Carlos Boozer vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer, 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.

Carlos Boozer played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Carlos Boozer had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Carlos Boozer	Jeremy Lin
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	25.3	10.0	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	7.6	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.771
difference:	+52	+15.5	+7.4	+2.1	+4.2	+6.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-1.7	+3.1	+5.1	+.147		+0.2		+1.1	+1.5	+.011
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor Jeremy Lin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Carlos Boozer	Jeremy Lin
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Carlos Boozer	74	34.6	20.9	3.2	8.5	11.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.9	8.7	15.6	.561	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.685
difference:		+8.8	+9.7	+2.8	+6.2	+9.1	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+5.0	+6.8	+.137	+0.9	+2.4		+0.5	+1.4	+.110
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	17	38.5	23.5	3.2	9.0	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.1	9.5	17.8	.536	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.1	.738
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carlos Boozer	Jeremy Lin
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	34.9	21.1	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.6	8.8	16.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.738
difference:	+3	+8.6	+9.4	+1.9	+5.3	+7.2	+0.1	+0.5		-0.7	-1.5	+5.0	+6.7	+.135	+1.0	+2.9		+0.5	+1.2	+.077
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	36.8	16.0	3.5	8.8	12.3	2.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.9	6.3	15.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714
difference:	+5	+9.8	+3.6	+3.1	+6.9	+10.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4	-0.9	+2.6	+6.3	+.002	+0.4	+2.0		+1.3	+0.9	+.107
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821

Season 9
	Carlos Boozer	Jeremy Lin
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	59	31.9	17.5	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	3.2	7.3	14.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.701
difference:	+15	+12.5	+7.9	+1.9	+5.3	+7.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-1.3	+4.1	+7.0	+.070	+0.7	+2.5		+0.5	+1.3	+.137
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	16	31.7	12.6	2.5	7.2	9.7	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.1	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.800
difference:	+8	+28.3	+11.5	+2.5	+6.8	+9.3	+1.3	+0.5	+0.4	-1.2	-2.8	+4.5	+10.0	+.211	+0.1	+0.2	+.500	+2.5	+3.3	+.200
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000