Tyrese Maxey vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Tyrese Maxey, 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.

Tyrese Maxey played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Tyrese Maxey had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Tristan 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.

Rookie Season
	Tyrese Maxey	Tristan Thompson
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871
difference:	+1	+8.4	+0.2	+2.9	+1.9	+4.8	+1.5	+0.1	+0.8	-0.7	-0.9		+0.4	+.023	+0.5	+1.7		+0.8	+2.1	+.319
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636
Tristan Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tyrese Maxey	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
difference:	+12	+10.7	+17.4	+2.8	+1.5	+4.3	+5.7	+0.6	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+5.8	+14.3	+.097	+3.0	+8.1		+2.8	+2.4	+.227
Tristan Thompson	82	26.8	8.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.641
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893
difference:	+14	+8.1	+20.2	+4.2	+1.4	+5.6	+6.3	+0.5	+0.9	-1.4	-0.2	+7.4	+16.5	+.080	+3.7	+9.2		+1.8	+0.6	+.308
Tristan Thompson	20	36.4	9.6	4.4	6.4	10.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.6	6.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.585

Season 5
	Tyrese Maxey	Tristan Thompson
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tyrese Maxey	52	37.7	26.3	0.3	3.1	3.3	6.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	9.2	21.0	.437	3.1	9.2	.337	4.9	5.6	.879
difference:	+30	+10.0	+18.5	+3.0	+2.6	+5.7	+5.3	+1.3	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+6.2	+15.9	+.151	+3.1	+9.2		+3.1	+2.6	+.263
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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