LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Trae Young, who played 8. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
LaMarcus Aldridge	16	9	2006-07 to 2021-22
Trae Young	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+18	+8.8	+10.1	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	+7.7	+0.6	+1.0	-3.1	-1.3	+2.7	+7.9	+.085	+1.9	+6.0		+2.9	+3.3	+.107
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 LaMarcus Aldridge nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	76	34.9	17.8	2.9	4.7	7.6	1.6	0.7	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.4	15.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.143	3.0	3.9	.762
difference:	+16	+0.4	+11.8	+2.4	+1.0	+3.3	+7.7	+0.4	+1.1	-3.1	-1.5	+1.7	+5.5	+.047	+3.4	+9.4	+.218	+5.0	+5.4	+.098
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
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781
difference:	+18	+3.4	+7.2	+2.3	+1.3	+3.6	+7.5	+0.2	+0.8	-2.6	-0.8	+0.3	+2.4	+.046	+2.1	+6.0	+.093	+4.5	+4.6	+.105
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700
difference:	+10	+1.8	+9.3	+1.1	+3.6	+4.7	+8.2	+0.8	+1.7	-2.3	-0.5	+0.9	+5.1	+.072	+2.6	+8.3	+.063	+5.0	+5.1	+.166
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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	78	37.5	17.9	2.5	5.6	8.0	2.1	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.0	7.4	15.0	.495	0.1	0.2	.313	2.9	3.9	.757
difference:	+2	+2.6	+10.5	+1.8	+2.5	+4.3	+7.6		+0.5	-2.7	-1.3	+2.0	+5.3	+.035	+3.0	+7.8	+.069	+3.7	+3.4	+.147
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	38.2	19.0	1.7	4.3	6.0	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.8	2.7	6.7	15.5	.430	0.2	0.3	.500	5.5	7.3	.750
difference:	+1	+1.0	+3.6	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0	+3.8	+0.6	+1.8	-4.4	-0.1	+2.3	+1.7	+.111	+1.2	+7.3	+.316	+0.3	+0.7	+.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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+8	+4.8	+4.4	+2.6	+3.1	+5.8	+8.1	+0.1	+1.1	-2.2	-1.3	+0.5	+1.5	+.071	+2.1	+6.0	+.161	+3.5	+3.3	+.095
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:		+4.7	+8.4	+1.9	+2.0	+3.8	+8.9	+0.4	+1.0	-2.5	-1.4	+1.2	+5.6	+.058	+3.0	+9.0		+3.0	+3.2	+.068
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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+1	+0.3	+4.0	+2.3	+3.0	+5.2	+8.4	+0.4	+0.6	-2.4	-0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+.082	+3.2	+8.5	+.191	+2.3	+2.5	+.041
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
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
difference:	+2	+1.7	+3.1	+1.9	+4.1	+6.0	+9.0	+0.4	+1.0	-2.8	-0.6	+1.2	+0.3	+.073	+2.9	+8.2	+.197	+2.7	+2.7	+.065
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 LaMarcus Aldridge nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Trae Young
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822
difference:	+64	+8.4	+5.4	+2.4	+6.7	+9.1	+5.2	+0.1	+0.8	-0.2	-0.3	+4.2	+6.6	+.087	+1.0	+5.0	+.008	+2.1	+2.6	+.001
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 8 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2015 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Trae Young, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game

LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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