George King vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and George King, 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.

George King played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. George King had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, while Isaiah Thomas 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	George King	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1951-52	2011-12
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
George King	66	28.6	10.0	-	-	4.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.8	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.712
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George King	6	34.5	9.5	-	-	4.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	9.0	.352	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	.679
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George King	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1954-55	2014-15
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
George King	67	30.1	8.9	-	-	3.4	4.9	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	9.0	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.611
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George King	11	33.7	11.5	-	-	3.7	5.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	10.6	.393	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.636
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969

Season 5
	George King	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1955-56	2015-16
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Celtics 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		%
George King	72	32.5	10.3	-	-	3.5	5.7	-	-	-	2.1	3.9	10.6	.372	-	-	-	2.4	3.8	.640
Isaiah Thomas	82	32.2	22.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George King	8	39.6	14.5	-	-	5.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	4.9	13.5	.361	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	.792
Isaiah Thomas	6	36.7	24.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	7.8	19.8	.395	2.2	7.7	.283	6.3	7.8	.809

Note: George King didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 6
	George King	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1957-58	2016-17
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Celtics 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		%
George King	63	36.1	9.7	-	-	4.9	5.3	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	10.2	.364	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	.617
Isaiah Thomas	76	33.8	28.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.2	9.0	19.4	.463	3.2	8.5	.379	7.8	8.5	.909
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George King	2	39.5	9.0	-	-	2.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	14.0	.250	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Isaiah Thomas	15	34.7	23.3	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.7	0.9	0.1	3.3	2.3	7.4	17.4	.425	2.4	7.2	.333	6.1	7.4	.820

Note: Isaiah Thomas didn't play in 2022-23.