Stephon Marbury vs. John Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wallace 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.

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 played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than John Wallace, who played 7. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while John Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Stephon Marbury	John Wallace
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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 Wallace	68	11.6	4.8	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.8	3.5	.517	0.0	0.1	.500	1.2	1.6	.718
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 Wallace	4	10.0	2.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.8	.267	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	John Wallace
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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 Wallace	60	13.3	6.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.1	1.7	2.6	5.5	.467	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wallace	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	John Wallace
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	New Jersey Nets	Detroit Pistons
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 Wallace	40	13.2	5.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.8	2.5	5.9	.424	0.1	0.4	.133	0.9	1.1	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wallace didn't play in 2002-03.

Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	John Wallace
Season	2002-03	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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	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 Wallace	37	9.9	4.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.6	3.9	.421	0.1	0.4	.385	0.8	1.1	.775
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 Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-