John Starks vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry and John Starks, 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 / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

John Starks played 13 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. John Starks had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
John Starks	13	9	1988-89 to 2001-02
Jason Terry	19	13	1999-00 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1988-89	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
difference:	+45	+14.5	+4.0	+0.1	+1.1	+0.9	+3.5	+0.5		-0.8	-0.6	+1.7	+3.9	+.007	+0.3	+1.2	+.092	+0.5	+0.3	+.153
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Starks nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1990-91	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752
difference:	+21	+18.5	+12.1		+1.1	+1.2	+1.6	+0.3	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+4.3	+10.0	+.003	+1.1	+2.3	+.105	+2.4	+2.7	+.094
Jason Terry	82	37.7	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.9	2.5	7.3	16.7	.436	1.5	3.8	.395	3.7	4.4	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1991-92	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
John Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778
difference:	+4	+12.2	+5.4		+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+0.5		-0.5	-0.8	+1.8	+4.6	+.019	+1.1	+2.4	+.039	+0.7	+0.7	+.057
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1992-93	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
difference:	+1	+7.0	+0.3	+0.2	+1.1	+0.8	+2.3	+0.5		-0.9	-0.7	+0.4	+0.9		+0.6	+1.1	+.050	+0.1	+0.5	+.092
Jason Terry	81	38.0	17.2	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.4	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	2.0	5.3	.371	3.2	3.6	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1993-94	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+22	+2.4	+2.2		+1.0	+1.0	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+0.7	+1.8	+.003	+0.1	+0.5	+.012	+0.5	+1.0	+.073
Jason Terry	81	37.3	16.8	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.4	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.4	6.2	14.8	.417	1.8	5.2	.347	2.7	3.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1994-95	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737
difference:		+4.1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-1.0	+0.5	+4.0	+.106	+1.4	+4.5	+.065	+0.3	+0.7	+.107
Jason Terry	80	30.0	12.4	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.7	9.3	.501	1.3	3.1	.420	1.8	2.2	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619
difference:	+2	+4.0	+1.9	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	-0.1	-1.4	+0.9	+0.6	+.056	+0.6	+2.4	+.080	+0.5	+0.5	+.265
Jason Terry	13	38.5	17.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.6	1.3	0.5	2.3	2.2	6.2	12.3	.506	2.1	4.2	.491	2.9	3.3	.884


Season 7
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1995-96	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
John Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753
difference:	+1	+4.2	+4.5		+0.9	+0.9	+0.1		+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+1.9	+3.3	+.027	+0.3	+0.3	+.050	+0.5	+0.5	+.047
Jason Terry	80	35.0	17.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.5	6.5	13.7	.470	2.1	5.2	.411	2.1	2.6	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744
difference:	+14	+0.9	+2.9	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	-1.1	-0.8	+2.5	+5.9	+.006	+1.2	+1.0	+.160	+0.9	+1.7	+.087
Jason Terry	22	38.4	18.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.5	7.4	16.8	.442	1.4	4.6	.307	2.7	3.2	.831


Season 8
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1996-97	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
difference:	+4	+8.6	+2.9		+0.1	+0.2	+2.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+1.5	+2.0	+.053	+0.1	+0.7	+.069	+0.2	+0.4	+.035
Jason Terry	81	35.1	16.7	0.5	2.3	2.9	5.2	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.3	13.1	.484	2.0	4.6	.438	2.0	2.5	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806
difference:	+3	+9.9	+3.0	+0.3	+0.9	+1.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-0.8	+1.6	+4.3	+.020	+0.1	+0.7	+.036	+0.3	+0.4	+.027
Jason Terry	6	38.2	17.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.5	15.3	.424	1.5	5.3	.281	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 9
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1997-98	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
John Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787
difference:		+4.8	+2.6	+0.2		+0.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+.074	+0.1	+0.5	+.048		+0.2	+.070
Jason Terry	82	31.5	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.7	12.3	.467	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875
difference:	+5	+4.6	+0.6	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+2.5	+1.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.5	+0.7	+0.5	+.039	+0.3	+0.5	+.014	+0.5	+0.6	+.008
Jason Terry	5	36.0	15.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.0	5.2	12.0	.433	2.8	6.4	.438	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 10
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1998-99	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	50	33.7	13.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.7	5.4	14.6	.370	1.6	5.4	.290	1.5	2.0	.740
difference:	+24		+5.8	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+1.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+1.9	+1.2	+.093	+0.7	+0.8	+.076	+1.2	+1.0	+.140
Jason Terry	74	33.7	19.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	7.3	15.8	.463	2.3	6.2	.366	2.7	3.0	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	10	32.5	14.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.9	12.6	.389	2.2	5.9	.373	2.3	3.0	.767


Season 11
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	1999-00	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	37	32.2	13.9	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.5	14.6	.375	1.6	4.6	.345	1.4	1.6	.847
difference:	+40	+0.8	+2.7	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0	+0.4	+1.1	+.063	+0.2	+0.2	+.020	+1.6	+1.9	+.019
Jason Terry	77	33.0	16.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	1.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.8	4.8	.365	3.0	3.5	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	6	29.0	12.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.7	4.3	11.5	.377	2.0	5.0	.400	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 12
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	2000-01	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	75	28.3	9.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.6	9.1	.398	0.9	2.4	.352	1.2	1.5	.802
difference:	+7	+3.0	+6.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-1.2	+2.4	+4.2	+.053	+0.6	+1.9	+.010	+1.0	+1.1	+.048
Jason Terry	82	31.3	15.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	6.0	13.3	.451	1.5	4.3	.362	2.2	2.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	3	12.0	3.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+18	+20.6	+13.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+2.9	+0.9	+0.2	-0.8	-0.4	+4.8	+8.8	+.145	+1.7	+3.2	+.192	+2.6	+3.3	+.157
Jason Terry	21	32.6	17.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	2.1	6.1	12.8	.478	2.0	4.5	.442	3.3	4.0	.843


Season 13
	John Starks	Jason Terry
Season	2001-02	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	66	14.1	4.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.9	1.7	4.7	.368	0.4	1.4	.305	0.5	0.6	.805
difference:	+3	+17.6	+10.7	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+2.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.2	-0.8	+4.0	+8.5	+.062	+1.8	+4.4	+.073	+1.1	+1.2	+.078
Jason Terry	63	31.7	15.1	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.1	5.7	13.2	.430	2.2	5.8	.378	1.6	1.8	.883

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	4	34.8	13.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.8	0.3	0.0	2.0	2.8	5.0	11.0	.455	2.5	5.0	.500	1.3	2.0	.625

Additional Years

* Jason Terry played 6 seasons more than John Starks in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2013 to 2018—Jason Terry played in 5 Playoffs.

John Starks vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry and John Starks, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years