Bradley Beal vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Bradley Beal, 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.

Bradley Beal played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 8. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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 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
	Bradley Beal	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	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		%
Bradley Beal	56	31.2	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	12.3	.410	1.6	4.2	.386	2.2	2.8	.786
difference:	+12	+1.5	+1.3	+0.4	+3.3	+3.7	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+0.5	+0.4	+.024	+0.5	+1.7	+.024	+0.1	+0.4	+.057
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
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Bradley Beal	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.3	22.6	0.7	3.7	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.0	8.3	18.1	.460	2.4	6.5	.375	3.6	4.5	.791
difference:	+16	+1.9	+3.0	+1.3	+3.0	+4.2	+2.6	+0.6	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+0.4	+0.8	+.039	+0.6	+1.2	+.016	+1.7	+1.5	+.084
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		%
Bradley Beal	6	36.0	23.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	3.2	8.2	18.0	.454	3.5	7.5	.467	3.3	3.8	.870
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bradley Beal	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.9	25.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.7	2.8	9.3	19.6	.475	2.5	7.3	.351	4.4	5.5	.808
difference:	+27	+3.8	+2.4	+1.1	+2.0	+3.2	+3.5	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-1.0	+1.5	+3.4	+.005	+0.7	+0.7	+.048	+0.1	+0.5	+.091
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
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Bradley Beal played 5 seasons more than Lauri Markkanen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2021 to 2025—Bradley Beal played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Lauri Markkanen, Bradley Beal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game