Zach Randolph vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Zach Randolph, 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.

Zach Randolph played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Isiah Thomas, who played 13. Zach Randolph had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Isiah Thomas had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Zach Randolph	17	9	2001-02 to 2017-18
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2001-02	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Zach Randolph	41	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.2	2.6	.449	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Isiah Thomas	72	33.8	17.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	0.2	0.8	.288	4.2	6.0	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	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	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2002-03	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Zach Randolph	77	16.9	8.4	1.8	2.6	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.4	6.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.1	.758
Isiah Thomas	81	38.2	22.9	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	4.0	3.9	9.0	19.0	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	4.5	6.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	7	29.3	13.9	3.1	5.6	8.7	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.9	2.4	4.6	8.7	.525	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.892
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2003-04	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Zach Randolph	81	37.9	20.1	3.0	7.5	10.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	8.2	16.9	.485	0.0	0.1	.200	3.7	4.9	.761
Isiah Thomas	82	36.7	21.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	3.7	4.0	8.2	17.7	.462	0.3	0.8	.338	4.7	6.5	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	5	39.6	21.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	4.6	4.4	7.8	16.6	.470	0.4	1.2	.333	5.4	7.0	.771


Season 4
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2004-05	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Zach Randolph	46	34.8	18.9	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.4	2.4	7.2	16.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.5	.815
Isiah Thomas	81	38.1	21.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	3.7	3.6	8.0	17.4	.458	0.4	1.4	.257	4.9	6.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	9	39.4	24.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	3.3	4.3	9.2	18.4	.500	0.7	1.7	.400	5.2	6.9	.758


Season 5
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2005-06	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Zach Randolph	74	34.4	18.0	2.6	5.4	8.0	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.2	16.6	.436	0.2	0.7	.291	3.3	4.6	.714
Isiah Thomas	77	36.2	20.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	7.9	16.2	.488	0.3	1.1	.310	4.7	6.0	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	4	40.8	26.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	2.3	0.8	4.3	4.3	10.3	22.8	.451	0.0	1.3	.000	6.0	9.0	.667


Season 6
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2006-07	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Zach Randolph	68	35.7	23.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	2.2	0.8	0.2	3.2	2.7	8.8	18.9	.467	0.2	0.7	.292	5.8	7.1	.819
Isiah Thomas	81	37.2	20.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	4.2	3.1	7.7	16.7	.463	0.2	1.2	.194	4.9	6.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	15	37.5	24.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	2.8	3.4	8.9	19.8	.451	0.7	2.2	.303	5.5	7.3	.755


Season 7
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2007-08	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Zach Randolph	69	32.5	17.6	2.7	7.6	10.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	2.7	2.8	7.0	15.3	.459	0.3	1.2	.275	3.2	4.2	.772
Isiah Thomas	81	36.1	19.5	0.8	2.6	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	3.4	2.7	7.7	16.6	.463	0.4	1.2	.309	3.8	4.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	23	39.6	21.9	1.1	3.5	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	3.7	3.1	8.0	18.2	.437	0.6	1.9	.295	5.4	6.6	.828


Season 8
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2008-09	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Zach Randolph	50	35.1	20.8	3.1	6.9	10.1	2.1	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.3	17.5	.475	0.6	1.9	.330	3.6	4.9	.734
Isiah Thomas	80	36.6	18.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	2.6	7.1	15.3	.464	0.4	1.5	.273	3.6	4.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	17	37.2	18.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.8	16.4	.412	0.5	1.8	.267	4.2	5.6	.740


Season 9
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2009-10	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Zach Randolph	81	37.7	20.8	4.1	7.7	11.7	1.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.8	8.0	16.5	.488	0.2	0.6	.288	4.5	5.7	.778
Isiah Thomas	81	37.0	18.4	0.9	2.9	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	7.1	16.3	.438	0.5	1.7	.309	3.6	4.7	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	20	37.9	20.5	1.1	4.4	5.5	8.2	2.2	0.4	3.6	3.3	7.4	16.0	.463	1.6	3.4	.471	4.1	5.1	.794


Season 10
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2010-11	1990-91
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Zach Randolph	75	36.3	20.1	4.3	7.8	12.2	2.2	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	15.8	.503	0.1	0.6	.186	4.0	5.3	.758
Isiah Thomas	48	34.5	16.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.9	2.5	6.0	13.9	.435	0.4	1.4	.292	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	13	39.6	22.2	3.3	7.5	10.8	2.4	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.5	7.7	17.2	.446	0.2	0.6	.250	6.7	8.2	.821
Isiah Thomas	13	33.5	13.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	3.2	3.2	4.6	11.5	.403	0.5	1.7	.273	3.8	5.3	.725


Season 11
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2011-12	1991-92
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Zach Randolph	28	26.3	11.6	2.8	5.3	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.0	4.7	10.2	.463	0.1	0.3	.250	2.1	3.1	.659
Isiah Thomas	78	37.4	18.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.2	16.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.291	3.7	4.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	7	35.4	13.7	3.9	6.0	9.9	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.6	5.3	12.6	.420	0.0	0.6	.000	3.1	5.0	.629
Isiah Thomas	5	40.0	14.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	3.2	3.6	4.4	13.0	.338	0.8	2.2	.364	4.4	5.6	.786


Season 12
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2012-13	1992-93
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Zach Randolph	76	34.3	15.4	4.1	7.2	11.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.2	13.5	.460	0.0	0.3	.087	3.0	3.9	.750
Isiah Thomas	79	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.7	15.9	.418	0.8	2.5	.308	3.5	4.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	15	36.9	17.4	3.9	6.1	10.0	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	3.5	6.6	14.3	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	6.3	.670
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2013-14	1993-94
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Zach Randolph	79	34.2	17.4	3.4	6.7	10.1	2.5	0.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	7.1	15.2	.467	0.0	0.3	.100	3.2	4.3	.742
Isiah Thomas	58	30.2	14.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	.417	0.7	2.2	.310	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	6	39.0	18.2	2.8	5.8	8.7	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	7.0	17.3	.404	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	6.8	.610
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Zach Randolph	71	32.5	16.1	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.487	0.1	0.3	.350	3.2	4.2	.765
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	11	34.7	15.6	2.9	5.5	8.5	2.1	0.5	0.0	2.1	3.4	6.5	15.3	.423	0.1	0.5	.200	2.6	3.0	.879
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Zach Randolph	68	29.6	15.3	2.6	5.1	7.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.3	13.3	.475	0.1	0.4	.231	2.5	3.2	.796
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	4	30.0	13.0	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.8	2.5	5.8	15.5	.371	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.857
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Zach Randolph	73	24.5	14.1	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.9	13.2	.449	0.3	1.3	.223	1.9	2.6	.731
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	6	31.8	13.2	1.5	6.7	8.2	0.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.3	5.8	13.8	.422	0.2	1.2	.143	1.3	1.8	.727
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Zach Randolph	Isiah Thomas
Season	2017-18	-
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		%
Zach Randolph	59	25.6	14.5	1.6	5.1	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.0	6.1	12.9	.473	0.9	2.5	.347	1.4	1.8	.785
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Randolph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zach Randolph vs. Isiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isiah Thomas and Zach Randolph, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17