Stephon Marbury vs. John Salmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Salmons and Stephon Marbury, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Stephon Marbury and John Salmons both played 13 years in the NBA. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while John Salmons had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Stephon Marbury	13	5	1996-97 to 2008-09
John Salmons	13	5	2002-03 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	1996-97	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
John Salmons	64	7.9	2.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.8	.414	0.2	0.5	.323	0.4	0.5	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600
John Salmons	6	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731
John Salmons	77	20.8	5.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.6	2.1	5.4	.387	0.6	1.9	.340	0.9	1.2	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	1998-99	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799
John Salmons	58	17.1	4.1	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.5	3.6	.405	0.5	1.6	.341	0.6	0.8	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
John Salmons	82	25.1	7.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.2	2.7	6.4	.420	0.3	1.1	.299	1.9	2.4	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2000-01	2006-07
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
John Salmons	79	27.0	8.5	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.2	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.0	6.5	.456	0.5	1.4	.357	2.0	2.6	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2001-02	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.9	20.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.5	2.3	7.6	17.2	.442	0.9	3.0	.286	4.3	5.5	.781
John Salmons	81	31.1	12.5	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.6	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.1	4.7	9.9	.477	0.5	1.5	.325	2.6	3.2	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
John Salmons	79	37.5	18.3	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	6.5	13.8	.472	1.6	3.8	.417	3.6	4.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758
John Salmons	7	44.7	18.1	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	2.9	6.1	15.3	.402	1.7	5.4	.316	4.1	4.9	.853


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2003-04	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.2	20.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	7.4	17.1	.431	1.1	3.4	.318	4.4	5.4	.817
John Salmons	81	34.9	15.4	0.4	2.9	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.4	12.2	.441	1.5	3.8	.382	3.1	3.8	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	4	43.8	21.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.0	3.5	2.3	7.8	20.8	.373	1.5	5.0	.300	4.3	6.3	.680
John Salmons	7	40.7	17.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.0	1.4	0.6	1.7	2.7	6.3	15.6	.404	0.6	3.3	.174	3.9	4.0	.964


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	40.0	21.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.1	1.5	0.1	2.8	2.3	7.4	16.0	.462	1.4	4.0	.354	5.6	6.7	.834
John Salmons	73	35.0	14.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	5.1	12.3	.415	1.1	3.0	.379	2.7	3.3	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Stephon Marbury	60	36.6	16.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	6.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.451	0.6	1.7	.317	4.1	5.4	.755
John Salmons	46	27.2	7.5	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.7	3.1	7.5	.409	0.7	2.4	.295	0.6	1.0	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	37.1	16.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	12.9	.415	1.7	4.7	.357	4.0	5.2	.769
John Salmons	76	30.0	8.8	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.2	8.1	.399	1.3	3.5	.371	1.1	1.4	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	24	33.5	13.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.7	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.4	4.6	11.0	.419	1.2	3.1	.378	3.5	4.8	.716
John Salmons	78	22.1	5.2	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.9	5.3	.363	0.8	2.1	.387	0.5	0.7	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Salmons	6	12.8	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.8	2.8	.294	0.3	2.0	.167	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 13
	Stephon Marbury	John Salmons
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Stephon Marbury	23	18.0	3.8	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.8	.342	0.3	1.1	.240	0.3	0.6	.462
John Salmons	21	12.9	2.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	0.8	2.3	.333	0.4	1.2	.308	0.1	0.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	14	11.9	3.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.7	.303	0.2	0.9	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000
John Salmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Stephon Marbury vs. John Salmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Salmons and Stephon Marbury, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13