Tyrese Haliburton vs. Billy Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Thompson and Tyrese Haliburton, 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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 4 years in the NBA, 2 less than Billy Thompson, who played 6. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Billy Thompson had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Rookie Season
	Tyrese Haliburton	Billy Thompson
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
Billy Thompson	59	12.9	5.6	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.5	2.4	4.4	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.649
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Thompson	3	9.0	4.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 2
	Tyrese Haliburton	Billy Thompson
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	77	35.0	15.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	2.6	1.6	5.6	11.8	.473	2.1	5.1	.414	2.1	2.5	.842
Billy Thompson	9	4.2	1.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.2	0.3	1.4	.231	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	Billy Thompson
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	Miami Heat
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
Billy Thompson	79	28.8	10.8	3.1	4.2	7.2	2.2	0.7	1.3	2.4	3.3	4.4	9.1	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.696
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	Billy Thompson
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers TBD	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
Billy Thompson	79	27.1	11.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	2.1	0.7	1.1	2.0	3.0	4.7	9.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.500	1.5	2.3	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	11	35.3	18.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	8.2	1.3	0.5	2.3	0.9	7.0	14.5	.481	3.3	9.1	.360	1.3	1.5	.875
Billy Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-