Vern Gardner vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and Vern Gardner, 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.

Vern Gardner and Cameron Thomas both played 3 years in the NBA. Vern Gardner had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Cameron Thomas had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
Vern Gardner 3 3 1949-50 to 1951-52
Cameron Thomas 3 2 2021-22 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Vern Gardner Cameron Thomas
Season 1949-502021-22
Team Philadelphia WarriorsBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Warriors Lost East Div SemisNets Lost East 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 %
Vern Gardner 63 - 13.5 - - - 1.9 - - - 3.7 5.0 14.5 .342 - - - 3.6 4.7 .767
Cameron Thomas 67 17.6 8.5 0.2 2.2 2.4 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.0 3.3 7.5 .433 0.7 2.6 .270 1.3 1.6 .829
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Vern Gardner 2 - 18.0 - - - 1.0 - - - 5.5 7.5 22.0 .341 - - - 3.0 4.5 .667
Cameron Thomas 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2
Vern Gardner Cameron Thomas
Season 1950-512022-23
Team Philadelphia WarriorsBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Warriors Lost East Div SemisNets Lost East 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 %
Vern Gardner 61 - 5.4 - - 3.9 1.5 - - - 2.4 2.1 6.3 .337 - - - 1.1 1.6 .711
Cameron Thomas 57 16.6 10.6 0.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.0 3.5 8.0 .441 0.9 2.3 .383 2.6 3.1 .868
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Vern Gardner 2 - 5.5 - - 2.0 0.0 - - - 4.0 2.0 4.0 .500 - - - 1.5 1.5 1.000
Cameron Thomas 2 8.0 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Vern Gardner Cameron Thomas
Season 1951-522023-24
Team Philadelphia WarriorsBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Warriors Lost East Div SemisDid 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 %
Vern Gardner 27 18.8 5.9 - - 4.1 1.4 - - - 2.2 2.7 7.2 .371 - - - 0.6 0.9 .652
Cameron Thomas 66 31.4 22.5 0.4 2.8 3.2 2.9 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 8.0 18.0 .442 2.2 6.0 .364 4.3 5.1 .856
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Vern Gardner 3 25.7 8.0 - - 4.7 1.0 - - - 4.7 2.3 6.3 .368 - - - 3.3 3.7 .909
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
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