Jeremy Lin vs. Alton Lister Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alton Lister and Jeremy Lin, 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.
Jeremy Lin played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Alton Lister, who played 16. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Alton Lister had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Jeremy Lin |
9 |
4 |
2010-11 to 2018-19 |
Alton Lister |
16 |
11 |
1981-82 to 1997-98 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
29 |
9.8 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
.389 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.200 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.760 |
Alton Lister |
80 |
14.8 |
4.5 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
4.8 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
.519 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
1.5 |
.520 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
6 |
18.7 |
5.5 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
.583 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
1.2 |
.714 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
35 |
26.9 |
14.6 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
6.2 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
3.6 |
2.2 |
4.9 |
10.9 |
.446 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
.320 |
4.2 |
5.2 |
.798 |
Alton Lister |
80 |
23.6 |
8.4 |
2.1 |
5.0 |
7.1 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
4.1 |
3.4 |
6.4 |
.529 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.6 |
3.0 |
.537 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
9 |
22.9 |
6.4 |
2.3 |
4.4 |
6.8 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
7.0 |
.429 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
82 |
32.2 |
13.4 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
6.1 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
4.8 |
10.9 |
.441 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
.339 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
.785 |
Alton Lister |
82 |
23.8 |
7.6 |
1.9 |
5.5 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
4.0 |
3.1 |
6.2 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.4 |
2.2 |
.626 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
4 |
21.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
6.0 |
.250 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
.167 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
Alton Lister |
16 |
23.0 |
6.8 |
1.6 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
3.9 |
2.4 |
4.9 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.9 |
3.0 |
.625 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
71 |
28.9 |
12.5 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
4.1 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
9.3 |
.446 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
.358 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
.823 |
Alton Lister |
81 |
25.8 |
9.9 |
2.7 |
5.3 |
8.0 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
7.4 |
.538 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
.588 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
6 |
29.5 |
11.3 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
10.2 |
.410 |
0.8 |
3.8 |
.217 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
.813 |
Alton Lister |
8 |
25.4 |
8.6 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
7.8 |
1.9 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
3.4 |
7.5 |
.450 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.9 |
4.0 |
.469 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
74 |
25.8 |
11.2 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
3.7 |
8.8 |
.424 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
.369 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.795 |
Alton Lister |
81 |
22.4 |
9.8 |
2.5 |
4.9 |
7.3 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
7.1 |
.551 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
.602 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
14 |
23.9 |
11.9 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
6.9 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
.641 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
.603 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
78 |
26.3 |
11.7 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
3.8 |
9.3 |
.412 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
.336 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
.815 |
Alton Lister |
75 |
30.5 |
11.6 |
3.0 |
6.4 |
9.4 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
3.9 |
4.6 |
9.2 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
.675 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
7 |
27.0 |
12.4 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
9.0 |
.413 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
.214 |
4.6 |
5.6 |
.821 |
Alton Lister |
9 |
22.9 |
6.0 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
6.2 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
4.1 |
2.2 |
5.6 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.6 |
2.2 |
.700 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
36 |
24.5 |
14.5 |
0.3 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
4.9 |
11.1 |
.438 |
1.6 |
4.3 |
.372 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
.816 |
Alton Lister |
82 |
22.1 |
5.6 |
2.4 |
5.2 |
7.6 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
3.9 |
2.1 |
4.2 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
.606 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
5 |
15.4 |
5.6 |
1.8 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
3.4 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
.706 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
1 |
25.0 |
18.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
12.0 |
.417 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
.500 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
1.000 |
Alton Lister |
82 |
22.0 |
8.0 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
6.6 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
6.6 |
.499 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.4 |
2.2 |
.646 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
8 |
20.0 |
7.0 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
2.1 |
4.9 |
.436 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.8 |
3.3 |
.846 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
74 |
19.4 |
9.6 |
0.3 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
7.3 |
.440 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
.294 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
.838 |
Alton Lister |
3 |
13.3 |
4.0 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
.571 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
8 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.222 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.500 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
Alton Lister |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
77 |
20.2 |
6.4 |
1.6 |
4.7 |
6.3 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
3.7 |
2.4 |
5.1 |
.478 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
.569 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
6 |
12.0 |
4.3 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
4.2 |
.480 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.400 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
26 |
11.3 |
3.9 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
3.5 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
3.0 |
.557 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.424 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
4 |
11.8 |
4.0 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.3 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
20 |
8.7 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
.452 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.4 |
0.7 |
.538 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Alton Lister didn't play in 1993-94.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
60 |
12.9 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
.493 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
.500 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
64 |
11.5 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
.486 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
1.0 |
.641 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
53 |
9.7 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
.416 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.742 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
more >>
Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
7 |
6.3 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
.375 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jeremy Lin |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alton Lister |
2 |
5.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |