Tony Parker vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Tony Parker, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Tony Parker played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Tony Parker had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tony Parker	18	17	2001-02 to 2018-19
Klay Thompson	12	9	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2001-02	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
difference:	+11	+5.0	+3.3			+0.2	+2.3	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+1.3	+2.6	+.024	+0.9	+1.6	+.091	+0.2	+0.7	+.193
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		%
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
difference:		+2.0	+1.1		+1.1	+1.1	+3.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.5	-0.8	+0.3	+2.0	+.042	+1.6	+3.4	+.064	+1.1	+1.6	+.086
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713
difference:	+12	+7.4	+0.5	+0.5	+1.4	+1.8	+1.7	+0.1	+0.5		-1.6	+0.7	+0.5	+.034	+1.5	+2.6	+.156	+2.4	+3.4	+.120
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2003-04	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	75	34.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.0	5.6	12.6	.447	0.8	2.7	.312	2.5	3.6	.702
difference:	+6	+1.0	+3.7	+0.1		+0.1	+3.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.9	+1.3	+2.9	+.003	+2.0	+3.9	+.105	+0.7	+1.3	+.093
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	38.6	18.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.5	7.2	16.8	.429	1.7	4.3	.395	2.3	3.5	.657
difference:	+3	+1.9	+2.0	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+3.4	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0	-1.9	+1.5	+2.8	+.021	+0.6	+2.0	+.031	+0.4	+0.1	+.135
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650
difference:	+3	+2.3	+5.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	+3.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.8	-0.5	+1.1	+2.9	+.019	+2.6	+5.1	+.163	+0.3	+0.7	+.229
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		%
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632
difference:	+2	+1.0	+1.4	+0.2	+1.1	+1.0	+1.7	+0.1	+0.8	-1.1		+0.1		+.008	+2.3	+4.9	+.202	+0.7	+1.7	+.168
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
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707
difference:		+0.6	+3.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+3.7	+0.2	+0.5	-1.4	-0.1	+0.3	+3.1	+.078	+3.4	+7.6	+.119	+0.8	+1.7	+.166
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		%
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810
difference:	+11	+1.1	+3.2			+0.1	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-0.2	+0.4	+1.5	+.016	+3.9	+8.9	+.202	+1.5	+2.1	+.044
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
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783
difference:	+1	+1.5	+3.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	+3.4	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9		+0.9	+3.4	+.052	+3.2	+7.8	+.019	+1.2	+1.7	+.070
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		%
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679
difference:	+3	+2.5	+5.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+3.7	+0.3	+0.3	-1.9	-0.9	+2.9	+3.6	+.083	+2.0	+5.1	+.054	+2.1	+3.4	+.109
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
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tony Parker	69	33.5	18.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.3	7.5	15.1	.494	0.2	1.0	.258	3.6	5.0	.715
difference:	+4	+0.8	+1.2		+0.6	+0.6	+3.5		+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+0.4	+1.1	+.006	+2.9	+6.1	+.182	+2.5	+3.7	+.122
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		%
Tony Parker	17	38.5	22.4	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	0.9	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.9	18.0	.497	0.4	1.2	.350	4.1	5.5	.753
difference:	+4	+0.7	+2.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+4.3	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+1.3	+1.7	+.032	+2.8	+6.3	+.077	+2.8	+4.0	+.118
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
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782
difference:	+6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+0.7	+4.5	+0.2	+0.5	-1.1	-0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+.039	+2.8	+6.8	+.110	+2.2	+3.0	+.034
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		%
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710
difference:	+16	+2.8	+7.9	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+4.7	+0.1	+0.5	-2.4	-0.2	+4.0	+4.5	+.090	+2.7	+4.7	+.229	+2.6	+4.2	+.192
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
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA 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		%
Tony Parker	56	30.9	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.7	1.7	6.2	12.8	.487	0.2	0.6	.294	3.3	4.4	.756
difference:	+24	+1.5	+4.4	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+2.9		+0.4	-1.4		+1.5	+5.1	+.058	+3.4	+8.7	+.091	+1.9	+2.8	+.146
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		%
Tony Parker	10	33.5	17.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.0	7.3	15.4	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	4.2	.595
difference:	+12	+2.5	+1.7	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+3.1	+0.5	+0.7	-0.9	-0.1	+0.1	+1.3	+.045	+3.3	+8.8	+.282	+1.3	+2.8	+.272
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


Season 10
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	78	32.4	17.5	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.6	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.7	7.1	13.7	.519	0.3	0.9	.357	3.0	3.9	.769
difference:	+9	+0.6	+4.4	+0.2	+0.9	+1.0	+4.2	+0.5	+0.4	-0.8	-0.2	+0.8	+4.4	+.083	+4.1	+9.7	+.055	+1.3	+2.0	+.110
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	6	36.8	19.7	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.7	7.2	15.5	.462	0.2	1.3	.125	5.2	6.8	.756
difference:	+7	+0.8	+1.2	+0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+3.0	+0.8		-1.3	-0.5	+0.7	+1.3	+.074	+3.6	+9.2	+.243	+3.6	+5.0	+.119
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	60	32.1	18.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.7	1.0	0.1	2.6	1.3	7.1	14.8	.480	0.2	1.0	.230	3.8	4.7	.799
difference:	+17	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+5.4	+0.4	+0.4	-1.1	-0.3	+0.7	+0.1	+.048	+3.3	+8.0	+.157	+2.2	+2.9	+.128
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	14	36.1	20.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	6.8	0.9	0.0	3.1	1.6	7.3	16.1	.453	0.5	1.5	.333	5.1	6.3	.807
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tony Parker	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	66	32.9	20.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.6	0.8	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.9	15.1	.522	0.4	1.0	.353	4.2	5.0	.845
difference:	+6	+5.6	+6.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+5.6	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4	-0.3	+2.9	+2.9	+.110	+2.6	+6.7	+.038	+3.3	+4.0	+.060
Klay Thompson	72	27.3	14.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	5.0	12.2	.412	3.0	7.7	.391	0.9	1.0	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	21	36.4	20.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	7.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.2	8.0	17.4	.458	0.5	1.5	.355	4.1	5.3	.777
Klay Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 6 seasons more than Klay Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2014 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Klay Thompson, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Tony Parker vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Tony Parker, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years