Alex English vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Alex English, 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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Shawn Marion had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1976-77	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
difference:	+9	+13.9	+5.0	+1.0	+2.8	+3.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7		-0.9	+2.2	+4.6	+.006				+0.6	+0.7	+.080
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818

Season 4
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1979-80	2002-03
Team	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789
difference:	+3	+10.8	+4.3	+0.9	+2.8	+1.7	+0.5	+1.4	+0.4	-0.8		+1.1	+3.8	+.045	+1.7	+4.4	+.054	+0.4	+0.2	+.062
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846

Season 6
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1981-82	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
difference:	+1	+2.0	+6.0	+0.3	+4.2	+4.5	+3.4	+0.9		-1.7	-0.7	+2.8	+3.0	+.075	+1.4	+4.1	+.334	+1.7	+2.0	+.007
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
difference:	+12	+3.0	+1.7	+0.4	+3.7	+4.1	+4.2	+0.4	+0.7	-0.1	-1.1	+1.5	+3.4	+.011	+1.2	+2.9			+0.3	+.088
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 7
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1982-83	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
difference:	+1	+3.9	+6.6	+0.1	+4.7	+4.5	+3.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+2.9	+5.7	+.009	+1.2	+3.5	+.164	+2.0	+2.3	+.020
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887
difference:	+13	+3.9	+5.5		+5.4	+5.4	+4.4	+1.3	+0.2	-1.9	-0.3	+1.4	+4.7	+.042	+1.1	+3.2	+.314	+3.7	+4.2	+.006
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881

Season 8
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1983-84	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
difference:	+2	+2.6	+8.9	+0.4	+4.7	+4.1	+3.3	+1.0	+0.3	-1.3	-0.4	+4.1	+7.5	+.005	+1.0	+3.1	+.174	+1.8	+2.1	+.014
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893
difference:	+6	+0.8	+12.1	+0.7	+3.1	+2.4	+4.4	+0.9	+1.3	-0.3	-0.9	+5.1	+6.6	+.088	+1.1	+2.9	+.353	+3.0	+2.6	+.226
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 9
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1984-85	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
difference:	+18	+0.6	+12.5	+0.3	+4.9	+4.5	+2.0	+0.8	+0.7	-1.7	-0.8	+5.3	+9.9	+.010	+1.0	+3.0	+.133	+3.0	+3.3	+.122
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1985-86	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
difference:	+12	+1.5	+16.9	+0.2	+3.3	+3.5	+2.0	+0.4	+0.6	-1.6	-1.0	+6.2	+11.9	+.019	+0.1	+0.7	+.011	+4.6	+5.2	+.066
Shawn Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1986-87	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844
difference:	+7	+5.8	+16.6	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+3.7		+0.5	-1.3	-0.7	+6.5	+13.0	+.005		+0.1	+.109	+3.6	+4.0	+.089
Shawn Marion	75	31.8	12.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	5.3	10.4	.508	0.0	0.3	.158	1.4	1.9	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
difference:	+3	+0.6	+10.0	+2.1	+1.7	+0.5	+2.3	+0.2	+0.5	-1.4	-1.0	+4.3	+6.5	+.103		+0.7		+1.3	+1.5	+.057
Shawn Marion	6	24.7	8.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.0	4.0	9.8	.407	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.8	.800

Season 12
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1987-88	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828
difference:		+7.0	+12.5		+2.2	+2.2	+3.3		+0.3	-0.7	-0.6	+5.1	+10.9	+.025	+0.1	+0.3	+.152	+2.3	+2.6	+.060
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814
difference:	+10	+6.9	+12.4	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+2.3	+0.4	+0.6	-0.2	-0.6	+5.5	+12.5	+.012		+0.1		+1.3	+1.7	+.037
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851

Season 13
	Alex English	Shawn Marion
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.5	26.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	11.3	22.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	4.6	.858
difference:	+19	+6.0	+15.9	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+2.6	+0.3	+0.5	-0.8	-0.7	+6.7	+12.6	+.045	+0.3	+1.0	+.044	+2.8	+3.1	+.062
Shawn Marion	63	30.5	10.6	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.1	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	10.3	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.2	1.5	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	36.0	26.0	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	10.7	20.7	.516	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.875
difference:	+1	+1.0	+14.2	+0.4	+4.1	+3.7	+2.7		+1.3	-2.2	-1.5	+6.4	+10.7	+.091	+1.0	+3.5		+2.4	+2.8	+.025
Shawn Marion	4	35.0	11.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.5	4.3	10.0	.425	1.0	3.5	.286	2.3	2.5	.900