Joe Graboski vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Joe Graboski, 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.

Joe Graboski played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Joe Graboski had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
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Rookie Season
	Joe Graboski	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1948-49	2017-18
Team	Chicago Stags	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Stags 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		%
Joe Graboski	45	-	2.8	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	1.9	1.2	3.5	.344	-	-	-	0.4	1.1	.347
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Graboski	1	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	6.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Joe Graboski didn't play in 1950-51.

Season 6
	Joe Graboski	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1954-55	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Joe Graboski	70	35.9	13.6	-	-	9.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	15.7	.340	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.686
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Graboski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joe Graboski	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1955-56	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Joe Graboski	72	33.0	14.4	-	-	8.9	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	14.9	.369	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.706
Lauri Markkanen	55	33.1	23.2	2.2	5.9	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	7.8	16.2	.480	3.2	8.0	.399	4.5	5.0	.899
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Graboski	10	31.3	13.2	-	-	9.4	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	15.4	.344	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.743
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-