Stephon Marbury vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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 Starks both played 13 years in the NBA. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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 Starks	13	9	1988-89 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	1996-97	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	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 Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654

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 Starks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	1997-98	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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 Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752

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 Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	1998-99	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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 Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	1999-00	1992-93
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second 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 Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	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 Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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 Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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	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 Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753

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 Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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	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 Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769

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 Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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 Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
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 Starks	50	33.7	13.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.7	5.4	14.6	.370	1.6	5.4	.290	1.5	2.0	.740

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


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
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 Starks	37	32.2	13.9	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.5	14.6	.375	1.6	4.6	.345	1.4	1.6	.847

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


Season 12
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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 Starks	75	28.3	9.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.6	9.1	.398	0.9	2.4	.352	1.2	1.5	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	3	12.0	3.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 13
	Stephon Marbury	John Starks
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
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 Starks	66	14.1	4.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.9	1.7	4.7	.368	0.4	1.4	.305	0.5	0.6	.805

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 Starks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Stephon Marbury vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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