Tristan Thompson vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker and Tristan Thompson, 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.

Tristan Thompson played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Tristan Thompson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Kemba Walker 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
	Tristan Thompson	Kemba Walker
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.2	.552
difference:	+6	+3.5	+3.9	+2.6	+0.3	+3.0	+3.9	+0.4	+0.7	-0.4	-1.0	+1.1	+4.2	+.073	+1.0	+3.4		+0.7		+.237
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tristan Thompson nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Tristan Thompson	Kemba Walker
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616
difference:	+1	+7.9	+13.1	+2.6	+2.0	+4.6	+4.4	+1.1	+0.1	-1.4	-1.1	+4.0	+11.3	+.161	+2.2	+6.0		+2.8	+2.4	+.231
Kemba Walker	81	35.6	20.9	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.4	7.0	16.4	.427	2.2	6.0	.371	4.6	5.4	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575
difference:	+14	+7.5	+16.0	+3.7	+2.3	+6.0	+3.3	+0.9	+0.3	-0.9	-1.2	+5.7	+17.5	+.161	+2.0	+6.1		+2.7	+1.5	+.368
Kemba Walker	7	37.1	22.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	8.0	21.9	.366	2.0	6.1	.326	4.7	5.0	.943

Season 6
	Tristan Thompson	Kemba Walker
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tristan Thompson	78	29.9	8.1	3.7	5.5	9.2	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.4	5.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.498
difference:	+1	+4.8	+15.1	+3.1	+2.2	+5.3	+4.5	+0.6	+0.8	-1.3	-0.8	+4.7	+12.7	+.156	+3.0	+7.6		+2.4	+1.8	+.349
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tristan Thompson	18	31.2	8.2	3.8	4.5	8.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.0	5.1	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tristan Thompson	Kemba Walker
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tristan Thompson	53	20.2	5.8	2.4	4.3	6.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.4	.562	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.544
difference:	+27	+14.0	+16.3	+2.0	+1.6	+3.5	+5.0	+0.8		-1.5	-0.7	+4.9	+12.6	+.131	+2.9	+7.5		+3.7	+3.8	+.320
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tristan Thompson	19	21.9	6.2	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.6	4.4	.590	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.741
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tristan Thompson	Kemba Walker
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tristan Thompson	43	27.9	10.9	4.0	6.2	10.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.7	8.8	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.642
difference:	+39	+7.0	+14.7	+3.4	+2.4	+5.8	+3.9	+0.5		-1.2	-0.5	+4.2	+11.7	+.095	+3.2	+8.9		+3.0	+3.0	+.202
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	25.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.6	8.9	20.5	.434	3.2	8.9	.356	4.6	5.5	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tristan Thompson nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Tristan Thompson	Kemba Walker
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Tristan Thompson	57	30.2	12.0	4.0	6.2	10.1	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.1	9.9	.512	0.2	0.4	.391	1.7	2.8	.615
difference:	+1	+0.9	+8.4	+3.4	+3.0	+6.2	+2.7	+0.3	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+1.7	+6.0	+.087	+3.0	+8.0	+.010	+2.0	+1.5	+.249
Kemba Walker	56	31.1	20.4	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.8	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.6	6.8	15.9	.425	3.2	8.4	.381	3.7	4.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	17	36.9	19.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.1	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.6	15.1	.441	2.3	7.4	.310	4.1	4.8	.852