Damion Lee vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Damion Lee, 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.

Damion Lee played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Damion Lee had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Damion Lee	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damion Lee	15	26.9	10.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	1.9	1.3	0.1	0.9	1.7	4.1	10.1	.408	1.0	4.0	.250	1.5	1.9	.759
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damion Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Damion Lee	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damion Lee	63	19.9	7.4	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.7	6.1	.441	1.0	3.0	.337	1.0	1.2	.880
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damion Lee	16	7.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.1	.382	0.3	1.0	.250	0.1	0.2	.667
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Damion Lee	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damion Lee	74	20.4	8.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.6	2.7	6.1	.442	1.5	3.3	.445	1.3	1.4	.904
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damion Lee	8	11.1	2.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.4	1.9	.200	0.3	0.3	1.000
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-