Isiah Thomas vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and Isiah Thomas, 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.

Isiah Thomas played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Isiah Thomas had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Isiah Thomas	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94
Rasheed Wallace	16	14	1995-96 to 2012-13

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


Rookie Season
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650

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


Season 2
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	62	30.5	15.1	2.0	4.8	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.273	2.7	4.3	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	4	37.3	19.8	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.3	8.3	14.0	.589	0.5	1.3	.400	2.8	5.0	.550


Season 3
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	77	37.6	14.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.5	6.1	11.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.205	2.4	3.6	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	4	39.5	14.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	4.0	5.8	11.8	.489	1.0	1.3	.800	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 4
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	49	28.9	12.8	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.6	4.9	9.7	.508	0.3	0.6	.419	2.7	3.7	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	13	36.0	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.8	1.2	3.8	5.8	11.2	.514	0.1	0.7	.111	3.2	4.5	.724


Season 5
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773


Season 6
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571


Season 7
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	79	37.5	19.3	1.7	6.4	8.2	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	1.4	4.0	.360	2.5	3.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	3	41.7	25.3	3.3	9.0	12.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	9.3	23.0	.406	2.3	5.7	.412	4.3	5.3	.813


Season 8
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	74	36.3	18.1	1.5	5.9	7.4	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	14.8	.471	1.5	4.1	.358	2.7	3.7	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	7	37.1	17.4	1.4	3.7	5.1	2.6	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.7	6.3	13.9	.454	2.0	5.0	.400	2.9	4.0	.714


Season 9
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	68	35.1	16.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	2.8	6.3	14.3	.436	1.2	3.6	.331	2.3	3.1	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	23	35.0	13.0	2.0	5.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.4	.413	0.7	3.0	.243	2.0	2.6	.767


Season 10
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	79	34.0	14.5	2.2	5.9	8.2	1.8	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.0	5.9	13.4	.440	0.9	3.0	.318	1.7	2.5	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	25	33.0	13.6	1.6	5.4	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.8	1.5	3.8	5.4	12.4	.439	1.2	3.4	.337	1.6	2.2	.741


Season 11
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	80	34.8	15.1	1.1	5.7	6.8	2.3	1.0	1.6	1.1	2.9	5.7	13.3	.430	1.9	5.4	.357	1.7	2.3	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	18	34.9	14.1	0.9	5.4	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	3.6	5.3	12.4	.430	1.8	4.4	.405	1.6	3.1	.527


Season 12
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1992-93	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	75	32.3	12.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	3.0	4.8	11.2	.423	1.4	3.9	.351	1.4	1.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	16	35.8	14.3	1.2	6.5	7.7	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.2	4.0	5.4	12.3	.437	1.6	4.5	.347	2.0	2.4	.842


Season 13
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	1993-94	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Rasheed Wallace	77	30.5	12.7	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.8	1.2	1.7	1.1	2.8	4.9	11.3	.432	1.5	4.1	.356	1.5	1.9	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	17	34.4	13.2	1.1	5.2	6.4	1.6	1.1	1.9	1.7	3.9	5.1	11.9	.424	1.4	4.4	.320	1.7	2.3	.744


Season 14
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	66	32.2	12.0	0.8	6.6	7.4	1.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	3.0	4.6	10.9	.419	1.7	4.8	.354	1.2	1.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	4	30.5	6.5	0.5	5.8	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	79	22.5	9.0	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	2.8	3.4	8.2	.409	1.0	3.7	.283	1.2	1.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	24	17.1	6.1	0.2	2.8	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	.416	0.8	2.3	.345	1.0	1.2	.828

Note: Rasheed Wallace didn't play in 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 16
	Isiah Thomas	Rasheed Wallace
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isiah Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	21	14.1	7.0	0.5	3.4	4.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.6	6.8	.387	1.0	3.3	.319	0.7	1.0	.700

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

Isiah Thomas vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace and Isiah Thomas, 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