De'Aaron Fox vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and De'Aaron Fox, 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.

De'Aaron Fox played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Bernard King, who played 14. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	De'Aaron Fox	Bernard King
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
difference:	+6	+11.3	+12.6	+2.9	+3.9	+6.7	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2	-1.5	-1.6	+5.6	+10.2	+.067				+2.1	+3.1	+.046
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher De'Aaron Fox nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	De'Aaron Fox	Bernard King
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	59	35.3	23.2	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.9	8.7	18.5	.473	1.3	4.2	.297	4.4	5.9	.750
difference:	+20	+0.9		+1.4	+0.7	+2.0	+2.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+0.7	+2.0	+.093	+1.3	+4.1	+.097	+0.1	+0.4	+.045
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher De'Aaron Fox nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Bernard King
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
difference:	+5	+0.9	+3.1	+1.0	+0.3	+0.6	+3.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+.016	+1.6	+4.9	+.324	+0.6	+0.3	+.058
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
difference:	+1	+7.9	+3.9	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+5.5	+1.8	+0.6	-2.3	-0.6	+0.7	+7.4	+.153	+2.8	+8.5		+0.3	+0.1	+.044
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800

Season 7
	De'Aaron Fox	Bernard King
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738
difference:	+3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+3.5	+1.0	+0.2		-0.9	+0.6	+2.8	+.107	+2.9	+7.7	+.369	+1.5	+1.6	+.041
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	De'Aaron Fox	Bernard King
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	62	36.1	23.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.6	8.7	18.8	.463	1.9	6.1	.310	4.2	5.1	.827
difference:	+7	+1.4	+9.4	+1.2	+0.2	+1.0	+2.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+3.9	+4.9	+.067	+1.9	+5.9	+.210	+3.5	+4.9	+.055
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher De'Aaron Fox nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Bernard King played 6 seasons more than De'Aaron Fox in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1987 to 1993—Bernard King played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over De'Aaron Fox, Bernard King got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game