Kyle Kuzma vs. Kenyon Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenyon Martin and Kyle Kuzma, 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 Kuzma played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Kenyon Martin, who played 15. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kenyon Martin had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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.

Rookie Season
	Kyle Kuzma	Kenyon Martin
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
difference:	+9	+2.2	+4.1	+0.9	+0.3	+1.1	+0.1	+0.5	+1.3	-0.2	-2.0	+1.0	+2.1	+.005	+2.1	+5.4	+.275	+0.1	+0.1	+.077
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyle Kuzma nor Kenyon Martin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Kenyon Martin
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost NBA 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		%
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
difference:	+16	+9.1	+3.9	+1.2	+2.6	+3.8	+1.1	+0.8	+0.5	-1.0	-1.7	+1.8	+3.1	+.034	+1.3	+3.9	+.107	+1.4	+2.6	+.082
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784
difference:	+1	+15.8	+8.9	+1.6	+4.7	+6.3	+2.1	+1.2	+1.3	-1.9	-2.2	+3.8	+8.0	+.023	+1.1	+3.4	+.222	+2.6	+3.9	+.091
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

Season 4
	Kyle Kuzma	Kenyon Martin
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691
difference:	+3	+5.9	+3.8	+0.4	+2.9	+3.4	+0.6	+1.0	+0.7	-0.9	-1.7	+1.9	+2.7	+.045	+1.9	+5.2	+.081	+2.1	+3.1	+.007
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667
difference:	+5	+15.6	+12.8	+1.6	+5.5	+7.2	+0.1	+0.9	+1.1	-1.9	-3.2	+5.1	+5.8	+.241	+0.7	+3.4	+.174	+3.4	+4.3	+.083
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