3 10.1 - - 9.3 1.1 - - - 3.8 4.3 9.7 .443 - - - 1.5 2.2 .682
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1964-65-
Team Cincinnati Royals-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Royals Lost East 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 %
Tom Hawkins 79 23.6 7.0 - - 6.0 1.0 - - - 3.0 2.8 6.8 .409 - - - 1.5 2.6 .569
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 4 23.8 9.5 - - 7.0 0.3 - - - 3.3 4.3 8.3 .515 - - - 1.0 1.3 .800
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1965-66-
Team Cincinnati Royals-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Royals Lost East 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 %
Tom Hawkins 79 26.9 8.4 - - 7.3 1.3 - - - 3.5 3.5 7.6 .452 - - - 1.5 2.6 .555
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 5 21.8 4.6 - - 4.4 0.2 - - - 3.2 2.2 4.8 .458 - - - 0.2 1.2 .167
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1966-67-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Tom Hawkins 76 23.7 8.3 - - 5.7 1.1 - - - 2.7 3.6 7.5 .481 - - - 1.1 2.3 .474
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 3 31.7 10.0 - - 6.7 3.3 - - - 4.0 4.3 10.3 .419 - - - 1.3 2.7 .500
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1967-68-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Tom Hawkins 78 31.6 11.6 - - 5.9 1.5 - - - 3.7 5.0 10.0 .499 - - - 1.6 2.9 .546
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 15 31.9 9.5 - - 6.0 1.2 - - - 3.5 3.9 8.6 .457 - - - 1.6 2.7 .600
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Tom Hawkins Cameron Thomas
Season 1968-69-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Tom Hawkins 74 20.4 7.1 - - 3.6 1.1 - - - 2.3 3.1 6.2 .499 - - - 0.8 2.0 .411
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Tom Hawkins 14 12.9 3.9 - - 2.9 0.5 - - - 2.3 1.7 3.6 .480 - - - 0.5 1.3 .389
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
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