Detlef Schrempf vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Detlef Schrempf, 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.

Detlef Schrempf played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Detlef Schrempf had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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
Detlef Schrempf	16	14	1985-86 to 2000-01
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1985-86	1981-82
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	64	15.1	6.2	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.6	2.2	4.9	.451	0.0	0.1	.429	1.7	2.4	.724
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	10	12.0	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	1.3	2.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.647
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1986-87	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	81	21.1	9.3	1.1	2.7	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.9	.472	0.4	0.9	.478	2.4	3.2	.742
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	4	24.3	7.8	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.3	8.8	.371	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.8	.455
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1987-88	1983-84
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	19.4	8.5	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	6.6	.456	0.1	0.4	.156	2.5	3.2	.756
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.3	7.8	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.7	5.7	.465	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	3.4	.706
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1988-89	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	69	26.8	12.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.2	4.0	8.4	.474	0.1	0.5	.200	4.0	5.1	.780
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1989-90	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	78	33.0	16.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.5	5.4	10.5	.516	0.2	0.6	.354	5.2	6.3	.820
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	3	41.7	20.3	1.7	5.7	7.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	1.0	.000	5.0	5.3	.938
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	1986-87
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	32.1	16.1	2.2	5.9	8.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	3.2	5.3	10.1	.520	0.2	0.5	.375	5.4	6.6	.818
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	5	35.8	15.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	2.2	3.4	5.4	11.4	.474	0.0	0.8	.000	5.0	6.0	.833
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	1987-88
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	80	32.6	17.3	2.5	7.1	9.6	3.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.6	6.2	11.6	.536	0.3	0.9	.324	4.6	5.5	.828
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	3	40.0	21.0	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	1.3	.500	8.3	9.3	.893
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	37.8	19.1	2.6	7.0	9.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.7	6.3	13.2	.476	0.1	0.6	.154	6.4	8.0	.804
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	4	41.3	19.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	7.3	0.3	0.5	4.3	3.5	6.3	13.5	.463	0.0	0.5	.000	7.0	9.0	.778
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	81	33.7	15.0	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	11.1	.493	0.3	0.8	.324	3.7	4.8	.769
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	5	34.8	18.6	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	0.6	1.6	4.2	5.2	10.0	.520	0.4	1.2	.333	7.8	9.0	.867
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	35.2	19.2	1.6	4.5	6.2	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.1	3.1	6.4	12.2	.523	1.1	2.2	.514	5.3	6.4	.839
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	4	38.3	18.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	3.0	0.8	0.5	2.8	3.0	5.8	14.3	.404	2.5	4.5	.556	4.8	6.0	.792
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	63	34.9	17.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.7	11.7	.486	1.2	2.8	.408	4.6	5.9	.776
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	21	37.6	16.0	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.2	0.7	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.9	12.3	.475	1.0	2.7	.368	3.3	4.4	.750
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
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	61	35.9	16.8	1.4	5.0	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	5.8	11.9	.492	0.9	2.6	.354	4.1	5.2	.801
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	12	38.1	16.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.5	3.3	5.6	11.8	.472	1.3	2.4	.552	4.4	5.4	.815
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	78	35.2	15.8	1.7	5.4	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.6	5.6	11.5	.487	0.8	1.9	.415	3.8	4.5	.844
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	10	37.4	16.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	6.4	12.5	.512	0.2	1.4	.143	3.1	3.8	.816
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	50	35.3	15.0	1.5	5.9	7.4	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.1	3.0	5.2	11.0	.472	0.7	1.7	.395	4.0	4.9	.823
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	77	21.6	7.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	2.4	5.6	.432	0.3	0.7	.404	2.3	2.8	.833
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.4	5.6	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.7	.393	0.1	0.4	.167	2.6	3.1	.830
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Detlef Schrempf	Isiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	26	15.3	4.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.7	1.5	3.7	.411	0.1	0.3	.375	0.9	1.0	.852
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	3	10.7	4.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	.667	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	2.0	.667
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Detlef Schrempf vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Detlef Schrempf, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16