Chet Holmgren vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
	Chet Holmgren	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:		+1.9	+3.0	+1.4	+0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+0.2	+1.2	-0.7	-0.9	+1.4	+1.5	+.058	+1.6	+4.2	+.170	+1.2	+2.5	+.132
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+4	+0.5	+1.4	+1.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.9	+1.0	+1.0	-1.3	-2.1	+0.2	+1.1	+.027	+1.1	+4.8	+.740	+0.2	+1.4	+.187
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+23	+9.4	+5.6	+1.4	+0.3	+1.0	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	-1.4	-1.1	+2.3	+5.0	+.015	+1.4	+3.5	+.179	+2.4	+3.7	+.041
Amar'e Stoudemire	55	36.8	20.6	2.9	6.2	9.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.5	15.7	.475	0.0	0.1	.200	5.6	7.9	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Chet Holmgren	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2025-26	2004-05
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Chet Holmgren	21	28.7	18.8	1.5	6.5	8.0	1.7	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.2	12.4	.581	1.5	3.9	.395	2.9	3.7	.782
difference:	+59	+7.4	+7.2	+1.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+2.1	+4.3	+.022	+1.5	+3.7	+.207	+4.4	+6.2	+.049
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781

Additional Years
* Amar'e Stoudemire played 11 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2006 to 2016—Amar'e Stoudemire played in 8 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Amar'e Stoudemire got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game