T.R. Dunn vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and T.R. Dunn, 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.

T.R. Dunn played 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. T.R. Dunn had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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
	T.R. Dunn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
T.R. Dunn	63	12.2	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.8	.417	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
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		%
T.R. Dunn	4	8.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	T.R. Dunn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	32.2	7.6	2.8	4.7	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.1	6.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.730
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		%
T.R. Dunn	8	37.5	5.1	3.4	6.4	9.8	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.3	5.1	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	T.R. Dunn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	33.8	5.7	2.4	4.7	7.2	2.9	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.9	2.2	4.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.731
Lauri Markkanen	55	33.1	23.2	2.2	5.9	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	7.8	16.2	.480	3.2	8.0	.399	4.5	5.0	.899
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	5	35.6	6.6	4.0	3.8	7.8	1.6	2.0	0.8	1.6	3.8	2.8	5.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.714
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	T.R. Dunn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	28.3	5.4	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.4	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	15	24.7	4.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	1.8	4.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.737
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-