Nick Anderson vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Nick Anderson, 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.

Nick Anderson played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Klay Thompson, who played 11. Nick Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Nick Anderson	13	6	1989-90 to 2001-02
Klay Thompson	11	9	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Nick Anderson	81	22.0	11.5	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.7	4.6	9.3	.494	0.0	0.2	.059	2.3	3.3	.705
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Nick Anderson	70	28.2	14.1	1.3	4.2	5.5	1.5	1.1	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.8	.293	2.5	3.7	.668
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Nick Anderson	60	36.7	19.9	1.6	4.8	6.4	2.7	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.2	8.0	17.4	.463	0.5	1.4	.353	3.4	5.1	.667
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Nick Anderson	79	37.0	19.9	1.5	4.5	6.0	3.4	1.6	0.7	2.1	2.5	7.5	16.8	.449	1.1	3.2	.353	3.8	5.1	.741
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nick Anderson	81	34.7	15.8	1.4	4.5	5.9	3.6	1.7	0.4	2.0	1.8	6.2	13.0	.478	1.2	3.9	.322	2.1	3.1	.672
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		%
Nick Anderson	3	40.0	14.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.3	.382	2.7	6.7	.400	3.0	4.0	.750
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
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA 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		%
Nick Anderson	76	34.1	15.8	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.6	0.3	1.9	1.6	5.8	12.1	.476	2.4	5.7	.415	1.9	2.7	.704
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		%
Nick Anderson	21	38.8	14.2	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.1	1.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.4	.448	2.0	5.1	.383	2.0	3.0	.683
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
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Nick Anderson	77	35.3	14.7	1.2	4.2	5.4	3.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.8	5.2	11.7	.442	2.2	5.6	.391	2.2	3.1	.692
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		%
Nick Anderson	11	38.0	14.2	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.9	1.9	0.5	1.9	2.0	5.0	11.5	.433	1.6	5.7	.286	2.5	4.1	.622
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
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nick Anderson	63	34.3	12.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	4.6	11.5	.397	2.3	6.4	.353	0.6	1.5	.404
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		%
Nick Anderson	5	26.0	5.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.2	1.6	2.4	7.2	.333	0.8	3.0	.267	0.0	0.4	.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
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Nick Anderson	58	29.3	15.3	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.7	5.9	13.0	.455	1.3	3.7	.360	2.2	3.4	.638
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Nick Anderson	47	33.6	14.9	1.1	4.8	5.9	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	1.5	5.4	13.6	.395	2.0	5.9	.347	2.1	3.4	.611
Klay Thompson	69	33.0	21.9	0.6	3.6	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.9	7.9	18.1	.436	4.4	10.6	.412	1.7	1.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	4	37.8	20.8	1.8	5.0	6.8	2.3	2.3	0.0	2.5	3.0	7.3	19.8	.367	2.8	10.5	.262	3.5	4.8	.737
Klay Thompson	13	36.0	18.5	0.1	4.1	4.2	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.5	16.8	.388	3.8	10.5	.368	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 11
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Nick Anderson	72	29.1	10.8	1.2	3.6	4.7	1.7	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.3	10.9	.391	1.8	5.5	.332	0.5	1.1	.487
Klay Thompson	77	29.7	17.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	6.4	14.7	.432	3.5	9.0	.387	1.6	1.8	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	5	26.4	7.2	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.2	6.8	.324	1.4	4.0	.350	1.4	1.6	.875
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Nick Anderson	21	8.0	1.8	0.1	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.7	.246	0.5	1.9	.256	0.0	0.0	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nick Anderson	Klay Thompson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Nick Anderson	15	14.6	4.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.4	5.1	.276	0.9	3.2	.271	0.3	0.6	.556
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nick Anderson vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson and Nick Anderson, 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