Allen Iverson vs. Bennedict Mathurin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bennedict Mathurin and Allen Iverson, 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.

Allen Iverson played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Bennedict Mathurin, who played 3. Allen Iverson had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Bennedict Mathurin had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Allen Iverson	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
difference:	+2	+11.6	+6.8	+0.4	+0.4		+6.0	+1.5	+0.1	-2.5	-1.0	+2.9	+7.6	+.018	+0.7	+2.0	+.018	+0.2	+1.4	+.126
Bennedict Mathurin	78	28.5	16.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	12.2	.434	1.3	4.0	.323	4.8	5.8	.828
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Bennedict Mathurin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Allen Iverson	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	1998-99	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
difference:	+24	+11.7	+10.7	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+2.7	+1.6	+0.2	-1.6	-0.3	+3.7	+10.2	+.046	+0.2	+0.1	+.049	+3.6	+5.3	+.080
Bennedict Mathurin	72	29.8	16.1	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.4	11.8	.458	1.4	4.0	.340	3.8	4.6	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712
difference:	+14	+27.5	+17.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	+4.0	+2.1		-1.8	-0.5	+7.9	+20.1	+.048	+1.1	+3.9	+.017	+0.6	+1.8	+.152
Bennedict Mathurin	22	17.5	11.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.7	.459	0.8	2.7	.300	4.0	4.7	.864

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 11 seasons more than Bennedict Mathurin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2000 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Bennedict Mathurin, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 11 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP