John Starks vs. Larry Steele Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Steele and John Starks, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
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.
John Starks played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Larry Steele, who played 9. John Starks had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Larry Steele had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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 |
John Starks |
13 |
9 |
1988-89 to 2001-02 |
Larry Steele |
9 |
3 |
1971-72 to 1979-80 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
John Starks |
Larry Steele |
Season |
1988-89 | 1971-72 |
Team |
Golden State Warriors | Portland Trail Blazers |
Honors & Awards |
| |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | 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 |
% |
John Starks |
36 |
8.8 |
4.1 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
.408 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.385 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
.654 |
Larry Steele |
72 |
18.2 |
5.1 |
- |
- |
3.9 |
2.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
.481 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.3 |
.722 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
61 |
19.2 |
7.6 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
6.7 |
.439 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
.290 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.752 |
Larry Steele |
66 |
19.7 |
5.9 |
- |
- |
2.3 |
2.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
2.4 |
5.0 |
.483 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.3 |
.798 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
3 |
9.3 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.000 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
82 |
25.8 |
13.9 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
11.0 |
.449 |
1.1 |
3.3 |
.348 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
.778 |
Larry Steele |
81 |
32.7 |
9.7 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
- |
3.6 |
4.0 |
8.4 |
.478 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
2.1 |
.789 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
12 |
24.6 |
12.1 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
10.3 |
.374 |
0.9 |
3.8 |
.239 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
.808 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
80 |
31.0 |
17.5 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
5.1 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
15.0 |
.428 |
1.4 |
4.2 |
.321 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
.795 |
Larry Steele |
76 |
31.4 |
8.6 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
- |
3.3 |
3.5 |
6.4 |
.548 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.836 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
15 |
38.3 |
16.5 |
0.3 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
6.4 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
5.9 |
13.3 |
.440 |
1.9 |
5.0 |
.373 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
.717 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
59 |
34.9 |
19.0 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
5.9 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
6.9 |
16.6 |
.420 |
1.9 |
5.7 |
.335 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
.754 |
Larry Steele |
81 |
29.4 |
9.9 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
2.1 |
0.2 |
- |
3.6 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
.495 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
2.5 |
.759 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
25 |
33.6 |
14.6 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
4.6 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
11.6 |
.381 |
1.9 |
5.3 |
.356 |
3.9 |
5.0 |
.770 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
80 |
34.1 |
15.3 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
5.2 |
13.3 |
.395 |
2.7 |
7.6 |
.355 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
.737 |
Larry Steele |
81 |
20.7 |
10.3 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
- |
2.7 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
2.8 |
.806 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
11 |
34.5 |
15.6 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
5.2 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
5.3 |
11.7 |
.450 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
.411 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
.619 |
Larry Steele |
18 |
14.5 |
4.2 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
1.4 |
3.9 |
.371 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.8 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
81 |
30.8 |
12.6 |
0.4 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
3.9 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
2.8 |
4.6 |
10.4 |
.443 |
1.8 |
4.9 |
.361 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
.753 |
Larry Steele |
65 |
17.4 |
8.0 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
6.9 |
.470 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.9 |
.820 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
8 |
39.3 |
16.0 |
0.4 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
10.9 |
.448 |
2.6 |
5.6 |
.467 |
3.6 |
4.9 |
.744 |
Larry Steele |
6 |
31.8 |
11.5 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
4.3 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
10.0 |
.417 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
3.5 |
.905 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
77 |
26.5 |
13.8 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
4.8 |
11.1 |
.431 |
1.9 |
5.3 |
.369 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
.769 |
Larry Steele |
72 |
20.7 |
7.2 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
6.7 |
.420 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.824 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
9 |
28.3 |
14.0 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
11.0 |
.444 |
1.4 |
4.6 |
.317 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
.806 |
Larry Steele |
3 |
24.3 |
13.3 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
5.3 |
9.3 |
.571 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
3.0 |
.889 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
82 |
26.7 |
12.9 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
11.5 |
.393 |
1.6 |
4.9 |
.327 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
.787 |
Larry Steele |
16 |
27.9 |
9.1 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
9.1 |
.425 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.815 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
10 |
31.4 |
16.4 |
0.4 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
5.9 |
12.5 |
.472 |
2.5 |
5.9 |
.424 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
.875 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
50 |
33.7 |
13.8 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
4.7 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
14.6 |
.370 |
1.6 |
5.4 |
.290 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.740 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
37 |
32.2 |
13.9 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
4.9 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
14.6 |
.375 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
.345 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.847 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
75 |
28.3 |
9.3 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
9.1 |
.398 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
.352 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.802 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
3 |
12.0 |
3.7 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
4.0 |
.333 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.250 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.000 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
66 |
14.1 |
4.4 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
.368 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.305 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
.805 |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
John Starks |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Larry Steele |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |