Isiah Thomas

Seasons 1981-82–1993-94 · 13 on record · Ht 6-1 · b. 1961

★ Hall of Fame★ Finals MVP12× All-Star5× All-NBA

Player info

19.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 9.3 APG · 979 games · .452 FG% · .290 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1981-82	DET	20	72	33.8	.424	.288	.704	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	17.0	14.5	.487
1982-83	DET	21	81	38.2	.472	.288	.710	4.0	7.8	2.5	0.4	22.9	18.9	.525
1983-84	DET	22	82	36.7	.462	.338	.733	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	21.3	20.9	.520
1984-85	DET	23	81	38.1	.458	.257	.809	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	21.2	22.2	.529
1985-86	DET	24	77	36.2	.488	.310	.790	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	20.9	21.2	.554
1986-87	DET	25	81	37.2	.463	.194	.768	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	20.6	18.8	.528
1987-88	DET	26	81	36.1	.463	.309	.774	3.4	8.4	1.7	0.2	19.5	18.2	.521
1988-89	DET	27	80	36.6	.464	.273	.818	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	18.2	17.1	.528
1989-90	DET	28	81	37.0	.438	.309	.775	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	18.4	17.3	.501
1990-91	DET	29	48	34.5	.435	.292	.782	3.3	9.3	1.6	0.2	16.2	17.4	.507
1991-92	DET	30	78	37.4	.446	.291	.772	3.2	7.2	1.5	0.2	18.5	16.0	.505
1992-93	DET	31	79	37.0	.418	.308	.737	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	17.6	15.4	.488
1993-94	DET	32	58	30.2	.417	.310	.702	2.7	6.9	1.2	0.1	14.8	15.2	.488

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	DET	72	72	2,433	453	1,068	.424	17	59	302	429	209	565	150	17	299	1,225
1982-83	DET	81	81	3,093	725	1,537	.472	36	125	368	518	328	634	199	29	326	1,854
1983-84	DET	82	82	3,007	669	1,448	.462	22	65	388	529	327	914	204	33	307	1,748
1984-85	DET	81	81	3,089	646	1,410	.458	29	113	399	493	361	1123	187	25	302	1,720
1985-86	DET	77	77	2,790	609	1,248	.488	26	84	365	462	277	830	171	20	289	1,609
1986-87	DET	81	81	3,013	626	1,353	.463	19	98	400	521	319	813	153	20	343	1,671
1987-88	DET	81	81	2,927	621	1,341	.463	30	97	305	394	278	678	141	17	273	1,577
1988-89	DET	80	76	2,924	569	1,227	.464	33	121	287	351	273	663	133	20	298	1,458
1989-90	DET	81	81	2,993	579	1,322	.438	42	136	292	377	308	765	139	19	322	1,492
1990-91	DET	48	46	1,657	289	665	.435	19	65	179	229	160	446	75	10	185	776
1991-92	DET	78	78	2,918	564	1,264	.446	25	86	292	378	247	560	118	15	252	1,445
1992-93	DET	79	79	2,922	526	1,258	.418	61	198	278	377	232	671	123	18	284	1,391
1993-94	DET	58	56	1,750	318	763	.417	39	126	181	258	159	399	68	6	202	856
Career		979	—	—	7,194	15,904	.452	398	1373	4036	5316	3478	9061	1861	249	3682	18,822

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	DET	72	33.8	6.7	15.8	.424	0.3	0.9	4.5	6.3	3.1	8.4	2.2	0.3	4.4	18.1
1982-83	DET	81	38.2	8.4	17.9	.472	0.4	1.5	4.3	6.0	3.8	7.4	2.3	0.3	3.8	21.6
1983-84	DET	82	36.7	8.0	17.3	.462	0.3	0.8	4.6	6.3	3.9	10.9	2.4	0.4	3.7	20.9
1984-85	DET	81	38.1	7.5	16.4	.458	0.3	1.3	4.7	5.7	4.2	13.1	2.2	0.3	3.5	20.0
1985-86	DET	77	36.2	7.9	16.1	.488	0.3	1.1	4.7	6.0	3.6	10.7	2.2	0.3	3.7	20.8
1986-87	DET	81	37.2	7.5	16.2	.463	0.2	1.2	4.8	6.2	3.8	9.7	1.8	0.2	4.1	20.0
1987-88	DET	81	36.1	7.6	16.5	.463	0.4	1.2	3.8	4.8	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.2	3.4	19.4
1988-89	DET	80	36.5	7.0	15.1	.464	0.4	1.5	3.5	4.3	3.4	8.2	1.6	0.2	3.7	18.0
1989-90	DET	81	37.0	7.0	15.9	.438	0.5	1.6	3.5	4.5	3.7	9.2	1.7	0.2	3.9	17.9
1990-91	DET	48	34.5	6.3	14.4	.435	0.4	1.4	3.9	5.0	3.5	9.7	1.6	0.2	4.0	16.9
1991-92	DET	78	37.4	7.0	15.6	.446	0.3	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.0	6.9	1.5	0.2	3.1	17.8
1992-93	DET	79	37.0	6.5	15.5	.418	0.8	2.4	3.4	4.6	2.9	8.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	17.1
1993-94	DET	58	30.2	6.5	15.7	.417	0.8	2.6	3.7	5.3	3.3	8.2	1.4	0.1	4.2	17.6

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1981-82	DET	72	2,433	14.5	.487	25.0	-0.2	2.5	2.3	.046	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	+0.7
1982-83	DET	81	3,093	18.9	.525	26.1	4.5	3.0	7.4	.115	+1.9	+0.0	+1.9	+3.0
1983-84	DET	82	3,007	20.9	.520	25.4	5.7	3.4	9.1	.144	+4.0	+0.7	+4.8	+5.1
1984-85	DET	81	3,089	22.2	.529	24.0	7.5	3.6	11.2	.173	+5.1	+1.2	+6.3	+6.5
1985-86	DET	77	2,790	21.2	.554	24.4	6.1	2.7	8.8	.151	+4.3	+0.7	+5.0	+4.9
1986-87	DET	81	3,013	18.8	.528	25.9	3.8	3.8	7.6	.121	+2.9	+0.4	+3.3	+4.0
1987-88	DET	81	2,927	18.2	.521	25.4	3.8	3.7	7.6	.124	+2.6	+0.4	+3.0	+3.7
1988-89	DET	80	2,924	17.1	.528	24.6	3.1	3.9	7.0	.115	+2.0	+0.6	+2.6	+3.4
1989-90	DET	81	2,993	17.3	.501	26.0	2.1	4.6	6.7	.107	+2.3	+0.6	+2.9	+3.7
1990-91	DET	48	1,657	17.4	.507	25.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	.098	+2.2	+0.5	+2.7	+2.0
1991-92	DET	78	2,918	16.0	.505	25.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	.095	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	+2.3
1992-93	DET	79	2,922	15.4	.488	25.1	1.4	2.3	3.7	.061	+1.0	-0.5	+0.5	+1.9
1993-94	DET	58	1,750	15.2	.488	27.0	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.007	+1.3	-2.2	-1.0	+0.5
Career		979	—	—	—	—	—	—	80.8	—	—	—	—	+41.7

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1983-84	5	39.6	21.4	3.8	11.0	2.6	1.2	.470	.333	.544
1984-85	9	39.4	24.3	5.2	11.2	2.1	0.4	.500	.400	.567
1985-86	4	40.8	26.5	5.5	12.0	2.2	0.8	.451	0.000	.496
1986-87	15	37.5	24.1	4.5	8.7	2.6	0.3	.451	.303	.523
1987-88	23	39.6	21.9	4.7	8.7	2.9	0.3	.437	.302	.519
1988-89	17	37.2	18.2	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	.412	.267	.481
1989-90	20	37.9	20.4	5.4	8.2	2.2	0.4	.462	.471	.560
1990-91	13	33.5	13.5	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	.403	.273	.491
1991-92	5	40.0	14.0	5.2	7.4	1.0	0.0	.338	.364	.453
Career	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	.441	.348	.520

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	487	18.8	3.5	9.8	340–147
Away	492	19.7	3.6	8.8	227–265
In wins	567	19.2	3.7	9.9	567–0
In losses	412	19.3	3.4	8.4	0–412

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	70	19.1	3.8	9.5	43–27
BOS Boston Celtics	59	22.5	3.8	9.2	23–36
BKN Brooklyn Nets	57	20.4	3.5	9.3	35–22
CHA Charlotte Hornets	19	16.1	2.8	7.0	12–7
CHI Chicago Bulls	68	21.0	3.8	9.4	42–26
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	65	19.3	3.6	9.5	46–19
DAL Dallas Mavericks	25	17.6	3.6	8.8	17–8
DEN Denver Nuggets	23	21.3	3.6	10.1	14–9
GSW Golden State Warriors	21	17.0	3.8	11.0	12–9
HOU Houston Rockets	26	19.3	3.3	8.7	16–10
IND Indiana Pacers	67	19.7	3.8	9.0	41–26
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	25	19.0	3.1	9.6	17–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	24	21.0	3.8	10.5	9–15
MIA Miami Heat	20	18.4	3.1	9.4	13–7
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	65	16.3	3.7	8.9	31–34
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	10	20.7	2.2	8.0	8–2
NYK New York Knicks	60	16.6	3.8	8.7	34–26
ORL Orlando Magic	16	17.3	3.2	9.4	12–4
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	58	19.4	3.5	9.2	30–28
PHX Phoenix Suns	23	20.0	3.1	10.4	13–10
POR Portland Trail Blazers	24	19.1	3.8	10.1	11–13
SAC Sacramento Kings	25	18.8	3.3	10.1	18–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	24	19.6	3.8	8.7	10–14
UTA Utah Jazz	25	21.6	3.7	8.4	10–15

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Isiah Thomas plays PG for the Detroit Pistons.

Isiah Thomas has averaged 19.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 9.3 APG over 13 seasons (1981-82–1993-94).

Isiah Thomas's salary is $2,520,000 for the 1993-94 season, with career earnings of about $10.5M.

Isiah Thomas is 6-1 (180 lb).

Isiah Thomas was drafted in 1981, round 1, pick 2, by the Detroit Pistons.