Eric Gordon vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Eric Gordon, 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.

Eric Gordon played 18 years in the NBA, 9 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 9. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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 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
	Eric Gordon	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
difference:	+10	+4.6	+0.9	+0.6	+4.3	+4.9	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.7	+0.2	+1.1	+.022	+0.4	+1.6	+.027	+1.7	+2.1	+.011
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
* Neiher Eric Gordon nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Eric Gordon	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Eric Gordon	64	32.1	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	12.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.391	2.7	3.5	.785
difference:	+2	+2.3	+10.2	+1.5	+4.6	+6.0	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.2	-0.3	+3.1	+4.5	+.063	+1.4	+3.7		+2.6	+2.5	+.090
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
* Neiher Eric Gordon nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 9
	Eric Gordon	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840
difference:	+60	+4.7	+13.7	+1.9	+1.5	+3.4	+0.4	+0.5		-0.3	-0.1	+4.5	+7.1	+.079	+0.3	+0.5	+.016	+4.3	+4.7	+.055
Lauri Markkanen	15	35.7	29.9	2.3	3.8	6.1	2.1	1.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	10.0	20.6	.485	3.6	9.3	.388	6.3	7.0	.895
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-