Kenyon Martin vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Kenyon Martin, 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

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.

Kenyon Martin played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Trae Young, who played 8. Kenyon Martin had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Kenyon Martin	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15
Trae Young	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kenyon Martin	68	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	5.1	11.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.091	1.8	2.8	.630
difference:	+13	+2.5	+7.1	+1.2	+2.5	+3.7	+6.2	+0.2	+1.5	-1.8	-2.4	+1.4	+4.1	+.027	+1.9	+5.8	+.233	+2.4	+2.3	+.199
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kenyon Martin nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kenyon Martin	73	34.3	14.9	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.6	1.2	1.7	2.4	3.6	6.1	13.2	.463	0.2	0.9	.224	2.5	3.7	.678
difference:	+13	+1.0	+14.7	+1.0	+0.1	+1.0	+6.7	+0.1	+1.6	-2.4	-1.9	+3.0	+7.6	+.026	+3.2	+8.6	+.137	+5.5	+5.6	+.182
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	20	37.5	16.8	1.5	4.3	5.8	2.9	1.2	1.3	2.6	4.3	6.5	15.2	.424	0.1	0.5	.222	3.8	5.5	.691
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	77	34.1	16.7	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.4	1.3	0.9	2.5	3.8	6.6	14.1	.470	0.1	0.6	.209	3.3	5.1	.653
difference:	+14	+0.4	+8.6	+1.5	+2.9	+4.4	+7.0	+0.5	+0.7	-1.6	-2.0	+1.1	+3.6	+.032	+2.1	+5.7	+.134	+4.4	+3.6	+.233
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	20	38.8	18.9	2.5	6.9	9.4	2.9	1.5	1.6	2.9	4.6	7.5	16.5	.453	0.1	0.6	.091	4.0	5.7	.693
difference:	+4	+1.1	+9.9	+2.1	+4.5	+6.6	+6.6	+0.2	+1.6	-1.1	-2.4	+1.9	+5.9	+.035	+2.7	+8.4	+.222	+3.3	+2.7	+.173
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 4
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	65	34.6	16.7	2.0	7.4	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.8	13.8	.488	0.1	0.4	.280	3.1	4.5	.684
difference:	+11	+0.3	+11.7	+1.3	+4.3	+5.8	+7.2	+0.6	+1.2	-1.4	-1.8	+2.6	+6.5	+.028	+3.0	+7.6	+.102	+3.5	+2.8	+.220
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	11	37.1	19.1	2.3	8.7	11.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	13.8	.533	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.8	.750
difference:	+6	+0.1	+3.7	+1.3	+4.7	+6.0	+4.9	+0.6	+1.3	-3.3	-1.9	+3.0		+.214	+1.4	+7.2	+.184	+0.8	+0.8	+.038
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788


Season 5
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	70	32.5	15.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.4	1.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	6.3	13.0	.490	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	4.4	.646
difference:	+3	+2.3	+10.7	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+7.8	+0.3	+1.0	-2.0	-1.9	+1.9	+6.0	+.061	+2.1	+6.1	+.335	+5.0	+4.4	+.240
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	5	32.8	12.4	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	4.4	5.4	11.6	.466	0.0	0.2	.000	1.6	2.6	.615
difference:	+1	+5.5	+16.8	+0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+9.0	+0.7	+0.3	-2.6	-2.6	+4.6	+13.2	+.063	+3.0	+8.8	+.333	+4.6	+4.6	+.245
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860


Season 6
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	56	27.6	12.9	1.7	4.6	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.1	5.3	10.7	.495	0.1	0.4	.227	2.2	3.0	.712
difference:	+2	+8.4	+12.8	+1.3	+2.3	+3.5	+9.4	+0.5	+0.7	-3.1	-1.1	+2.7	+8.0	+.065	+3.1	+8.3	+.146	+4.2	+4.5	+.143
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	2	17.5	4.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	6.5	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	2	31.5	9.5	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	6.0	.250
difference:	+74	+4.5	+14.7	+2.5	+4.4	+6.9	+11.1	+1.2	+0.2	-2.2	-3.1	+3.4	+10.1	+.089	+2.9	+7.9	+.340	+5.0	+1.4	+.625
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kenyon Martin nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Kenyon Martin	Trae Young
Season	2007-08	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kenyon Martin	71	30.4	12.4	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	3.3	5.3	9.8	.538	0.0	0.2	.182	1.7	3.0	.580
difference:	+66	+2.6	+5.4	+1.5	+3.0	+4.5	+6.5	+0.4	+1.0	-0.7	-1.5	+0.1	+4.2	+.167	+1.0	+5.0	+.010	+4.7	+4.8	+.241
Trae Young	5	27.8	17.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	5.2	14.0	.371	1.0	5.2	.192	6.4	7.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenyon Martin	4	29.5	8.8	3.3	3.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.5	2.3	5.0	3.8	8.5	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Kenyon Martin played 7 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 2009 to 2015—Kenyon Martin played in 5 Playoffs.

Kenyon Martin vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Kenyon Martin, 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

Additional Years