Lance Stephenson vs. Reggie Theus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Theus and Lance Stephenson, 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

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.

Lance Stephenson played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Reggie Theus, who played 13. Lance Stephenson had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Reggie Theus had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22
Reggie Theus	13	4	1978-79 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2010-11	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
Reggie Theus	82	33.6	16.3	1.1	1.7	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.2	3.7	3.3	6.5	13.6	.480	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2011-12	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471
Reggie Theus	82	36.9	20.2	1.7	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	4.2	3.2	6.9	14.3	.483	0.3	1.3	.267	6.1	7.3	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2012-13	1980-81
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652
Reggie Theus	82	34.4	18.9	1.5	2.0	3.5	5.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	3.1	6.6	13.4	.495	0.2	1.1	.200	5.4	6.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622
Reggie Theus	6	38.7	19.8	1.2	2.3	3.5	6.3	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.7	6.7	15.0	.444	0.3	1.5	.222	6.2	7.2	.860


Season 4
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2013-14	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711
Reggie Theus	82	34.6	18.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	5.8	1.1	0.2	3.4	3.0	6.8	14.6	.469	0.3	1.2	.250	4.4	5.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2014-15	1982-83
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627
Reggie Theus	82	34.8	23.8	1.1	2.5	3.7	5.9	1.7	0.2	3.9	3.4	9.1	19.1	.478	0.3	1.1	.231	5.3	6.6	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2015-16	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls, Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784
Reggie Theus	61	24.6	12.2	0.8	1.3	2.1	5.8	0.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.3	10.2	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	3.5	4.6	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800
Reggie Theus	3	27.0	14.3	1.3	2.3	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.7	14.3	.395	0.0	1.0	.000	3.0	3.3	.900


Season 7
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2016-17	1984-85
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615
Reggie Theus	82	31.0	16.4	1.3	2.0	3.3	8.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.0	6.1	12.5	.487	0.1	0.5	.132	4.1	4.7	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661
Reggie Theus	82	35.6	18.3	0.9	2.8	3.7	9.6	1.4	0.2	4.0	2.8	6.7	13.9	.480	0.1	0.4	.171	4.9	6.0	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556
Reggie Theus	3	34.0	15.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	6.3	1.0	0.7	4.7	3.0	6.0	15.3	.391	0.0	0.3	.000	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 9
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685
Reggie Theus	79	36.4	20.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	3.7	2.6	7.3	15.5	.472	0.2	1.0	.218	5.4	6.3	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788
Reggie Theus	73	36.3	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	6.3	0.8	0.2	3.2	2.4	8.5	18.1	.470	0.2	0.8	.271	4.4	5.3	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	82	30.7	15.8	1.0	1.9	3.0	4.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.9	6.1	13.0	.466	0.2	0.7	.293	3.5	4.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	5	25.4	7.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	4.8	0.2	0.0	2.0	3.6	2.8	7.6	.368	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	2.4	.750


Season 12
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Orlando Magic
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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	76	30.9	18.9	1.0	1.9	2.9	5.4	0.8	0.2	3.0	2.6	6.8	15.5	.439	0.3	1.4	.248	5.0	5.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Lance Stephenson	Reggie Theus
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	81	36.5	18.6	0.9	2.0	2.8	4.7	1.0	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.2	15.4	.468	0.6	1.8	.361	3.6	4.2	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Theus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lance Stephenson vs. Reggie Theus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Theus and Lance Stephenson, 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