Walker Kessler vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Walker Kessler, 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.
Walker Kessler played 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Walker Kessler had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
74 |
23.0 |
9.2 |
3.1 |
5.3 |
8.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
5.6 |
.720 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
2.1 |
.516 |
| difference: | +14 | +0.7 | +1.0 | | +1.9 | +1.9 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +1.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 | +0.8 | +1.8 | +.281 | | | | +0.7 | +1.1 | +.036 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Walker Kessler nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
64 |
23.3 |
8.1 |
2.6 |
4.9 |
7.5 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.6 |
5.5 |
.654 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.211 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
.602 |
| difference: | +18 | +8.0 | +3.6 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +1.9 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +1.5 | -0.5 | -0.8 | +1.2 | +4.2 | +.166 | +0.1 | +0.3 | | +1.3 | +2.0 | +.006 |
| Tristan Thompson |
82 |
31.3 |
11.7 |
3.7 |
5.7 |
9.4 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
2.9 |
4.8 |
9.7 |
.488 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.2 |
3.5 |
.608 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Walker Kessler nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
58 |
30.0 |
11.1 |
4.6 |
7.6 |
12.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
4.8 |
7.2 |
.663 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.176 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
.520 |
| difference: | +24 | +1.6 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +3.0 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +2.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.4 | +2.1 | +.186 | +0.1 | +0.6 | | +1.5 | +1.5 | +.173 |
| Tristan Thompson |
82 |
31.6 |
11.7 |
3.3 |
5.9 |
9.2 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
4.4 |
9.3 |
.477 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.9 |
4.1 |
.693 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Walker Kessler nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 3 |
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Additional Years |
* Tristan Thompson played 11 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2015 to 2025—Tristan Thompson played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. |
All-Rookie First Team