Bronny James vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich and Bronny James, 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.
Bronny James played 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Bronny James had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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 |
| Bronny James |
2 |
1 |
2024-25 to 2025-26 |
| Pete Maravich |
10 |
4 |
1970-71 to 1979-80 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bronny James |
27 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
.313 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
.281 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
.786 |
| difference: | +54 | +29.4 | +20.9 | | | +3.0 | +3.6 | | | | -2.4 | +8.3 | +17.4 | +.145 | | | | +4.6 | +5.7 | +.014 |
| Pete Maravich |
81 |
36.1 |
23.2 |
- |
- |
3.7 |
4.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
9.1 |
19.9 |
.458 |
- |
- |
- |
5.0 |
6.2 |
.800 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bronny James |
2 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
| difference: | +3 | +37.8 | +22.0 | | | +5.2 | +4.8 | | | | -2.8 | +9.2 | +23.4 | +.377 | | | | +3.6 | +5.2 | |
| Pete Maravich |
5 |
39.8 |
22.0 |
- |
- |
5.2 |
4.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
9.2 |
24.4 |
.377 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
5.2 |
.692 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bronny James |
12 |
9.8 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
.286 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.250 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.000 |
| difference: | +54 | +25.1 | +17.5 | | | +3.1 | +4.3 | | | | -2.1 | +6.3 | +14.0 | +.141 | | | | +5.2 | +6.4 | +.189 |
| Pete Maravich |
66 |
34.9 |
19.3 |
- |
- |
3.9 |
6.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
7.0 |
16.3 |
.427 |
- |
- |
- |
5.4 |
6.6 |
.811 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bronny James |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pete Maravich |
6 |
36.5 |
27.7 |
- |
- |
5.3 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
9.0 |
20.2 |
.446 |
- |
- |
- |
9.7 |
11.8 |
.817 |
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Additional Years |
* Pete Maravich played 8 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 1973 to 1980—Pete Maravich played in two Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Bronny James, Pete Maravich got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-NBA First Team
2 All-NBA Second Team
1 Scoring Leader
5 All-Star Game
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