Larry Foust vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Larry Foust, 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.

Larry Foust played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Larry Foust had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1950-51	2010-11
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	68	-	13.5	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	13.9	.346	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	.659
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	3	-	12.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	1.7	4.7	15.0	.311	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1951-52	2011-12
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	66	39.6	15.9	-	-	13.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	15.0	.394	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.678
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		%
Larry Foust	2	38.5	15.0	-	-	15.0	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.857
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1952-53	2012-13
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	67	34.4	14.3	-	-	11.5	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.6	12.9	.360	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
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		%
Larry Foust	8	41.5	19.1	-	-	13.9	0.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	15.1	.397	-	-	-	7.1	8.5	.838
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
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1953-54	2013-14
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	72	37.4	15.1	-	-	13.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	12.8	.409	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
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		%
Larry Foust	4	32.3	10.3	-	-	9.5	1.8	-	-	-	5.3	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760
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
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1954-55	2014-15
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	70	32.3	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	11.7	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.766
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		%
Larry Foust	11	30.1	15.6	-	-	9.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	13.8	.395	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1955-56	2015-16
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	72	28.1	16.2	-	-	9.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	11.4	.447	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.778
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		%
Larry Foust	10	28.9	16.8	-	-	12.7	1.4	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	13.0	.377	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787
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 8
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1957-58	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	72	30.6	16.8	-	-	12.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	13.6	.398	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.756
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		%
Larry Foust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Larry Foust	Jeremy Lin
Season	1958-59	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Foust	72	26.8	12.3	-	-	8.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	10.7	.390	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.765
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		%
Larry Foust	13	31.1	11.8	-	-	10.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.3	.418	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.820
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