Jeremy Lin vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 2 less than Tom McMillen, who played 11. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Tom McMillen had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Tom McMillen	11	8	1975-76 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Golden State Warriors	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Braves Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Tom McMillen	50	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	-	1.7	1.9	4.4	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2011-12	1976-77
Team	New York Knicks	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Tom McMillen	76	19.6	8.5	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.9	0.1	0.1	-	2.1	3.6	7.4	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Tom McMillen	68	24.8	9.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.6	3.4	4.1	8.4	.493	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800

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
Tom McMillen	2	37.5	13.0	3.5	7.5	11.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2013-14	1978-79
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Tom McMillen	82	17.0	7.0	1.6	2.5	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.6	2.8	6.1	.466	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.891

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
Tom McMillen	9	18.1	6.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	5.1	.435	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.842


Season 5
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2014-15	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Tom McMillen	53	20.2	8.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	7.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2015-16	1980-81
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Tom McMillen	79	19.8	7.4	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	6.6	.487	0.0	0.1	.167	1.0	1.4	.741

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
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Tom McMillen	73	24.5	9.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	4.0	7.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	2	23.5	10.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 8
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Tom McMillen	61	22.4	8.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.2	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	3	13.0	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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		%
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
Tom McMillen	62	20.9	9.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	7.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	2.5	.814

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
Tom McMillen	4	10.5	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 10
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	69	22.4	8.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.7	7.7	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	7.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Jeremy Lin	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	56	15.4	5.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.1	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	4	13.5	4.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Jeremy Lin vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11