Will Perdue vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Will Perdue, 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 / 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.

Will Perdue and Isiah Thomas both played 13 years in the NBA. Will Perdue had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Will Perdue	13	10	1988-89 to 2000-01
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did 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		%
Will Perdue	30	6.3	2.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.0	2.4	.403	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	3	7.3	4.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.0	.667
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did 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		%
Will Perdue	77	11.5	3.8	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.9	1.4	3.5	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.692
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	13	6.0	3.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.2	.464	0.1	0.2	.500	1.0	1.4	.722
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Will Perdue	74	13.1	4.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.670
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	17	11.6	4.1	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	2.4	1.7	3.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.545
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Will Perdue	77	13.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	2.0	3.6	.547	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.2	.495
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	18	8.7	2.5	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.1	.450
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758


Season 5
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Will Perdue	72	13.9	4.7	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.4	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.604
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	13	7.8	1.9	1.2	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667


Season 6
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Will Perdue	43	9.2	2.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.6	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.719
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755


Season 7
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Will Perdue	78	20.4	8.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.8	3.3	5.9	.553	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.582
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	10	17.6	5.0	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.9	3.7	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.571
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828


Season 8
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	80	17.5	5.2	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.3	2.2	4.1	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.536
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	10	24.2	7.4	2.6	5.3	7.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.9	4.2	.690	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740


Season 9
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	65	29.5	8.7	3.9	6.0	9.8	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.8	3.6	6.3	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.6	.579
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794


Season 10
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Will Perdue	79	18.9	5.0	2.2	4.5	6.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.1	3.7	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.7	.526
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	9	21.0	4.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.9	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725


Season 11
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Will Perdue	37	12.0	2.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.0	1.6	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	12	7.2	1.1	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.5	0.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786


Season 12
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did 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		%
Will Perdue	67	15.1	2.5	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.476
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Will Perdue	Isiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did 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		%
Will Perdue	13	4.5	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.5	0.7	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.7	.000
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Will Perdue vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Will Perdue, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13