Carmelo Anthony vs. Nate Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Robinson 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 Nate Robinson, who played 11. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Nate Robinson had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Nate Robinson
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+10	+15.1	+11.7	+1.4	+2.3	+3.8	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	-1.4	-0.1	+4.4	+10.1	+.019		+0.6	+.075	+2.9	+3.6	+.025
Nate Robinson	72	21.4	9.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	.407	0.8	2.0	.397	2.1	2.8	.752
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+8	+10.6	+13.8	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	-1.3	-0.3	+4.9	+8.8	+.058	+0.8	+2.2	+.089	+5.1	+6.2	+.022
Nate Robinson	72	26.2	12.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.6	4.6	10.9	.423	1.3	4.1	.332	2.1	2.7	.786
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+9	+8.3	+11.7	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	-1.7	-0.3	+4.5	+8.5	+.039	+1.1	+2.9	+.057	+3.7	+4.7	+.033
Nate Robinson	74	29.9	17.2	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	6.1	13.9	.437	1.7	5.2	.325	3.4	4.0	.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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

more >>

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	+16.5	+15.6	+1.8	+3.6	+5.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	-2.0	-1.2	+5.7	+10.4	+.056	+0.8	+1.9	+.036	+5.1	+6.5	+.040
Nate Robinson	56	19.9	10.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.8	8.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.390	0.9	1.2	.746
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	+29.0	+18.3	+4.6	+4.2	+8.7	+0.9	+0.1	+0.2	-2.6	-3.4	+6.6	+18.2	+.011	+0.1	+0.1	+.083	+5.3	+6.4	+.028
Nate Robinson	17	7.5	4.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.8	.375	0.6	1.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.800

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+7	+17.3	+16.0	+1.3	+3.9	+5.3	+1.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-1.1	+5.6	+11.9	+.044	+0.1	+0.8	+.046	+5.0	+6.4	+.025
Nate Robinson	59	17.2	6.8	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.5	6.4	.399	1.1	3.4	.325	0.6	0.7	.818
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:	+13	+34.3	+24.5	+1.6	+4.2	+5.8	+3.8	+1.8	+0.6	-2.3	-3.5	+8.4	+17.8	+.167	+0.8	+2.1	+.031	+6.7	+8.3	+.174
Nate Robinson	3	4.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+18	+14.8	+17.0	+1.9	+2.7	+4.6	+1.3	+0.1	+0.4	-1.5	-1.0	+6.0	+12.3	+.034	+0.4	+0.8	+.049	+5.6	+6.7	+.002
Nate Robinson	51	23.4	11.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.3	4.0	9.5	.424	1.3	3.5	.365	1.8	2.2	.832
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

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:	+5	+10.3	+12.5	+1.1	+3.9	+5.1	+1.5	+0.1	+0.5	-0.9	-0.4	+4.0	+8.3	+.022	+0.5	+0.9	+.027	+5.0	+5.8	+.039
Nate Robinson	82	25.4	13.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.5	4.9	11.2	.433	1.7	4.2	.405	1.6	2.1	.799
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:	+8	+5.3	+9.7	+2.8	+4.8	+7.6	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	-0.6	-0.8	+2.4	+8.4	+.061	+0.5	+1.1	+.008	+4.7	+5.1	+.097
Nate Robinson	12	33.7	16.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.4	1.0	0.2	2.7	3.2	5.9	13.6	.436	1.8	5.4	.338	2.6	3.4	.756

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+11	+14.4	+12.2	+1.1	+3.3	+4.5	+1.1	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-0.7	+4.3	+9.9	+.002	+0.1	+0.2	+.042	+3.8	+4.8	+.031
Nate Robinson	44	19.7	10.4	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.7	8.7	.428	1.3	3.5	.377	1.6	1.9	.835
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+25	+22.9	+23.0	+1.6	+4.1	+5.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	-1.9	-1.3	+7.9	+16.1	+.104	+1.6	+3.5	+.102	+5.6	+6.5	+.156
Nate Robinson	42	14.1	5.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	.345	0.7	2.7	.277	0.7	1.1	.674
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Nate Robinson
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+75	+27.2	+27.4	+1.9	+6.2	+8.1	+1.1	+0.7	+0.7	-2.6	-0.4	+9.6	+20.8	+.452	+2.2	+4.9	+.402	+6.0	+7.0
Nate Robinson	2	11.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 8 seasons more than Nate Robinson 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 Nate Robinson, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game