Baron Davis vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Baron 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.

Baron Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Baron Davis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
Baron Davis	13	7	1999-00 to 2011-12
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
difference:	+31	+6.1	+4.3	+1.5	+3.1	+4.5	+2.4	+0.5	+0.8	-0.7	-0.3	+2.2	+3.9	+.051	+0.2	+1.0	+.043	+0.2	+0.2	+.213
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		%
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+5	+16.8	+3.3	+1.5	+5.6	+7.3	+0.7	+0.3	+1.6		-0.4	+1.5	+3.8	+.016	+0.2	+0.8		+0.5	+0.2	+.318
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	82	38.9	13.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.3	2.1	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	11.7	.427	1.0	3.3	.310	2.8	4.1	.677
difference:	+3	+2.7	+3.5	+1.2	+4.5	+5.7	+5.3	+0.4	+1.0	-1.2	-0.6	+2.1	+3.0	+.053	+0.7	+2.3	+.054	+0.2	+0.4	+.133
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		%
Baron Davis	10	39.8	17.8	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.8	2.8	0.5	2.2	3.3	5.9	12.3	.480	2.0	5.0	.400	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:	+6	+5.0	+3.0	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+5.0	+1.3	+1.0	-0.7		+0.1	+3.2	+.109	+1.7	+4.7	+.600	+1.0	+2.1	+.143
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:	+1	+2.1	+1.0	+1.5	+4.2	+5.6	+6.5	+0.3	+0.5	-1.2	-0.3	+1.3	+0.8	+.052	+1.5	+4.3	+.037		+1.3	+.265
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		%
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	50	37.8	17.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.8	3.0	6.6	16.0	.416	2.0	5.7	.350	1.9	2.6	.710
difference:	+31	+3.8	+4.1	+1.4	+4.5	+5.8	+4.0	+0.5	+0.8	-0.9	-0.4	+1.6	+2.1	+.036	+0.3	+1.2	+.037	+1.2	+1.0	+.141
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		%
Baron Davis	5	38.8	20.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	7.4	16.6	.446	2.4	7.0	.343	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:	+1	+8.4	+1.9	+2.7	+5.4	+8.1	+6.4	+0.4	+1.4	-0.8	-1.2	+0.7	+1.2	+.072	+0.9	+2.3	+.022	+0.5	+0.1	+.119
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
difference:	+12	+0.6	+3.9	+1.7	+3.3	+5.0	+4.8	+0.3	+0.9	-1.2	-0.1	+0.8	+3.9	+.045	+1.7	+5.3	+.019	+0.6	+1.9	+.178
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2004-05	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
difference:	+35	+4.4	+0.2	+2.2	+5.3	+7.5	+6.0	+0.2	+1.2	-1.3	-0.2	+1.3	+0.4	+.089	+1.2	+3.5	+.001	+1.2	+1.9	+.072
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		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2005-06	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Baron Davis	54	36.5	17.9	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.1	6.2	15.9	.389	1.9	6.0	.315	3.6	5.4	.675
difference:	+27	+3.8	+3.9	+2.3	+5.3	+7.4	+7.1	+0.4	+1.4	-1.4	-0.3	+2.6	+1.0	+.136	+0.7	+2.4	+.016	+0.6	+1.7	+.134
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		%
Baron 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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2006-07	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
difference:	+17	+2.3	+2.6	+1.4	+4.1	+5.4	+6.4	+0.1	+1.0	-1.7	-0.2	+0.2	+2.9	+.085	+0.3	+1.2	+.013	+1.9	+2.8	+.065
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		%
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770
difference:		+0.9	+8.4	+1.5	+4.4	+5.9	+5.3	+1.4	+1.1	-1.8	-1.7	+2.0	+3.6	+.013	+1.2	+3.0	+.020	+3.2	+3.7	+.103
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2007-08	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Baron Davis	82	39.0	21.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	7.6	2.3	0.5	2.8	3.0	7.9	18.6	.426	2.1	6.4	.330	3.9	5.2	.750
difference:	+19	+2.3	+6.4	+1.0	+4.5	+5.5	+5.4	+0.3	+0.8	-1.4	-0.6	+1.6	+6.1	+.082	+1.1	+3.3	+.003	+2.2	+2.8	+.043
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
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Shawn Marion played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2008-09	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Baron Davis	65	34.6	14.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	7.7	1.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	5.5	14.8	.370	1.5	5.0	.302	2.4	3.2	.757
difference:	+4	+1.2	+2.0	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+5.7	+0.4	+0.5	-1.5	-1.1		+3.4	+.115	+1.4	+4.2	+.113	+0.7	+1.1	+.039
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 Baron Davis nor Shawn Marion played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2009-10	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Baron Davis	75	33.6	15.3	0.7	2.9	3.5	8.0	1.7	0.6	2.8	2.8	5.5	13.5	.406	1.1	3.9	.277	3.2	3.9	.821
difference:		+1.8	+3.3	+1.4	+1.4	+2.9	+6.6	+0.8	+0.2	-1.5	-0.9	+0.2	+3.1	+.102	+1.1	+3.6	+.119	+1.8	+2.0	+.066
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		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Baron Davis	58	28.4	13.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	11.9	.417	1.4	4.1	.339	1.7	2.3	.771
difference:	+22	+0.2	+0.6	+1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+5.3	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.4	+1.5	+.103	+1.3	+3.7	+.187	+0.1	+0.2	+.003
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		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Baron Davis	Shawn Marion
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Baron Davis	29	20.5	6.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.7	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.1	2.3	6.3	.370	0.9	2.9	.306	0.6	0.8	.667
difference:	+34	+10.0	+4.5	+1.9	+3.6	+5.5	+2.6	+0.1	+0.5	-1.0	-0.7	+2.3	+4.0	+.076	+0.6	+1.8	+.012	+0.6	+0.7	+.129
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		%
Baron Davis	4	24.3	7.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	3.8	2.8	5.8	.478	1.0	3.5	.286	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:		+10.7	+4.0	+2.3	+5.0	+7.2	+2.3	+0.3	+1.3	-0.8	-0.3	+1.5	+4.2	+.053				+1.0	+1.2	+.100
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 Baron Davis in the NBA.

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

Baron Davis vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Baron 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