Brook Lopez vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury and Brook Lopez, 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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.

Brook Lopez played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Stephon Marbury had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Brook Lopez	17	9	2008-09 to 2024-25
Stephon Marbury	13	5	1996-97 to 2008-09

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


Rookie Season
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2008-09	1996-97
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Brook Lopez	82	30.5	13.0	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.6	.793
difference:	+15	+4.2	+2.8	+1.9	+3.5	+5.4	+6.8	+0.5	+1.5	-1.3	-0.7	+0.2	+2.7	+.123	+1.5	+4.3		+1.6	+2.4	+.066
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600


Season 2
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2009-10	1997-98
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
Brook Lopez	82	36.9	18.8	3.3	5.4	8.6	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.1	6.9	13.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.2	.817
difference:		+1.1	+1.1	+2.6	+3.3	+5.8	+6.3	+0.6	+1.6	-0.6	-0.4	+0.6	+1.3	+.084	+1.2	+3.7		+1.1	+0.7	+.086
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 3
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2010-11	1998-99
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brook Lopez	82	35.2	20.4	2.4	3.5	6.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.9	7.9	16.0	.492	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.787
difference:	+33	+3.5	+0.9	+1.6	+1.4	+3.1	+7.3	+0.6	+1.3	-1.2	-0.3	+0.2	+2.0	+.064	+1.3	+4.0		+0.2	+0.3	+.012
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2011-12	1999-00
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Brook Lopez	5	27.2	19.2	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	15.4	.494	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.4	.625
difference:	+69	+11.7	+3.0	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+7.2	+1.3	+0.6	-2.4	-1.0	+0.1	+2.4	+.062	+0.9	+3.1		+1.9	+0.8	+.188
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2012-13	2000-01
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.758
difference:	+7	+7.8	+4.5	+2.0	+1.8	+3.8	+6.7	+0.8	+2.0	-1.1	-0.1	+0.7	+4.3	+.080	+1.6	+5.0		+1.4	+1.5	+.032
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2013-14	2001-02
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brook Lopez	17	31.4	20.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.1	7.6	13.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	6.8	.817
difference:	+65	+7.5	+0.3	+1.4	+1.4	+2.8	+7.2	+0.4	+1.6	-1.9	-0.8		+3.7	+.121	+0.9	+2.9	+.286	+1.2	+1.3	+.036
Stephon Marbury	82	38.9	20.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.5	2.3	7.6	17.2	.442	0.9	3.0	.286	4.3	5.5	.781

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2014-15	2002-03
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Brook Lopez	72	29.2	17.2	3.0	4.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.9	7.0	13.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.100	3.1	3.8	.814
difference:	+9	+10.8	+5.1	+2.3	+1.9	+4.2	+7.4	+0.7	+1.6	-1.8	-0.4	+1.3	+5.2	+.074	+1.1	+3.6	+.201	+1.5	+2.0	+.011
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	6	39.0	19.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.0	3.0	7.2	14.5	.494	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.7	.825
difference:		+6.3	+2.2	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+4.9	+0.5	+2.2	-2.8	-1.3	+1.3	+8.2	+.119	+0.8	+3.7		+1.3	+1.2	+.067
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758


Season 8
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Brook Lopez	73	33.7	20.6	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787
difference:	+8	+6.5	+0.4	+2.1	+2.6	+4.6	+6.9	+0.8	+1.6	-0.7	-0.8	+0.7	+1.3	+.080	+1.1	+3.2	+.175	+0.1	+0.1	+.030
Stephon Marbury	81	40.2	20.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	7.4	17.1	.431	1.1	3.4	.318	4.4	5.4	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	4	43.8	21.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.0	3.5	2.3	7.8	20.8	.373	1.5	5.0	.300	4.3	6.3	.680


Season 9
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New York Knicks
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		%
Brook Lopez	75	29.6	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.4	15.6	.474	1.8	5.2	.346	3.9	4.9	.810
difference:	+7	+10.4	+1.2	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+5.8	+1.0	+1.6	-0.3	-0.3		+0.4	+.012	+0.4	+1.2	+.008	+1.7	+1.8	+.024
Stephon Marbury	82	40.0	21.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.1	1.5	0.1	2.8	2.3	7.4	16.0	.462	1.4	4.0	.354	5.6	6.7	.834

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
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		%
Brook Lopez	74	23.4	13.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.3	2.6	5.0	10.7	.465	1.5	4.4	.345	1.5	2.1	.703
difference:	+14	+13.2	+3.3	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+4.7	+0.7	+1.2	-1.3	-0.2	+0.8	+2.2	+.014	+0.9	+2.7	+.028	+2.6	+3.3	+.052
Stephon Marbury	60	36.6	16.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	6.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.451	0.6	1.7	.317	4.1	5.4	.755

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brook Lopez nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Brook Lopez	81	28.7	12.5	0.4	4.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	9.7	.452	2.3	6.3	.365	1.4	1.6	.842
difference:	+7	+8.4	+3.9	+0.1	+2.1	+2.0	+4.2	+0.4	+2.1	-1.4	-0.2	+0.9	+3.2	+.037	+0.6	+1.6	+.008	+2.6	+3.6	+.073
Stephon Marbury	74	37.1	16.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	12.9	.415	1.7	4.7	.357	4.0	5.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	15	29.2	11.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	3.1	4.1	8.9	.455	1.5	5.0	.293	1.6	1.9	.828
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836
difference:	+44	+6.8	+1.9	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+3.2	+0.2	+2.3	-1.0		+0.3	+1.1	+.016	+0.3	+1.7	+.064	+1.6	+2.6	+.120
Stephon Marbury	24	33.5	13.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.7	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.4	4.6	11.0	.419	1.2	3.1	.378	3.5	4.8	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Brook Lopez	Stephon Marbury
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845
difference:	+47	+9.2	+8.5	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+2.6	+0.2	+1.4	-0.7	-0.6	+2.9	+4.3	+.161	+1.1	+2.9	+.098	+1.4	+1.4	+.383
Stephon Marbury	23	18.0	3.8	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.8	.342	0.3	1.1	.240	0.3	0.6	.462

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860
difference:	+9	+17.1	+9.3	+2.0	+3.0	+5.0	+1.5	+0.6	+1.5	-0.4	-1.0	+3.8	+4.7	+.245	+0.8	+2.2	+.069	+1.0	+1.3	+.140
Stephon Marbury	14	11.9	3.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.7	.303	0.2	0.9	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000


Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 4 seasons more than Stephon Marbury in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2022 to 2025—Brook Lopez played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Stephon Marbury, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team

Brook Lopez vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury and Brook Lopez, 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