George King vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and George King, 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.

George King and Trae Young both played 6 years in the NBA. George King had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, 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 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
Rookie Season
	George King	Trae Young
Season	1951-52	2018-19
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
George King	66	28.6	10.0	-	-	4.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.8	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.712
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George King	6	34.5	9.5	-	-	4.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	9.0	.352	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	.679
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George King	Trae Young
Season	1952-53	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
George King	71	35.5	11.2	-	-	4.0	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	8.9	.402	-	-	-	4.0	6.2	.643
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George King	2	33.5	11.0	-	-	2.5	4.5	-	-	-	6.0	3.0	6.5	.462	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George King	Trae Young
Season	1954-55	2021-22
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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		%
George King	67	30.1	8.9	-	-	3.4	4.9	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	9.0	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.611
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		%
George King	11	33.7	11.5	-	-	3.7	5.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	10.6	.393	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.636
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

Note: George King didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 6
	George King	Trae Young
Season	1957-58	2023-24
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
George King	63	36.1	9.7	-	-	4.9	5.3	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	10.2	.364	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	.617
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		%
George King	2	39.5	9.0	-	-	2.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	14.0	.250	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-