Devin Booker vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Trae Young, who played 7. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Devin Booker	Trae Young
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+5	+3.2	+5.3	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	-1.7	-1.3	+1.7	+4.1	+.005	+0.6	+2.2	+.019	+1.4	+1.7	+.011
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Devin Booker	Trae Young
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Devin Booker	78	35.0	22.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.3	3.1	3.1	7.8	18.3	.423	1.9	5.2	.363	4.7	5.7	.832
difference:	+18	+0.3	+7.5	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+5.9	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-1.4	+1.3	+2.5	+.014	+1.5	+4.3	+.002	+3.3	+3.6	+.028
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Devin Booker	Trae Young
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	64	35.0	26.6	0.6	3.5	4.1	6.8	0.9	0.2	4.1	3.1	9.2	19.6	.467	2.1	6.5	.326	6.1	7.1	.866
difference:	+12	+0.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+2.9		+0.1	-0.1	-1.4	+0.2	+0.7	+.007	+1.0	+1.5	+.056	+0.5	+0.2	+.038
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 5
	Devin Booker	Trae Young
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+3	+1.1	+0.4	+0.4	+1.6	+1.2	+3.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-1.6	+0.8	+0.7	+.060	+0.1	+0.6	+.019	+1.1	+1.5	+.033
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860

Season 6
	Devin Booker	Trae Young
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+13	+2.1	+0.1	+0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+6.5	+0.5		-1.3	-0.7	+1.3	+0.5	+.054	+1.3	+3.2	+.033	+1.3	+1.6	+.012
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Devin Booker	Trae Young
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+8	+1.5	+2.6	+0.2	+1.8	+1.9	+6.8	+0.1	+0.2	-2.3	-0.7	+2.3	+2.8	+.055	+0.2	+1.4	+.043	+1.9	+2.1	+.007
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Devin Booker played 3 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 2023 to 2025—Devin Booker played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Trae Young, Devin Booker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game