Al Horford vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Al Horford, 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.

Al Horford played 18 years in the NBA, 5 more than John Starks, who played 13. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2007-08	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
difference:	+45	+22.6	+6.0	+2.7	+5.9	+8.6	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-2.3	+2.7	+4.7	+.091	+0.3	+0.6	+.385	+1.0	+1.2	+.077
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		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2009-10	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789
difference:	+1	+9.3	+0.3	+2.4	+5.2	+7.6	+1.1	+0.6	+0.9	-0.3		+0.9	+0.5	+.102	+1.1	+3.3		+0.3	+0.4	+.011
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		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
difference:	+1	+10.7	+2.5	+1.9	+4.6	+6.5	+1.4	+0.7	+1.7	-0.4	-0.6	+2.3	+1.3	+.149	+0.8	+3.7	+.761	+1.1	+1.5	+.031
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
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2010-11	1992-93
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798
difference:	+3	+4.1	+2.2	+1.7	+5.1	+6.7	+1.6	+0.3	+0.8	-0.7	-0.4	+0.3	+3.0	+.129	+1.4	+4.1	+.179	+1.4	+1.7	+.003
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		%
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769
difference:	+3	+0.7	+5.2	+1.8	+4.3	+6.1	+2.9	+0.6	+0.8	-2.3	-1.0	+1.1	+1.9	+.017	+1.9	+4.8	+.373	+1.2	+1.8	+.052
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
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2011-12	1993-94
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733
difference:	+48	+3.3	+6.6	+1.8	+2.1	+3.9	+3.7	+0.7	+1.2	-1.6	-1.3	+1.7	+7.2	+.133	+1.9	+5.6	+.335	+1.2	+1.5	+.021
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		%
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
difference:	+22	+2.4	+0.7	+1.3	+4.7	+6.0	+1.9	+0.1	+1.2	-1.7	-0.3	+2.3	+0.3	+.207	+1.9	+5.3		+1.9	+2.3	+.020
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 8
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2014-15	1996-97
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759
difference:	+1	+4.0	+1.4	+1.2	+3.2	+4.5	+0.4	+0.3	+1.2	-0.8	-0.9	+2.0	+1.6	+.107	+1.8	+4.8	+.063	+0.8	+1.0	+.010
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		%
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750
difference:	+7	+4.3	+0.4	+1.7	+3.4	+5.2	+0.9	+0.3	+1.4	-0.6	-0.7	+1.8	+2.2	+.063	+1.3	+4.0	+.095	+1.9	+2.1	+.056
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
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2015-16	1997-98
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798
difference:		+5.4	+2.3	+1.2	+3.3	+4.5	+0.5	+0.2	+1.4	-0.4	-0.5	+2.0	+1.3	+.112	+0.5	+1.8	+.017	+1.0	+1.3	+.011
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		%
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938
difference:		+1.3	+3.0	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+0.8	+0.4	+2.3	-0.6	-1.0	+0.5	+0.9	+.006	+1.4	+3.1	+.031	+0.6	+0.8	+.063
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 11
	Al Horford	John Starks
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783
difference:	+35	+0.6	+1.0	+1.1	+3.4	+4.7	+0.2	+0.5	+1.0		-0.9	+0.4	+4.1	+.114	+0.3	+1.5	+.084	+0.1	+0.1	+.064
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		%
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-