Lauri Markkanen vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kiki Vandeweghe, who played 13. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kiki Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
	Lauri Markkanen	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	2017-18	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	51	27.0	11.5	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	4.5	10.5	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.1	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Lauri Markkanen	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	35.5	26.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.4	10.3	18.7	.547	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	6.8	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	39.6	26.8	0.8	5.8	6.5	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	10.9	20.0	.544	0.0	0.5	.000	5.0	6.3	.800

Season 4
	Lauri Markkanen	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Kiki Vandeweghe	78	35.1	29.4	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.4	11.5	20.6	.558	0.1	0.4	.367	6.3	7.4	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	5	36.0	25.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	4.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.8	9.8	19.2	.510	0.4	1.0	.400	5.4	5.6	.964

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	35.3	24.8	1.2	1.6	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.0	9.1	16.9	.540	0.0	0.1	.125	6.6	7.6	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	37.3	28.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	3.0	10.0	17.3	.580	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	8.0	1.000