Has Stephen Curry passed Isiah Thomas on All-Time point guard list?

Stephen Curry vs. Isiah Thomas: By the numbers

Isiah played 13 seasons with the Detroit Pistons in his career, and Stephen Curry just completed his 13th season in the NBA.

Here is where they stand in some important statistical categories.

Curry has won three titles and two MVPS, though he has not yet won a Finals MVP, which will almost certainly be remedied if they beat Boston.

Isiah won two titles, zero league MVPS and one Finals MVP.

Curry is an 8-time All-Star and has made the 1st team All-NBA four times, second team three times and the third team once. He’s also won the scoring title twice.

Isiah Thomas was a 12-time All-Star and made 1st team All-NBA three teams and the second team twice. He never won a scoring title but he did lead the league in assists once.

Here is where they stand in career points, assists, rebounds and steals.

Curry: 20,064 points, 5,388 assists, 3,838 rebounds, 1,367 steals and counting.

Career averages per game: 24.3 points, 6.5 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 3.1 turnovers

Isiah: 18,822 points, 9,061 assists, 3,478 rebounds and 1,861 steals

Career averages per game: 19.2 points, 9.3 assists, 3.6 rebounds, 1.9 steals, 3.8 turnovers

When you look at the numbers, Isiah was more of a traditional point guard, who racked up way more assists on lower usage. Curry is clearly the superior scorer (era and role do matter here) but it’s safe to say that if Isiah played into today’s game, he would probably be shooting more 3-pointers and potentially scoring more points.

You can make an argument for either guy depending on what you prefer, but it’s hard to argue that Stephen Curry hasn’t passed Isiah at this point when you consider rings, MVPs and the fact that Curry is still playing at a high level while Isiah was already retired by his age.

Again, era does matter, and I feel like Isiah’s career would have been longer if he had played now, as advances in modern medicine and training, as well as the less physical nature of the game, might have extended his career.

So if Curry has now officially passed Isiah on the All-Time list, then where does he stand?