Tyrese Maxey vs. Mychal Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mychal Thompson and Tyrese Maxey, 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 Maxey played 4 years in the NBA, 8 less than Mychal Thompson, who played 12. Tyrese Maxey had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Mychal Thompson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
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Rookie Season
	Tyrese Maxey	Mychal Thompson
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636
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

Note: Mychal Thompson didn't play in 1979-80.

Season 4
	Tyrese Maxey	Mychal Thompson
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893
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

Season 8
	Tyrese Maxey	Mychal Thompson
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 9
	Tyrese Maxey	Mychal Thompson
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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 Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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