Don Carlson vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury and Don Carlson, 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.

Don Carlson played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Don Carlson had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, 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 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
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Rookie Season
	Don Carlson	Stephon Marbury
Season	1946-47	1996-97
Team	Chicago Stags	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Stags Lost NBA Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	59	-	10.7	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	14.3	.322	-	-	-	1.5	2.7	.541
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		%
Don Carlson	11	-	12.3	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.9	18.2	.270	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	.614
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

Note: Don Carlson didn't play in 1947-48.

Season 2
	Don Carlson	Stephon Marbury
Season	1948-49	1997-98
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	55	-	9.2	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	11.5	.334	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.662
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		%
Don Carlson	10	-	6.0	-	-	-	2.8	-	-	-	3.0	2.3	9.5	.242	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.560
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

Season 3
	Don Carlson	Stephon Marbury
Season	1949-50	1998-99
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets
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		%
Don Carlson	57	-	4.7	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	5.1	.341	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.726
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	10	-	5.4	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	3.7	.568	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.800
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Don Carlson	Stephon Marbury
Season	1950-51	1999-00
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third 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		%
Don Carlson	9	-	4.7	-	-	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.6	1.9	5.1	.370	-	-	-	0.9	1.8	.500
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Don Carlson	Stephon Marbury
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Don Carlson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Don Carlson	Stephon Marbury
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Carlson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758