Zach LaVine vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Zach LaVine, 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.

Zach LaVine played 12 years in the NBA, 9 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Zach LaVine had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Zach LaVine	Amen Thompson
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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		%
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
difference:	+15	+2.3	+0.6	+2.0	+1.8	+3.8	+1.0	+0.6	+0.5	-1.0	-0.2	+0.2	+1.6	+.114	+0.6	+1.3	+.203	+0.2	+0.2	+.158
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Zach LaVine nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Zach LaVine	Amen Thompson
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
difference:	+13	+4.2	+0.1	+2.5	+2.9	+5.4	+0.7	+0.6	+1.1	-0.1		+0.3	+1.6	+.105	+1.1	+2.6	+.114	+0.4	+1.1	+.109
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* Zach LaVine played 9 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2018 to 2026—Zach LaVine played in one postseason. In those 9 extra years over Amen Thompson, Zach LaVine got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game