Mario Elie vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Mario Elie, 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.

Mario Elie played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Mario Elie had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mario Elie	11	11	1990-91 to 2000-01
Isaiah Thomas	12	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1990-91	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Mario Elie	33	19.5	7.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.6	2.4	4.8	.497	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	2.7	.843
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		%
Mario Elie	9	21.9	9.3	1.9	1.7	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	3.6	3.1	6.2	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.0	3.6	.844
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1991-92	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Mario Elie	79	21.2	7.8	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.8	5.4	.521	0.3	0.9	.329	2.0	2.3	.852
Isaiah Thomas	79	26.9	13.9	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.6	10.5	.440	1.5	4.1	.358	3.2	3.6	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	4	20.0	12.5	2.8	2.8	5.5	2.5	1.3	0.0	1.5	2.8	5.8	9.0	.639	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	0.8	.667
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1992-93	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Mario Elie	82	21.4	8.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.4	.458	0.5	1.6	.349	2.2	2.6	.855
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	4	13.0	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	2.5	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1993-94	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Mario Elie	67	24.0	9.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.1	7.0	.446	0.8	2.5	.335	2.3	2.7	.860
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		%
Mario Elie	23	16.6	5.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.8	4.6	.396	0.4	1.4	.313	1.7	2.0	.851
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
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1994-95	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mario Elie	81	23.4	8.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.0	.499	1.0	2.5	.398	1.8	2.1	.842
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		%
Mario Elie	22	28.9	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.8	2.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	3.1	6.2	.504	1.3	3.0	.431	1.6	2.0	.795
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


Season 6
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1995-96	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Mario Elie	45	30.8	11.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	3.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.1	4.0	7.9	.504	0.9	2.8	.323	2.2	2.6	.852
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		%
Mario Elie	8	29.1	9.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.1	3.6	8.3	.439	1.1	3.0	.375	1.4	1.5	.917
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


Season 7
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1996-97	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	78	34.4	11.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.5	.497	1.5	3.7	.420	2.7	3.0	.896
Isaiah Thomas	32	26.9	15.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	4.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	1.8	4.9	13.2	.373	1.7	5.9	.293	3.7	4.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	16	37.4	11.5	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	1.5	3.8	.400	3.3	3.9	.839
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1997-98	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Mario Elie	73	27.2	8.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.0	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	2.6	.291	2.0	2.4	.833
Isaiah Thomas	12	15.1	8.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.8	8.3	.343	1.0	3.6	.279	1.4	2.3	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	5	26.8	6.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.4	.444	0.6	1.8	.333	1.2	1.8	.667
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Elie	47	27.5	9.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.9	3.3	7.0	.471	0.9	2.3	.374	2.2	2.5	.866
Isaiah Thomas	40	23.1	12.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.9	4.4	10.7	.408	2.0	4.7	.413	1.6	1.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	17	31.0	7.9	0.5	2.9	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.5	2.5	6.6	.384	0.5	1.8	.267	2.4	2.9	.837
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mario Elie	79	28.1	7.5	0.6	2.5	3.2	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.5	5.8	.427	0.9	2.4	.398	1.6	1.9	.846
Isaiah Thomas	3	16.0	7.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	4	29.0	7.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	5.5	.273	0.3	1.8	.143	4.3	4.5	.944
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Mario Elie	68	22.1	4.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.5	3.6	.423	0.5	1.5	.360	0.8	1.0	.797
Isaiah Thomas	22	15.2	8.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.0	7.6	.401	1.3	3.8	.337	1.0	1.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	4	26.0	9.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.5	7.8	.452	0.5	3.3	.154	1.5	2.0	.750
Isaiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Mario Elie	Isaiah Thomas
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	6	3.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.7	.300	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Thomas	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Mario Elie vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas and Mario Elie, 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