Kyle Korver vs. Jermaine O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jermaine O'Neal 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.

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, 1 less than Jermaine O'Neal, who played 18. Kyle Korver had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Jermaine O'Neal had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Season 6
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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:	+6	+13.6	+10.0	+2.2	+5.0	+7.2	+0.2		+1.9	-1.2	-1.5	+4.4	+8.5	+.041	+1.3	+3.2	+.315	+2.5	+4.1	+.194
Jermaine O'Neal	72	37.6	19.0	2.6	7.9	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	3.7	7.5	15.7	.479	0.0	0.2	.071	3.9	5.7	.688
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:		+10.8	+6.6	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+1.6	+0.2	+1.4	-2.4	-3.0	+3.2	+6.0	+.056	+2.4	+5.0	+.462	+2.6	+3.4	+.036
Jermaine O'Neal	5	38.0	17.2	1.2	6.4	7.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.8	6.8	15.2	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.8	.750

Season 7
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2009-10	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+18.9	+13.6	+2.4	+5.8	+8.2	+0.3	+0.4	+2.1	-1.5	-2.1	+5.2	+11.0	+.009	+1.0	+1.8	+.203	+4.0	+5.7	+.065
Jermaine O'Neal	77	37.2	20.8	2.6	7.7	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	7.9	16.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	4.8	6.6	.731
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
difference:	+4	+24.5	+14.5	+4.0	+12.4	+16.4	+0.6		+3.0	-2.3	-1.5	+4.0	+9.2	+.058	+1.1	+1.8	+.478	+7.7	+9.9	+.104
Jermaine O'Neal	6	45.5	22.8	4.0	13.5	17.5	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.2	15.3	.467	0.0	0.5	.000	8.5	10.8	.785

Season 8
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2010-11	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+15.6	+11.8	+2.4	+5.8	+8.2	+0.6	+0.4	+2.4	-1.6	-1.3	+4.8	+11.1		+1.5	+3.3	+.304	+3.6	+4.8	+.128
Jermaine O'Neal	78	35.7	20.1	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.2	7.8	17.9	.434	0.0	0.2	.111	4.5	5.9	.757
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
difference:		+20.3	+12.6	+1.7	+6.2	+7.9	+0.1		+2.1	-0.8	-1.1	+4.8	+10.9	+.035	+1.4	+3.0	+.423	+4.4	+6.5	+.300
Jermaine O'Neal	16	37.6	19.2	1.8	7.3	9.1	1.2	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	17.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	6.9	.700

Season 9
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2011-12	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+21	+12.2	+16.2	+1.5	+4.9	+6.4	+0.2		+1.8	-2.2	-2.2	+6.1	+13.1	+.020	+1.8	+4.1	+.268	+5.9	+7.9	+.079
Jermaine O'Neal	44	34.8	24.3	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	3.0	3.9	8.8	19.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.9	.754
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:	+7	+21.1	+12.2	+1.4	+4.9	+6.3	+0.7		+2.1	-2.0	-2.0	+4.4	+12.5	+.044	+0.7	+2.0	+.308	+4.0	+5.2	+.250
Jermaine O'Neal	13	36.8	16.0	1.6	6.4	8.0	2.2	0.5	2.6	2.8	3.7	5.9	16.2	.365	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	5.5	.750

Season 10
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2012-13	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Korver	74	30.5	10.9	0.3	3.6	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.3	3.7	8.1	.461	2.6	5.6	.457	0.9	1.1	.859
difference:	+23	+4.8	+9.2	+1.7	+3.7	+5.3	+0.6	+0.4	+1.8	-2.1	-1.2	+3.8	+7.7	+.011	+2.5	+5.4	+.157	+4.2	+6.1	+.150
Jermaine O'Neal	51	35.3	20.1	2.0	7.3	9.3	2.6	0.5	2.3	3.0	3.5	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.300	5.1	7.2	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	6	29.5	10.2	0.0	3.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	8.2	.388	2.0	5.7	.353	1.8	2.0	.917
difference:		+6.5	+10.8	+1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+1.0	+0.2	+1.6	-3.3	-2.4	+4.1	+5.8	+.136	+2.0	+5.4	+.353	+4.5	+6.8	+.200
Jermaine O'Neal	6	36.0	21.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	4.3	4.7	7.3	14.0	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	6.3	8.8	.717

Season 11
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2013-14	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyle Korver	71	33.9	12.0	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.9	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.1	8.6	.475	2.6	5.5	.472	1.2	1.3	.926
difference:	+2	+1.7	+7.4	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+0.5	+0.3	+2.3	-1.5	-1.3	+3.1	+7.9	+.039	+2.6	+5.4	+.472	+3.8	+5.2	+.159
Jermaine O'Neal	69	35.6	19.4	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.4	0.7	2.6	2.9	3.4	7.2	16.5	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	5.0	6.5	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	7	35.7	13.4	0.3	5.0	5.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.3	9.4	.455	3.3	7.7	.426	1.6	1.7	.917
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Kyle Korver	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyle Korver	75	32.2	12.1	0.2	3.9	4.1	2.6	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.9	8.0	.487	2.9	6.0	.492	1.4	1.6	.898
difference:	+33	+3.5	+1.5	+1.8	+0.9	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	+1.5	-1.1	-1.2	+1.5	+4.2	+.048	+2.9	+5.9	+.492	+1.5	+2.3	+.156
Jermaine O'Neal	42	28.7	13.6	2.0	4.8	6.7	2.2	0.5	2.1	2.5	3.1	5.4	12.2	.439	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.9	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	14	37.6	11.1	0.1	4.9	5.0	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	3.7	9.5	.391	2.8	7.9	.355	0.9	1.1	.813
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-