Carmelo Anthony vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 4 more than Michael Jordan, who played 15. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Michael Jordan had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Carmelo Anthony	19	13	2003-04 to 2021-22
Michael Jordan	15	13	1984-85 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2003-04	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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		%
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:		+1.8	+7.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.4	+3.1	+1.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.8	+2.6	+1.9	+.089	+0.7	+2.0	+.149	+2.7	+2.7	+.068
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845

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
difference:		+6.5	+14.3		+2.5	+2.5	+5.7	+1.5	+1.0	-0.5	-1.0	+3.2	+3.5	+.108	+0.2	+0.8	+.057	+8.0	+9.5	+.028
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828


Season 2
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2004-05	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	75	34.8	20.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.4	3.0	3.1	7.1	16.4	.431	0.6	2.1	.266	6.1	7.6	.796
difference:	+57	+9.7	+1.9	+0.6	+1.5	+2.1	+0.3	+1.2	+0.8	-0.5	-0.5	+1.2	+1.8	+.026	+0.4	+1.1	+.099	+0.3	+0.7	+.044
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	36.2	19.2	2.8	2.6	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.0	7.0	16.6	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	6.4	.813
difference:	+2	+8.8	+24.5	+1.1	+2.1	+0.9	+3.7	+1.7	+1.1	-2.1	-0.3	+9.0	+15.1	+.083	+0.3	+0.1	+1.000	+6.1	+6.6	+.059
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872


Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2005-06	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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:	+2	+3.2	+10.6	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+1.9	+1.8	+1.0	-0.6		+3.9	+8.1	+.001	+0.4	+1.1	+.061	+3.0	+3.0	+.049
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857

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:	+2	+4.1	+14.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+3.2	+1.2	+2.1	-0.3	-0.3	+5.1	+8.2	+.084	+0.7	+0.9	+.400	+3.9	+2.6	+.147
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897


Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2006-07	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+17	+2.2	+6.1	+0.5		+0.5	+2.1	+2.0	+1.2	-0.5	-0.2	+2.4	+2.0	+.059	+0.5	+1.7	+.136	+1.7	+1.8	+.033
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841

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
difference:	+5	+0.7	+9.5	+1.3	+0.2	+1.5	+3.5	+1.4	+1.1	-0.1	-1.4	+4.4	+6.4	+.051	+1.7	+3.3	+.167	+2.4	+2.1	+.074
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869


Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2007-08	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+3.8	+6.8	+0.5	+1.1	+0.6	+4.6	+1.6	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+2.4	+3.0	+.046	+0.5	+0.9	+.078	+2.3	+2.1	+.064
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850

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
difference:	+13	+5.7	+12.3	+3.3	+0.7	+2.5	+5.6	+2.0	+0.5	-1.0	-0.5	+3.7	+0.9	+.146	+0.1	+0.1	+.036	+4.8	+6.2	+.029
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799


Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2008-09	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+16	+4.5	+10.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+2.9	+1.7	+0.3		-0.1	+4.5	+5.7	+.083	+0.1	+0.4	+.005	+1.6	+1.4	+.055
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848

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
difference:		+3.8	+9.5	+0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+2.7	+1.0	+0.3	-1.2	-0.4	+4.6	+6.5	+.061	+0.5	+1.0	+.044	+0.9	+0.9	+.010
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836


Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2009-10	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+13	+1.2	+3.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	+2.3	+1.4	+0.6	-0.5	-0.5	+2.1	+0.6	+.081	+0.5	+1.6	+.004	+0.4	+0.7	+.021
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851

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
difference:	+11	+1.8	+0.4	+1.2	+0.9	+2.1	+5.1	+0.4	+0.9	-1.0	-1.2	+0.9	+0.9	+.060	+0.4	+1.7	+.069	+0.9	+0.8	+.032
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845


Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2010-11	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+3.1	+4.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+3.2	+1.4	+0.3	-0.2	-0.4	+2.9	+3.2	+.064	+0.9	+2.0	+.108	+0.5	+0.5	+.006
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832

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
difference:	+18	+2.8	+8.5	+1.6	+2.5	+4.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.4	-1.2	+4.9	+4.4	+.124	+1.5	+4.5	+.040	+0.1	+0.1	+.004
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857


Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2011-12	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+23	+5.2	+10.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.9	+1.7	+0.4	-0.1	-0.4	+4.7	+7.1	+.065	+0.2	+0.8	+.017	+0.7	+0.6	+.033
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837

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:	+14	+0.4	+7.3	+0.9	+0.5	+1.5	+3.8	+0.9	+0.7	-0.4	-1.1	+2.8	+3.0	+.056	+0.7	+0.2	+.167	+1.0	+0.7	+.049
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2012-13	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+50	+2.3	+1.8	+0.5	+0.5		+2.7	+1.0	+0.3	-0.5	-0.3	+0.2	+1.6	+.038	+1.4	+4.3	+.121	+0.1	+0.4	+.029
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801

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
difference:	+2	+1.9	+2.7	+1.1	+1.2	+0.1	+2.9	+1.2	+1.2	-1.5	-0.8	+1.5	+1.0	+.078	+0.3	+1.8	+.069		+0.6	+.075
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810


Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2013-14	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+5	+1.0	+3.0	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+1.6	+1.3	+.043	+0.8	+2.2	+.025	+0.7	+1.0	+.014
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818


Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2014-15	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
difference:	+42	+2.2	+5.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+2.2	+2.9	+.042	+0.1	+0.9	+.033	+1.2	+1.1	+.036
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831


Season 13
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2015-16	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	72	35.1	21.8	1.4	6.4	7.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.9	18.2	.434	1.5	4.3	.339	4.6	5.6	.829
difference:	+10	+3.7	+6.9	+0.2	+2.2	+1.9	+0.7	+0.8		-0.1	-0.7	+2.8	+4.9	+.031	+1.1	+2.8	+.101	+2.3	+3.2	+.045
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.


Season 14
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2016-17	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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14th 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	74	34.3	22.4	0.8	5.1	5.9	2.9	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.7	8.1	18.8	.433	2.0	5.7	.359	4.1	4.9	.833
difference:	+14	+0.6	+0.5		+0.3	+0.2	+2.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+1.1	+3.3	+.017	+1.8	+4.8	+.170	+0.3	+0.7	+.043
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Michael Jordan played in the postseason in their season 14


Season 15
	Carmelo Anthony	Michael Jordan
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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15th 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	78	32.1	16.2	0.9	4.9	5.8	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.5	6.1	15.0	.404	2.2	6.1	.357	1.9	2.5	.767
difference:	+4	+4.9	+3.8		+0.3	+0.3	+2.5	+0.9	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+2.2	+3.6	+.041	+2.0	+5.4	+.066	+1.3	+1.5	+.054
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	32.3	11.8	0.5	5.2	5.7	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.5	12.0	.375	1.0	4.7	.214	1.8	2.5	.733
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Carmelo Anthony played 4 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 19, from 2019 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in two Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

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