Carmelo Anthony vs. Kelly Oubre Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kelly Oubre Jr. and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 8 more than Kelly Oubre Jr., who played 11. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Kelly Oubre Jr. had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+19	+25.8	+17.3	+1.8	+2.1	+4.0	+2.6	+0.9	+0.4	-2.5	-1.1	+6.2	+14.6	+.001	+0.4	+1.3	+.006	+4.5	+5.6	+.144
Kelly Oubre Jr.	63	10.7	3.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.6	1.4	3.3	.427	0.4	1.3	.316	0.5	0.8	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+1	+9.3	+14.7	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.6		+5.6	+9.9	+.078	+1.1	+2.7	+.098	+4.8	+6.0	+.012
Kelly Oubre Jr.	81	27.5	11.8	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	9.8	.403	1.6	4.6	.341	2.4	2.9	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
difference:	+1	+13.9	+11.7	+2.2	+0.5	+2.8	+2.1	+0.2	+0.3	-2.2	-1.3	+3.6	+11.8	+.042	+0.7	+2.4	+.211	+5.1	+7.4	+.139
Kelly Oubre Jr.	6	24.7	9.3	0.2	3.7	3.8	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	0.7	3.2	.211	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+4	+10.2	+13.7	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	+2.6		+0.5	-2.1	-0.5	+5.2	+10.2	+.031	+1.0	+2.6	+.052	+4.4	+5.2	+.033
Kelly Oubre Jr.	69	28.0	15.2	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.2	.445	1.6	4.9	.320	2.7	3.5	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+21	+1.9	+7.0	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.9		+0.2	-1.8	-0.1	+2.8	+4.4	+.040	+1.1	+3.4	+.002	+2.6	+3.3	+.006
Kelly Oubre Jr.	56	34.5	18.7	1.2	5.3	6.4	1.5	1.3	0.7	1.5	3.4	6.7	14.8	.452	1.9	5.5	.352	3.4	4.4	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+11	+3.8	+7.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+2.1	+0.1	+0.4	-1.7	-0.8	+2.3	+5.1	+.004	+0.6	+2.6	+.055	+3.4	+3.9	+.098
Kelly Oubre Jr.	55	30.7	15.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.8	13.2	.439	1.6	5.2	.316	2.2	3.2	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+7	+11.9	+13.2	+1.2	+1.5	+2.6	+2.1	+0.3		-2.1	-0.8	+4.6	+9.5	+.018	+1.6	+4.6	+.029	+5.7	+6.4	+.163
Kelly Oubre Jr.	76	26.3	15.0	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.5	5.4	12.3	.440	2.5	7.3	.345	1.7	2.5	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+29	+3.4	+5.3	+0.1	+2.0	+2.1	+1.8	+0.5	+0.2	-1.4		+1.5	+2.4	+.024	+1.1	+3.8	+.059	+3.3	+3.6	+.078
Kelly Oubre Jr.	48	32.3	20.3	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.1	1.4	0.4	1.3	2.9	7.4	17.1	.431	2.3	7.1	.319	3.3	4.3	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+13	+3.9	+7.2	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+2.1		+0.3	-1.3	-0.1	+2.3	+5.7	+.011	+0.3	+1.1	+.024	+2.8	+3.3	+.054
Kelly Oubre Jr.	68	30.2	15.4	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.9	5.7	12.9	.441	1.5	4.8	.311	2.6	3.4	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
difference:	+1	+3.5	+14.6	+1.1	+3.1	+4.2	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	-1.5	-0.2	+5.2	+14.1	+.065	+0.7	+0.2	+.169	+4.9	+6.4	+.029
Kelly Oubre Jr.	6	37.3	13.2	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.7	1.8	1.2	1.3	4.0	5.2	10.7	.484	1.5	3.8	.391	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
difference:	+7	+2.4	+13.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+0.8	+0.7		-1.3	-0.1	+4.2	+9.8	+.021	+1.1	+2.2	+.086	+4.0	+4.5	+.079
Kelly Oubre Jr.	60	34.6	15.1	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.8	12.4	.470	1.2	4.0	.293	2.3	3.1	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
difference:	+73	+0.1	+9.6	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+1.3	+0.2	+0.3	-1.8	-1.1	+3.8	+10.0	+.059	+0.1	+0.4	+.048	+2.0	+2.7	+.093
Kelly Oubre Jr.	4	38.8	17.8	1.8	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.8	5.8	11.3	.511	2.3	5.0	.450	4.0	4.3	.941
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Kelly Oubre Jr. played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 8 seasons more than Kelly Oubre Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2015 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Kelly Oubre Jr., Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game