Lauri Markkanen vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell 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, 5 less than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
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	+5.9	+0.2	+0.2	+3.8	+4.0	+2.6	+1.0	+0.1	-1.4	-0.7	+0.3	+0.1	+.030	+1.2	+3.3	+.007	+0.6	+1.3	+.097
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Lauri Markkanen	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Lauri Markkanen	52	32.3	18.7	1.4	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.3	.430	2.3	6.4	.361	3.3	3.8	.872
difference:	+30	+10.8	+2.3	+0.4	+3.7	+4.1	+3.3	+1.5	+0.3	-1.2	-0.4	+0.9	+2.0	+.003	+0.6	+1.6		+1.0	+1.8	+.098
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Lauri Markkanen	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+10.4	+5.9	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+2.5	+0.8	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+2.1	+5.2	+.007	+0.9	+1.6	+.068	+2.6	+3.4	+.043
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Lauri Markkanen	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
difference:	+19	+11.1	+9.4	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+5.0	+1.0	+0.1	-3.1	-0.2	+3.0	+6.6	+.004	+0.4	+1.0	+.004	+3.9	+4.7	+.025
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
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:	+52	+4.7	+4.2	+1.5	+3.6	+5.0	+3.0	+0.8	+0.2	-1.2	-0.2	+0.8	+2.5	+.102	+2.4	+4.3	+.203	+0.3	+0.7	+.130
Latrell Sprewell	14	39.1	21.4	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	3.1	1.9	7.9	19.8	.397	0.6	3.4	.188	5.0	6.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Latrell Sprewell played 5 seasons more than Lauri Markkanen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2001 to 2005—Latrell Sprewell played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Lauri Markkanen, Latrell Sprewell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game