League Leaders Who Led?
Isiah Thomas

Isiah Thomas

1981–1993

Career 979 G · 18,822 PTS · 19.2 PPG · 3.6 RPG · 9.3 APG

Seasons leading the NBA
5
29 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1984 Best season

Spanning 19811989, peaking at 2 titles in 1984.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1951

Among league leaders

  • 65th League titles 5
  • 51st Top-5 finishes 29

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Turnovers 2 1st 1981 299 1989 322 1982 #2 1983 #2 1986 #2 1992 #2
Total Assists 2 1st 2 yrs (1983–1984) 1983 914 1984 1,123 1985 #2
Assists per Game 1 1st 1984 13.9 1983 #2 1985 #2 1986 #3
Total Steals #2 1982 #2 1983 #2
Steals per Game #2 1983 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1989 1 TOV 322
1984 2 APG 13.9 AST 1,123
1983 1 AST 914
1981 1 TOV 299

Season Averages

13 seasons
Year Team GP MPG PTS PPG REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1981 DET 72 33.8 1,225 17.0 209 2.9 565 7.9 150 17 299 42.4% 28.8% 70.4%
1982 DET 81 38.2 1,854 22.9 328 4.1 634 7.8 199 29 326 47.2% 28.8% 71.0%
1983 DET 82 36.7 1,748 21.3 327 4.0 914 11.2 204 33 307 46.2% 33.9% 73.4%
1984 DET 81 38.1 1,720 21.2 361 4.5 1,123 13.9 187 25 302 45.8% 25.7% 80.9%
1985 DET 77 36.2 1,609 20.9 277 3.6 830 10.8 171 20 289 48.8% 31.0% 79.0%
1986 DET 81 37.2 1,671 20.6 319 3.9 813 10.0 153 20 343 46.3% 19.4% 76.8%
1987 DET 81 36.1 1,577 19.5 278 3.4 678 8.4 141 17 273 46.3% 30.9% 77.4%
1988 DET 80 36.6 1,458 18.2 273 3.4 663 8.3 133 20 298 46.4% 27.3% 81.8%
1989 DET 81 37.0 1,492 18.4 308 3.8 765 9.4 139 19 322 43.8% 30.9% 77.5%
1990 DET 48 34.5 776 16.2 160 3.3 446 9.3 75 10 185 43.5% 29.2% 78.2%
1991 DET 78 37.4 1,445 18.5 247 3.2 560 7.2 118 15 252 44.6% 29.1% 77.3%
1992 DET 79 37.0 1,391 17.6 232 2.9 671 8.5 123 18 284 41.8% 30.8% 73.7%
1993 DET 58 30.2 856 14.8 159 2.7 399 6.9 68 6 202 41.7% 31.0% 70.2%
Career 979 36.3 18,822 19.2 3,478 3.6 9,061 9.3 1,861 249 3,682 45.2% 29.0% 75.9%