Bob Harrison vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Bob Harrison, 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.

Bob Harrison played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Bob Harrison had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Harrison	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1949-50	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	66	-	4.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	1.9	5.3	.359	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.676
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	12	-	3.5	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	3.1	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.714
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Harrison	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	65	26.3	6.2	-	-	2.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.1	2.4	7.5	.320	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.718
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	12	19.6	6.2	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	2.5	5.7	.441	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.824
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Harrison	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1952-53	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	70	23.5	7.1	-	-	2.2	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	2.8	7.4	.376	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.648
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	12	17.0	5.0	-	-	1.8	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	5.4	.385	-	-	-	0.8	1.7	.500
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bob Harrison	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1954-55	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	72	31.9	10.1	-	-	3.1	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	12.2	.342	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.681
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bob Harrison	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1955-56	2023-24
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	72	30.8	8.6	-	-	2.7	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	10.1	.359	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.664
Lauri Markkanen	55	33.1	23.2	2.2	5.9	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	7.8	16.2	.480	3.2	8.0	.399	4.5	5.0	.899
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Harrison	8	32.0	8.3	-	-	3.0	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	9.4	.360	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.632
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-