Fred Scolari vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Fred Scolari, 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.

Fred Scolari played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Fred Scolari had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, while Klay 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1946-47	2011-12
Team	Washington Capitols	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Capitols Lost Semifinals	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		%
Fred Scolari	58	-	12.6	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	17.1	.294	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.811
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	6	-	11.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	15.8	.232	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1947-48	2012-13
Team	Washington Capitols	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Fred Scolari	47	-	12.5	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	16.6	.294	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.732
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833

Season 4
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1949-50	2014-15
Team	Washington Capitols	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Capitols Lost East Div 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		%
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.0	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	13.8	.343	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.822
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	2	-	18.5	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	5.5	5.5	1.000
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800

Season 5
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1950-51	2015-16
Team	Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Warriors 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		%
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.4	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	14.0	.327	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.843
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	7	-	12.6	-	-	5.9	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.3	.355	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.815
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854

Season 6
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1951-52	2016-17
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Fred Scolari	64	35.0	14.6	-	-	3.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	13.5	.334	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788

Season 7
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1952-53	2017-18
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Fred Scolari	62	34.2	13.4	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	13.0	.342	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.844
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	8	33.5	13.4	-	-	3.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	11.3	.322	-	-	-	6.1	7.6	.803
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871

Season 8
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1953-54	2018-19
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	Warriors 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		%
Fred Scolari	64	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.7	.324	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.800
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	4	15.0	3.0	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	6.0	.250	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Season 9
	Fred Scolari	Klay Thompson
Season	1954-55	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Fred Scolari	59	10.5	3.2	-	-	1.3	1.6	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	4.2	.305	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.796
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Scolari	5	5.8	2.4	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.4	0.8	3.0	.267	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867