Hank Finkel vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Hank Finkel, 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.

Hank Finkel played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Hank Finkel had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, 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
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1966-67	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Hank Finkel	27	5.2	1.5	-	-	2.4	0.2	-	-	-	1.4	0.6	1.7	.362	-	-	-	0.3	0.4	.583
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		%
Hank Finkel	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1969-70	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Hank Finkel	80	23.3	9.7	-	-	7.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.7	3.9	8.5	.454	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.670
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		%
Hank Finkel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1970-71	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Hank Finkel	80	15.4	6.5	-	-	4.3	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	2.7	6.1	.438	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.732
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		%
Hank Finkel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1971-72	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Hank Finkel	78	9.4	3.2	-	-	3.2	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	1.3	3.3	.406	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.581
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		%
Hank Finkel	8	8.5	2.5	-	-	3.0	0.4	-	-	-	1.4	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1972-73	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Hank Finkel	76	6.5	2.4	-	-	2.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.1	1.0	2.3	.451	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.538
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		%
Hank Finkel	7	3.3	1.7	-	-	0.9	0.4	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	1.3	.667	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1973-74	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Hank Finkel	60	7.1	2.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.1	-	1.0	1.0	2.2	.462	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.651
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		%
Hank Finkel	8	5.8	2.1	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	-	1.1	1.0	2.3	.444	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
	Hank Finkel	Klay Thompson
Season	1974-75	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Hank Finkel	62	8.4	2.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.0	-	1.2	0.8	2.1	.403	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.535
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		%
Hank Finkel	7	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	1.0	.429	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.600
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