Jeremy Lin vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire 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, 5 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2010-11	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+53	+21.5	+10.9	+2.6	+4.9	+7.6	+0.4	+0.3	+0.8	-1.7	-2.2	+3.8	+7.6	+.083		+0.1		+3.2	+5.0	+.099
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 3
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2012-13	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+3.9	+12.6	+2.3	+3.6	+5.9	+4.5	+0.6	+1.2	-0.5	-1.0	+4.5	+5.8	+.118	+1.1	+2.9	+.151	+4.7	+6.5	+.052
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
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
difference:	+11	+19.0	+25.9	+4.0	+4.7	+8.7	+0.8	+0.2	+1.7	-1.1	-1.6	+8.7	+12.9	+.289	+0.5	+2.8	+.167	+9.0	+11.7	+.219
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781

Season 5
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2014-15	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+7.0	+9.2	+2.3	+4.6	+7.0	+3.6	+0.1	+0.9	-0.6	-1.0	+3.7	+4.1	+.151	+0.9	+2.4		+2.7	+3.5	+.014
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.1	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769

Season 6
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2015-16	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+7.6	+13.5	+1.8	+4.1	+5.9	+1.5	+0.1	+1.6	-0.3	-1.6	+5.2	+6.0	+.178	+0.9	+2.5	+.175	+3.9	+5.0	+.010
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805
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
difference:	+2	+13.8	+10.8	+2.6	+4.1	+6.7	+2.2	+0.7	+2.4	-1.2	-0.8	+5.9	+10.8	+.072	+0.2	+1.2	+.036	+0.8	+0.4	+.188
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633

Season 7
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+17	+12.3	+6.9	+1.9	+2.5	+4.3	+3.1	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-0.9	+2.7	+3.0	+.101	+1.5	+4.2	+.057	+2.9	+3.4	+.019
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jeremy Lin nor Amar'e Stoudemire played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+81	+9.6	+5.1	+2.8	+6.1	+8.9	+3.0	+0.6	+1.0	-0.4	-0.4	+3.6	+3.4	+.140	+1.0	+1.9	+.333	+1.1	+0.7	+.229
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754

Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+17.4	+15.7	+2.2	+3.5	+5.8	+0.5	+0.3	+1.7	-1.5	-1.6	+6.3	+11.7	+.062	+0.6	+2.2	+.141	+3.7	+4.9	+.046
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792
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
difference:	+4	+30.1	+13.4	+2.8	+4.6	+7.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.8	-2.4	-2.2	+5.0	+12.7	+.160	+0.1	+0.3		+3.5	+5.5	+.333
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667