Jeremy Lin vs. Kenyon Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenyon Martin 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, 6 less than Kenyon Martin, who played 15. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Kenyon Martin had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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	Kenyon Martin
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+39	+23.6	+9.4	+1.6	+4.6	+6.2	+0.5		+1.4	-1.4	-3.0	+4.1	+8.9	+.056			+.109	+1.1	+1.9	+.130
Kenyon Martin	68	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	5.1	11.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.091	1.8	2.8	.630
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jeremy Lin nor Kenyon Martin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jeremy Lin	Kenyon Martin
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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4th 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	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
difference:	+6	+5.7	+4.2	+1.5	+5.2	+6.9	+1.6	+0.5	+0.9	-0.1	-1.2	+2.6	+4.5	+.042	+1.1	+2.8	+.078		+0.8	+.139
Kenyon Martin	65	34.6	16.7	2.0	7.4	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.8	13.8	.488	0.1	0.4	.280	3.1	4.5	.684
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
difference:	+5	+7.6	+7.8	+1.1	+6.2	+7.3	+3.2	+0.7	+1.1	-0.7	-2.0	+3.2	+3.6	+.123	+0.8	+3.4	+.217	+2.2	+3.1	+.063
Kenyon Martin	11	37.1	19.1	2.3	8.7	11.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	13.8	.533	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.8	.750

Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Kenyon Martin
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+12.6	+2.1	+0.9	+2.7	+3.6	+1.1	+0.9	+0.9	-0.1	-1.1	+1.6	+2.5	+.051	+0.5	+1.9	+.074	+0.6	+0.2	+.234
Kenyon Martin	66	32.0	11.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	2.0	1.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	4.8	9.8	.491	0.2	0.6	.368	1.8	3.0	.604
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:	+8	+30.2	+9.8	+1.5	+4.0	+5.5	+1.6	+1.0	+0.9	-1.0	-3.5	+4.4	+8.3	+.275			+.300	+0.9	+1.7	+.343
Kenyon Martin	16	33.6	10.9	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.9	1.6	3.8	4.7	9.4	.497	0.1	0.3	.200	1.4	2.2	.657