Chauncey Billups vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Chauncey Billups, 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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Season 7
	Chauncey Billups	Jeremy Lin
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+42	+10.9	+2.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3		-0.1	+0.1	+1.7	+.044	+0.1		+.016	+2.0	+2.0	+.062
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Chauncey Billups	Jeremy Lin
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+79	+10.8	+1.5	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+.025	+1.1	+2.8	+.074	+2.7	+2.2	+.102
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Chauncey Billups	Jeremy Lin
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
difference:	+7	+16.7	+8.9	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+2.0	+5.2	+.022	+1.6	+2.7	+.139	+3.3	+3.6	+.056
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		%
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905
difference:	+10	+35.8	+16.8	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+6.0	+1.1	+0.1	-1.8	-2.1	+4.9	+11.6	+.184	+1.7	+4.9	+.160	+5.3	+5.9	+.095
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

Additional Years
* Chauncey Billups played 8 seasons more than Jeremy Lin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2007 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jeremy Lin, Chauncey Billups got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game