Tyrese Haliburton vs. Tom Thacker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Thacker 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 and Tom Thacker both played 4 years in the NBA. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Tom Thacker had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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
Rookie Season
	Tyrese Haliburton	Tom Thacker
Season	2020-21	1963-64
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
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
Tom Thacker	48	9.5	2.8	-	-	2.4	1.1	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	3.8	.293	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.491
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Thacker	6	7.2	2.2	-	-	2.2	0.5	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	3.8	.261	-	-	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	Tom Thacker
Season	2022-23	1965-66
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
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
Tom Thacker	50	9.6	3.7	-	-	2.4	1.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	4.1	.406	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.395
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Thacker	4	11.5	4.3	-	-	2.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	1.8	5.5	.318	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Note: Tom Thacker didn't play in 1966-67.

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	Tom Thacker
Season	2023-24	1967-68
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers TBD	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	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
Tom Thacker	65	12.0	4.2	-	-	2.5	1.1	-	-	-	2.5	1.8	4.2	.419	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.512
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	13	34.8	18.8	0.9	4.1	5.0	8.1	1.2	0.7	2.2	0.9	7.2	14.5	.492	3.5	9.2	.375	1.1	1.3	.824
Tom Thacker	17	4.8	0.9	-	-	1.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	0.4	1.4	.292	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	.286