Carlos Boozer vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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, 6 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Carlos Boozer had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Karl Malone
Season	2002-03	1985-86
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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:		+5.3	+4.9	+0.4	+1.7	+1.4	+1.6	+0.6	+0.1	-2.1	-0.8	+2.1	+4.9	+.040				+0.6	+2.6	+.290
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423

Season 3
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2004-05	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	51	34.7	17.8	2.8	6.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.1	13.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.698
difference:	+31	+4.3	+9.9	+0.6	+2.4	+3.0	+0.4	+0.6	+0.1	-1.3	-0.1	+3.4	+6.5	+.001		+0.1		+3.0	+4.3	+.002
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723

Season 4
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2005-06	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	33	31.1	16.3	2.2	6.4	8.6	2.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	3.2	6.6	12.1	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.2	.723
difference:	+47	+8.0	+12.8	+1.0	+1.0	+2.1		+0.9	+0.7	-1.5	-0.4	+3.5	+7.4	+.030	+0.1	+0.2		+5.8	+7.3	+.043
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813

Season 5
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2006-07	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+3.5	+10.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.3	+2.4	+4.2	+.001	+0.2	+0.5		+5.1	+6.1	+.077
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762
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
difference:	+12	+2.1	+1.7		+2.0	+2.0	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	-0.6	-1.3	+0.3	+3.2	+.098		+0.2		+2.3	+2.9	+.018
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756

Season 6
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2007-08	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+5.4	+7.9	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-0.3	+1.5	+3.6	+.020		+0.2		+4.7	+5.9	+.032
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770
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:	+3	+5.8	+13.7	+0.9	+2.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	-0.1		+4.3	+7.9	+.040		+0.9		+5.3	+5.4	+.132
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846

Season 7
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2008-09	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	37	32.4	16.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	3.6	6.8	13.8	.490	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.698
difference:	+44	+5.3	+11.8	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-0.8	+3.1	+4.9	+.036		+0.2		+5.7	+6.9	+.080
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	37.2	20.6	2.4	10.8	13.2	2.2	1.6	0.4	3.0	3.6	7.6	14.4	.528	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.0	.771
difference:	+11	+5.8	+8.5	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+0.4	+0.2	+0.8	-0.1		+1.7	+3.4	+.007		+0.1		+5.2	+6.1	+.034
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805

Season 8
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2009-10	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Carlos Boozer	78	34.3	19.5	2.3	8.9	11.2	3.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.9	14.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.742
difference:	+4	+3.5	+7.5	+0.5	+0.5		+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.3	+1.8	+3.5	+.010		+0.2		+3.8	+5.3	+.002
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	10	40.2	19.7	3.3	9.9	13.2	3.0	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.8	8.9	16.8	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.543
difference:	+5	+3.0	+4.3	+0.9	+1.9	+2.8	+1.0	+0.8	+0.3	-1.6	-0.4	+0.1	+2.6	+.076	+0.2	+0.4		+4.3	+4.1	+.273
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816

Season 9
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2010-11	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+23	+8.7	+7.7	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+1.5	+0.7	+1.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.1	+4.6	+.013	+0.1	+0.4		+3.3	+4.9	+.007
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694
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:		+12.2	+14.5	+0.8	+1.9	+2.7	+1.6	+0.8	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+5.1	+10.0	+.034		+0.2		+4.4	+6.2	+.062
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738

Season 10
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2011-12	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	66	29.5	15.0	1.7	6.8	8.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.5	6.8	12.8	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.693
difference:	+16	+8.6	+11.7	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+1.6	+0.6	+0.6	-1.2	-0.8	+3.3	+6.1	+.004	+0.1	+0.5		+4.9	+6.4	+.049
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	6	33.3	13.5	1.7	8.2	9.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	3.8	3.3	6.3	15.0	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+1	+9.9	+16.7	+1.3	+2.0	+3.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.1	-1.0	-0.3	+3.3	+5.6	+.044	+0.2	+0.6		+10.0	+14.4	+.022
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692

Season 11
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2012-13	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	79	32.2	16.2	2.2	7.5	9.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.0	6.9	14.4	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.731
difference:	+3	+5.8	+9.5	+0.1	+0.2		+1.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.2		+2.7	+4.1	+.042	+0.2	+0.5		+3.8	+5.3	+.008
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	35.9	16.4	2.9	6.7	9.6	1.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.9	14.0	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.8	.689
difference:	+6	+4.4	+10.1	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+2.9	+1.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.4	+3.5	+8.3	+.025		+0.1		+3.0	+6.0	+.115
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574

Season 12
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2013-14	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	76	28.2	13.7	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.8	5.9	12.9	.456	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.5	.767
difference:	+6	+8.4	+13.7	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+2.9	+0.7	+0.3	-0.8	-0.2	+4.6	+6.3	+.094		+0.2		+4.5	+5.9	+.012
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	24.2	9.6	1.6	6.2	7.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	9.4	.426	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.8	.889
difference:	+15	+16.6	+16.4	+1.4	+2.2	+3.6	+1.9	+1.2	+0.8	-1.3	-0.4	+5.4	+12.1	+.009	+0.1	+0.1		+5.6	+8.2	+.169
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720

Season 13
	Carlos Boozer	Karl Malone
Season	2014-15	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	71	23.8	11.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	5.2	10.5	.499	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.627
difference:	+10	+13.6	+15.2	+0.7	+2.8	+3.5	+2.6	+0.6	+0.7	-1.7	-0.3	+4.4	+7.7	+.031		+0.1		+6.5	+8.1	+.134
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788

Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 6 seasons more than Carlos Boozer in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 1999 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Carlos Boozer, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Star Game