Kelvin Cato vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Kelvin Cato, 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.

Kelvin Cato played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Kelvin Cato had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kelvin Cato	10	4	1997-98 to 2006-07
Lauri Markkanen	7	0	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Kelvin Cato	74	13.6	3.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.6	2.2	1.3	3.1	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.688
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		%
Kelvin Cato	4	14.5	6.5	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.0	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.8	.727
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kelvin Cato	43	12.7	3.5	1.1	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.6	2.3	1.3	3.0	.450	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.8	1.6	.507
Lauri Markkanen	52	32.3	18.7	1.4	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.3	.430	2.3	6.4	.361	3.3	3.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	8	5.4	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	.111	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Kelvin Cato	65	24.3	8.7	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.4	0.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	3.3	6.2	.537	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.649
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Kelvin Cato	35	17.8	4.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.7	2.5	1.8	3.2	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.649
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Kelvin Cato	75	25.6	6.6	2.3	4.7	7.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.7	2.8	2.5	4.3	.583	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.582
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Kelvin Cato	73	17.1	4.5	1.8	4.1	5.9	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.8	3.5	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.7	.532
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		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Kelvin Cato	69	25.3	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.9	2.3	5.2	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.676
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		%
Kelvin Cato	5	29.2	5.8	2.8	4.0	6.8	0.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	3.6	2.6	4.4	.591	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.429
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Kelvin Cato	62	24.6	7.0	1.6	5.1	6.7	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.6	4.8	.539	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.783
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	27	12.3	3.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.9	1.3	3.1	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.743
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	4	3.8	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kelvin Cato	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Kelvin Cato	18	5.3	1.2	0.7	1.1	1.7	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.2	.318	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kelvin Cato vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Kelvin Cato, 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