Mario Chalmers vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Mario Chalmers, 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.

Mario Chalmers played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Mario Chalmers had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mario Chalmers	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mario Chalmers	82	32.0	10.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.4	8.1	.420	1.4	3.8	.367	1.8	2.4	.767
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Chalmers	7	33.0	7.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	2.9	0.1	2.4	3.0	2.9	7.1	.400	0.9	3.0	.286	0.7	1.0	.714
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Mario Chalmers	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Chalmers	64	28.5	9.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.6	3.5	7.8	.448	1.6	4.1	.388	1.3	1.6	.792
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Chalmers	23	35.6	11.3	0.5	3.1	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	4.0	9.0	.442	1.4	4.0	.359	1.9	2.6	.717
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Mario Chalmers	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Chalmers	77	26.9	8.6	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.9	.429	1.6	3.9	.409	1.2	1.5	.795
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Chalmers	23	28.3	9.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.0	1.7	3.0	3.3	8.0	.415	1.0	3.0	.353	1.7	2.3	.755
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Mario Chalmers	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mario Chalmers	73	29.8	9.8	0.6	2.4	2.9	4.9	1.6	0.2	2.2	2.9	3.5	7.7	.454	1.2	3.1	.385	1.7	2.2	.742
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mario Chalmers	20	26.8	6.4	0.1	2.2	2.3	3.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	2.4	5.6	.423	0.8	2.2	.349	1.0	1.3	.760
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mario Chalmers didn't play in 2016-17.