Lauri Markkanen vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice and Lauri Markkanen, 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.

Lauri Markkanen played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Glen Rice, who played 15. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Lauri Markkanen	Glen Rice
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
difference:	+9	+0.3	+1.6	+0.1	+3.0	+2.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-1.1	+0.6	+1.2	+.005	+1.9	+5.0	+.116	+0.9	+0.8	+.109
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Glen Rice
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
difference:	+16	+2.4	+3.3	+0.8	+3.3	+4.0	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4		-0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+.024	+0.7	+2.2	+.019	+1.5	+1.5	+.020
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Lauri Markkanen	Glen Rice
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	55	33.1	23.2	2.2	5.9	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	7.8	16.2	.480	3.2	8.0	.399	4.5	5.0	.899
difference:	+24	+6.7	+1.6	+1.1	+2.2	+3.4	+0.9	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.9	+0.1	+0.2	+.009	+1.0	+2.9	+.025	+0.5	+0.2	+.062
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Lauri Markkanen	Glen Rice
Season	2024-25	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Lauri Markkanen	47	31.4	19.0	1.5	4.4	5.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.3	14.9	.423	2.9	8.5	.346	3.4	3.9	.876
difference:	+32	+11.2	+7.8	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.7	+2.8	+4.3	+.054	+0.3	+2.9	+.124	+2.5	+2.9	+.009
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913

Additional Years
* Glen Rice played 7 seasons more than Lauri Markkanen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 1998 to 2004—Glen Rice played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Lauri Markkanen, Glen Rice got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game