Anthony Davis vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Anthony Davis, 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 / Stats Rankings / 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.

Anthony Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Anthony Davis	13	6	2012-13 to 2024-25
Shawn Marion	16	11	1999-00 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2012-13	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+13	+4.1	+3.3	+0.5	+1.1	+1.7	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	-0.4	-0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+.045	+0.1	+0.3	+.182	+1.2	+1.8	+.096
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		%
Anthony Davis	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 2
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+12	+1.0	+3.5	+0.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.4	+0.4	+1.4		-0.3	+0.7	+0.3	+.039	+0.3	+0.9	+.034	+2.2	+2.9	+.019
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+13	+2.3	+5.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+1.8	-0.4	-0.5	+1.3	+0.4	+.066	+0.6	+1.3	+.310	+3.1	+4.0	+.040
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+20	+6.1	+3.1	+0.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.5	+1.0	+0.8	-0.1	-0.2	+1.0	+0.5	+.041	+1.1	+2.7	+.063	+2.2	+3.4	+.093
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		%
Anthony Davis	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 5
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+4	+4.6	+9.0	+0.4	+2.9	+2.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.9	-0.4	-0.4	+2.8	+3.3	+.065	+0.6	+1.6	+.041	+4.0	+5.2	+.049
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Shawn Marion played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+6	+2.4	+8.7	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+1.1	-0.7	-0.4	+2.8	+3.6	+.058	+0.7	+2.0	+.006	+3.8	+4.6	+.005
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		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+6	+2.5	+12.5	+0.4	+2.1	+1.6	+0.2	+0.6	+0.6	-1.2	-0.2	+4.6	+7.8	+.036	+0.5	+0.5	+.146	+3.9	+4.5	+.059
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
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+25	+7.3	+4.1		+0.1	+0.2	+2.1	+0.4	+0.7	-0.5	-0.4	+0.7	+1.4	+.008	+0.3	+1.0		+3.1	+4.0	+.015
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+18	+3.2	+8.6	+0.1	+0.7	+0.5	+1.5	+0.5	+0.8	-1.1	-0.2	+1.9	+4.3	+.021	+0.2	+0.3	+.013	+4.7	+5.4	+.036
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		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:	+10	+4.8	+10.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+2.3	+0.3	+0.3	-1.4	-0.2	+2.9	+3.3	+.071		+0.2	+.030	+5.1	+5.5	+.165
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
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+27	+4.4	+6.4	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+2.1	+4.5	+.017	+0.3	+0.3	+.073	+2.7	+3.5	+.031
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		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
difference:	+29	+0.7	+10.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+1.1	+0.1	+1.3	-0.6	-0.5	+3.8	+6.0	+.047	+0.2	+1.0	+.003	+2.7	+4.0	+.083
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
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Shawn Marion played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784
difference:	+19	+2.2	+13.9	+1.4	+4.8	+6.1	+1.2	+0.2	+1.2	-0.9	-0.7	+4.4	+6.8	+.055	+0.3	+1.0	+.099	+4.8	+6.0	+.029
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		%
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852
difference:	+10	+13.3	+13.9	+1.2	+8.7	+9.9	+1.6	+1.2	+2.6	-0.8	-0.9	+4.3	+6.1	+.113	+0.3	+0.2	+.333	+5.1	+6.0	+.052
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
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion
Others	NBA Cup 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		%
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816
difference:	+4	+7.3	+12.2	+1.0	+4.7	+5.7	+2.1	+0.3	+1.7	-0.5	-0.5	+4.0	+6.5	+.036	+0.3	+1.0	+.119	+3.9	+4.7	+.048
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		%
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+16	+8.7	+15.9	+0.8	+8.5	+9.3	+1.9	+0.6	+0.7	-0.5	-1.3	+6.8	+7.9	+.167		+0.8		+2.3	+3.0	+.043
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
	Anthony Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	51	33.5	24.7	2.6	8.9	11.6	3.5	1.2	2.2	2.2	1.9	9.2	17.8	.516	0.7	2.4	.282	5.6	7.2	.775
difference:	+12	+3.0	+14.1	+0.3	+3.8	+4.2	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	-0.6	-0.5	+4.6	+7.5	+.070	+0.4	+1.3	+.012	+4.4	+5.7	+.021
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years

* Shawn Marion played 3 seasons more than Anthony Davis in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2013 to 2015—Shawn Marion played in two Playoffs.

Anthony Davis vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Anthony Davis, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years