Chet Holmgren vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury 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, 10 less than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Stephon Marbury had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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	Stephon Marbury
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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:	+15	+5.3	+0.7	+0.8	+4.4	+5.2	+5.4	+0.4	+2.0	-1.5		+0.9	+1.4	+.122	+0.1		+.016	+1.0	+1.6	+.066
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
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:	+7	+4.8	+5.7	+0.7	+2.5	+3.2	+5.6		+2.5	-1.1	-0.4	+2.8	+9.8	+.096	+0.7	+1.7	+.040	+0.5		+.158
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Stephon Marbury
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
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:	+50	+10.6	+2.7	+0.8	+4.4	+5.2	+6.6	+0.6	+2.1	-1.3	-0.4	+1.1	+4.4	+.075	+0.2	+0.1	+.066	+0.8	+1.3	+.023
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731
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
difference:	+18	+12.2	+1.4	+0.8	+4.6	+5.5	+6.6	+1.7	+1.9	-2.4	-1.2	+0.9	+2.8	+.156	+0.2	+1.0	+.017	+0.3	+0.4	+.001
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783

Additional Years
* Stephon Marbury played 10 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 2000 to 2009—Stephon Marbury played in 3 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Stephon Marbury got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game