Mychal Thompson vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Mychal Thompson, 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.
Mychal Thompson and James Worthy both played 12 years in the NBA. Mychal Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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 |
Mychal Thompson |
12 |
11 |
1978-79 to 1990-91 |
James Worthy |
12 |
9 |
1982-83 to 1993-94 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
73 |
29.4 |
14.7 |
2.7 |
5.6 |
8.3 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
6.3 |
12.8 |
.490 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
3.7 |
.572 |
James Worthy |
77 |
25.6 |
13.4 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
5.2 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
5.8 |
10.0 |
.579 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
.624 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
3 |
40.3 |
19.7 |
3.0 |
7.3 |
10.3 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
9.0 |
18.0 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
3.3 |
.500 |
James Worthy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Mychal Thompson didn't play in 1979-80.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
79 |
35.3 |
17.0 |
2.8 |
5.9 |
8.7 |
3.6 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
7.2 |
14.6 |
.494 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.6 |
4.1 |
.641 |
James Worthy |
82 |
29.5 |
14.5 |
1.9 |
4.4 |
6.3 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
10.9 |
.556 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
.759 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
3 |
44.0 |
25.0 |
1.7 |
6.0 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
10.3 |
17.0 |
.608 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.3 |
6.0 |
.722 |
James Worthy |
21 |
33.7 |
17.7 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
7.8 |
13.0 |
.599 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.500 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
.609 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
79 |
39.6 |
20.8 |
3.3 |
8.4 |
11.7 |
4.0 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
8.6 |
16.5 |
.523 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.5 |
5.6 |
.628 |
James Worthy |
80 |
33.7 |
17.6 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
6.4 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
7.6 |
13.3 |
.572 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
.776 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
James Worthy |
19 |
32.9 |
21.5 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
5.1 |
2.2 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
8.7 |
14.1 |
.622 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
.500 |
3.9 |
5.8 |
.676 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
80 |
37.7 |
15.7 |
2.3 |
7.1 |
9.4 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
6.3 |
12.9 |
.489 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.1 |
5.0 |
.621 |
James Worthy |
75 |
32.7 |
20.0 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
5.2 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
8.4 |
14.5 |
.579 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
.771 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
7 |
40.6 |
15.0 |
2.3 |
5.7 |
8.0 |
5.6 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
4.0 |
3.4 |
5.7 |
12.1 |
.471 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.6 |
5.4 |
.658 |
James Worthy |
14 |
38.5 |
19.6 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
8.6 |
15.5 |
.558 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
.681 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
79 |
33.5 |
15.7 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
8.7 |
3.9 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
6.2 |
11.8 |
.524 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.4 |
5.1 |
.667 |
James Worthy |
82 |
34.4 |
19.4 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
5.7 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
7.9 |
14.7 |
.539 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
3.6 |
4.7 |
.751 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
4 |
30.3 |
15.3 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
7.3 |
3.8 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
11.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.3 |
5.5 |
.773 |
James Worthy |
18 |
37.8 |
23.6 |
1.7 |
3.9 |
5.6 |
3.5 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
9.8 |
16.6 |
.591 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.1 |
5.4 |
.753 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
79 |
33.1 |
18.4 |
2.7 |
5.2 |
7.8 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
7.2 |
14.1 |
.515 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.9 |
5.7 |
.684 |
James Worthy |
75 |
35.4 |
19.7 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
3.9 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
8.2 |
15.5 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.125 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
.796 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
9 |
27.8 |
14.8 |
2.8 |
5.2 |
8.0 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
3.6 |
5.6 |
11.3 |
.490 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.7 |
5.4 |
.673 |
James Worthy |
24 |
37.3 |
21.1 |
2.2 |
3.6 |
5.8 |
4.4 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
8.5 |
16.3 |
.523 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
.111 |
4.0 |
5.3 |
.758 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
82 |
31.3 |
14.7 |
2.2 |
5.2 |
7.4 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
3.3 |
6.1 |
12.3 |
.498 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.4 |
3.8 |
.641 |
James Worthy |
81 |
36.5 |
20.5 |
2.1 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
3.6 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
8.7 |
15.8 |
.548 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.087 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
.782 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
4 |
35.0 |
19.0 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
8.3 |
3.5 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
7.8 |
13.5 |
.574 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.5 |
6.5 |
.538 |
James Worthy |
15 |
40.0 |
24.8 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
6.7 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
10.2 |
18.0 |
.567 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.375 |
4.2 |
5.3 |
.788 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
82 |
23.0 |
11.4 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
9.7 |
.450 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
.737 |
James Worthy |
80 |
37.0 |
21.1 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
3.6 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
8.9 |
16.2 |
.548 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.306 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
.782 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
18 |
22.3 |
8.8 |
1.6 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
7.6 |
.453 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.9 |
2.8 |
.680 |
James Worthy |
9 |
40.7 |
24.2 |
1.2 |
4.3 |
5.6 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
10.0 |
20.1 |
.497 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.250 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
.837 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
80 |
25.1 |
11.6 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
6.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
3.1 |
4.6 |
9.0 |
.512 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
.634 |
James Worthy |
78 |
38.6 |
21.4 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
4.6 |
3.5 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
9.2 |
18.7 |
.492 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
.289 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
.797 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
24 |
25.6 |
9.7 |
2.6 |
4.5 |
7.1 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
4.1 |
8.0 |
.513 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.5 |
2.6 |
.581 |
James Worthy |
18 |
40.7 |
21.1 |
1.4 |
2.7 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
8.9 |
19.2 |
.465 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
.167 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
.736 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
80 |
24.9 |
9.2 |
2.0 |
3.9 |
5.8 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
6.5 |
.559 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
.678 |
James Worthy |
54 |
39.0 |
19.9 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
5.6 |
4.7 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
8.3 |
18.6 |
.447 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.209 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
.814 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
15 |
25.1 |
11.4 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
8.5 |
.508 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.7 |
4.0 |
.683 |
James Worthy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
70 |
26.9 |
10.1 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
6.8 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.1 |
2.9 |
.706 |
James Worthy |
82 |
28.8 |
14.9 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
6.2 |
13.9 |
.447 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.270 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
.810 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
9 |
25.0 |
6.4 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
4.9 |
.477 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.8 |
2.9 |
.615 |
James Worthy |
5 |
29.6 |
13.8 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
3.4 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
17.2 |
.372 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
.250 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
.600 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
72 |
15.0 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
3.2 |
.496 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.705 |
James Worthy |
80 |
20.0 |
10.2 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
4.3 |
10.5 |
.406 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.288 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.741 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Mychal Thompson |
8 |
5.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
.286 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
James Worthy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |