Karl Malone vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey and Karl Malone, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Karl Malone played 19 years in the NBA, 13 more than Tyrese Maxey, who played 6. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Tyrese Maxey had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
Karl Malone 19 19 1985-86 to 2003-04
Tyrese Maxey 6 4 2020-21 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Karl Malone Tyrese Maxey
Season 1985-862020-21
Team Utah JazzPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd76ers Lost East Conf Semis
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 81 30.6 14.9 2.1 6.7 8.9 2.9 1.3 0.5 3.4 3.6 6.2 12.5 .496 0.0 0.0 - 2.4 5.0 .481
difference:+20+15.3+6.9+1.9+5.2+7.2+0.9+0.9+0.3-2.7-2.3+3.0+5.5+.034+0.5+1.7+1.4+3.9+.390
Tyrese Maxey 61 15.3 8.0 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.3 3.2 7.0 .462 0.5 1.7 .301 1.0 1.1 .871
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 4 36.0 21.8 1.5 6.0 7.5 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 9.5 18.0 .528 0.0 0.0 - 2.8 6.5 .423
difference:+8+23.0+15.5+1.4+4.2+5.7+0.3+1.7+0.5-1.1-3.2+7.1+12.5+.089+0.3+1.0+1.6+4.7+.213
Tyrese Maxey 12 13.0 6.3 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.3 2.4 5.5 .439 0.3 1.0 .333 1.2 1.8 .636

Season 2
Karl Malone Tyrese Maxey
Season 1986-872021-22
Team Utah JazzPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd76ers Lost East Conf Semis
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 82 34.8 21.7 3.4 7.0 10.4 1.9 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.9 8.9 17.3 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 6.6 .598
difference:+7+0.5+4.2+3.1+4.1+7.2+2.4+0.6+0.3-1.7-1.8+2.5+4.0+.027+1.8+4.0+.427+1.1+3.3+.268
Tyrese Maxey 75 35.3 17.5 0.3 2.9 3.2 4.3 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.1 6.4 13.3 .485 1.8 4.1 .427 2.8 3.3 .866
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 5 40.0 20.0 3.0 6.6 9.6 1.2 2.2 0.8 3.4 4.0 7.4 17.6 .420 0.0 0.0 - 5.2 7.2 .722
difference:+7+0.4+0.8+2.5+3.6+6.1+2.7+1.4+0.6-1.6-2.0+0.1+2.4+.064+2.2+5.8+1.3+3.0+.218
Tyrese Maxey 12 40.4 20.8 0.5 3.0 3.5 3.9 0.8 0.2 1.8 2.0 7.3 15.2 .484 2.2 5.8 .377 3.9 4.2 .940

Season 3
Karl Malone Tyrese Maxey
Season 1987-882022-23
Team Utah JazzPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf Semis76ers Lost East Conf Semis
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 82 39.0 27.7 3.4 8.6 12.0 2.4 1.4 0.6 4.0 3.6 10.5 20.1 .520 0.0 0.1 .000 6.7 9.6 .700
difference:+22+5.4+7.4+3.0+6.0+9.1+1.1+0.6+0.5-2.7-1.4+3.2+4.9+.039+2.7+6.1+.434+3.7+6.0+.145
Tyrese Maxey 60 33.6 20.3 0.4 2.6 2.9 3.5 0.8 0.1 1.3 2.2 7.3 15.2 .481 2.7 6.2 .434 3.0 3.6 .845
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 11 44.9 29.7 3.0 8.8 11.8 1.5 1.2 0.6 3.5 3.2 11.2 23.2 .482 0.0 0.1 .000 7.4 10.2 .723
difference:+6.4+9.2+2.2+4.8+7.0+0.8+0.2+0.1-2.8-0.8+3.7+5.7+.055+3.1+7.6+.400+4.9+7.4+.180
Tyrese Maxey 11 38.5 20.5 0.8 4.0 4.8 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.7 2.4 7.5 17.5 .427 3.1 7.7 .400 2.5 2.8 .903

Season 4
Karl Malone Tyrese Maxey
Season 1988-892023-24
Team Utah JazzPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
-Achievement Most Improved Player
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Achievement All-Star Game MVP-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 80 39.1 29.1 3.2 7.4 10.7 2.7 1.8 0.9 3.6 3.6 10.1 19.5 .519 0.1 0.2 .313 8.8 11.5 .766
difference:+10+1.6+3.2+2.7+4.2+7.0+3.5+0.8+0.4-1.9-1.4+1.0+0.8+.069+2.9+7.9+.060+4.1+6.1+.102
Tyrese Maxey 70 37.5 25.9 0.5 3.2 3.7 6.2 1.0 0.5 1.7 2.2 9.1 20.3 .450 3.0 8.1 .373 4.7 5.4 .868
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 3 45.3 30.7 7.3 9.0 16.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 4.3 5.3 11.0 22.0 .500 0.0 0.0 - 8.7 10.7 .813
difference:+3+0.8+0.9+7.1+4.0+11.1+5.5+0.2-2.1-2.6+1.0+.022+3.7+9.2+4.5+6.0+.080
Tyrese Maxey 6 44.5 29.8 0.2 5.0 5.2 6.8 0.8 0.3 2.2 2.7 11.0 23.0 .478 3.7 9.2 .400 4.2 4.7 .893

Season 5
Karl Malone Tyrese Maxey
Season 1989-902024-25
Team Utah JazzPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 82 38.1 31.0 2.8 8.3 11.1 2.8 1.5 0.6 3.7 3.2 11.1 19.8 .562 0.2 0.5 .372 8.5 11.1 .762
difference:+30+0.4+4.7+2.5+5.2+7.8+3.3+0.3+0.2-1.3-1.0+1.9+1.2+.125+2.9+8.7+.035+3.6+5.5+.117
Tyrese Maxey 52 37.7 26.3 0.3 3.1 3.3 6.1 1.8 0.4 2.4 2.2 9.2 21.0 .437 3.1 9.2 .337 4.9 5.6 .879
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 5 40.6 25.2 3.2 7.0 10.2 2.2 2.2 1.0 2.4 4.4 9.2 21.0 .438 0.0 0.2 .000 6.8 9.0 .756
Tyrese Maxey DNP------ --- ----------

Season 6
Karl Malone Tyrese Maxey
Season 1990-912025-26
Team Utah JazzPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 82 40.3 29.0 2.9 8.9 11.8 3.3 1.1 1.0 3.0 3.3 10.3 19.6 .527 0.0 0.2 .286 8.3 10.8 .770
difference:+78+2.7+8.5+2.6+5.4+8.0+5.0+0.1+0.2-1.0-0.3+1.2+5.7+.072+4.5+9.3+.188+1.7+0.7+.100
Tyrese Maxey 4 43.0 37.5 0.3 3.5 3.8 8.3 1.0 0.8 2.0 3.0 11.5 25.3 .455 4.5 9.5 .474 10.0 11.5 .870
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Karl Malone 9 42.6 29.7 2.6 10.8 13.3 3.2 1.0 1.2 2.9 3.9 10.6 23.2 .455 0.0 0.9 .000 8.6 10.1 .846
Tyrese Maxey DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Karl Malone played 13 seasons more than Tyrese Maxey in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 7 to 19, from 1992 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 13 Playoffs.

In those 13 extra years over Tyrese Maxey, Karl Malone got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 Season MVP
Achievement 8 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 3 All-Defensive First Team
Achievement 10 All-Star Game
Achievement 1 All-Star Game MVP
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