Kyle Korver vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Kyle Korver, 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.

Kyle Korver played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Kyle Korver had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Kyle Korver	17	14	2003-04 to 2019-20
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2003-04	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kyle Korver	74	11.9	4.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.4	.352	1.1	2.8	.391	0.3	0.3	.792
difference:	+45	+2.1	+1.9		+0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+0.8	+0.2		-0.3	+0.6	+1.9	+.037	+1.1	+2.6	+.191	+0.4	+0.6	+.032
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Korver nor Jeremy Lin played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2004-05	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Kyle Korver	82	32.5	11.5	0.5	4.1	4.6	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.2	3.9	9.3	.418	2.8	6.8	.405	1.0	1.2	.854
difference:	+47	+5.6	+3.1		+1.6	+1.5	+4.0	+0.3	+0.1	-2.3	-1.0	+1.0	+1.6	+.028	+2.1	+4.7	+.085	+3.2	+4.0	+.056
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	5	28.8	5.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	1.6	5.6	.286	1.4	4.8	.292	0.4	0.4	1.000
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Korver	82	31.3	11.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.7	4.0	9.3	.430	2.2	5.3	.420	1.2	1.5	.849
difference:		+0.9	+1.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+4.1	+0.8	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+0.8	+1.6	+.011	+1.1	+2.2	+.081	+1.4	+1.9	+.064
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 4
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2006-07	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Kyle Korver	74	30.9	14.4	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.5	5.0	11.4	.440	1.8	4.1	.430	2.6	2.8	.914
difference:	+3	+2.0	+1.9	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+0.8	+2.1	+.006	+0.6	+0.9	+.072	+0.5	+0.9	+.091
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813


Season 5
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kyle Korver	75	23.1	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.6	3.4	7.7	.443	1.5	3.9	.375	1.6	1.7	.915
difference:	+1	+2.7	+1.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+3.3	+0.5		-1.2		+0.3	+1.1	+.019	+0.6	+1.5	+.006	+1.3	+1.9	+.120
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	12	21.6	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.1	.411	0.9	3.2	.289	1.9	2.1	.920
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Korver	78	24.0	9.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.1	7.2	.438	1.3	3.4	.386	1.4	1.6	.882
difference:		+2.3	+2.7	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+1.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+0.7	+2.1	+.026	+0.3	+0.5	+.050	+1.7	+2.1	+.067
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	5	27.2	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.8	3.6	9.2	.391	2.4	5.2	.462	1.0	1.4	.714
difference:	+2	+0.2	+1.8		+0.1	+0.1		+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-1.2	+0.1	+0.2	+.022	+2.0	+3.2	+.248	+3.6	+4.2	+.107
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 7
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kyle Korver	52	18.3	7.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.7	5.4	.493	1.1	2.1	.536	0.8	0.9	.796
difference:	+16	+6.2	+7.3	+0.1	+1.5	+1.7	+3.4	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-0.7	+2.2	+5.7	+.055	+0.5	+2.2	+.164	+2.4	+3.0	+.020
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	10	21.0	8.3	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.2	6.1	.525	1.1	2.3	.478	0.8	0.9	.889
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Kyle Korver	82	20.1	8.3	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.8	.434	1.5	3.5	.415	0.9	1.1	.885
difference:	+81	+4.9	+9.7	+0.1	+1.7	+1.8	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	-2.3	-1.1	+2.0	+5.2	+.017	+0.5	+1.5	+.085	+6.1	+5.9	+.115
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	16	17.3	6.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.2	2.4	6.1	.388	1.4	3.3	.423	0.4	0.4	1.000
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kyle Korver	Jeremy Lin
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kyle Korver	65	22.6	8.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.7	6.3	.432	1.8	4.2	.435	0.8	1.0	.833
difference:	+9	+3.2	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1		+1.4			-0.9	-0.2	+0.5	+1.0	+.008	+1.1	+1.7	+.141	+1.6	+1.8	+.005
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	6	15.7	3.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.7	1.5	3.7	.409	0.7	2.2	.308	0.2	0.3	.500
difference:	+2	+12.3	+2.7	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.4	+1.2	+2.6	+.187	+0.6	+1.9	+.192	+0.3	+0.2	+.500
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Additional Years
* Kyle Korver played 8 seasons more than Jeremy Lin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2013 to 2020—Kyle Korver played in 8 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jeremy Lin, Kyle Korver got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Kyle Korver vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Kyle Korver, 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

Additional Years