Stephon Marbury vs. Woody Sauldsberry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Woody Sauldsberry 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 Woody Sauldsberry, who played 7. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Woody Sauldsberry had his rookie season in 1957-58. 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	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	1996-97	1957-58
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Woody Sauldsberry	71	33.5	12.8	-	-	10.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	15.2	.360	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.615
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
Woody Sauldsberry	8	36.3	12.9	-	-	10.9	0.8	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	16.4	.344	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.565

Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	1997-98	1958-59
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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
Woody Sauldsberry	72	38.1	15.4	-	-	11.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	19.2	.363	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.625
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
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	1999-00	1960-61
Team	New Jersey Nets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost NBA 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
Woody Sauldsberry	69	21.6	7.5	-	-	7.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	11.1	.299	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.560
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	12	33.9	13.7	-	-	9.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	17.2	.364	-	-	-	1.2	2.1	.560

Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2000-01	1961-62
Team	New Jersey Nets	St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Packers
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
Woody Sauldsberry	63	28.0	10.7	-	-	8.5	1.4	-	-	-	2.8	4.7	13.8	.343	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Woody Sauldsberry didn't play in 1963-64 and 1964-65.

Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2002-03	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Woody Sauldsberry	39	13.6	4.4	-	-	3.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	2.1	6.4	.321	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.500
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
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-