Lauri Markkanen vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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, 1 more than Trae Young, who played 7. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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.

Rookie Season
	Lauri Markkanen	Trae Young
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
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:	+13	+1.2	+3.9	+0.4	+3.4	+3.8	+6.9	+0.3	+0.4	-2.6	-0.2	+1.0	+2.8	+.016	+0.2	+0.1	+.038	+2.1	+2.7	+.014
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 Lauri Markkanen nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Lauri Markkanen	Trae Young
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
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:	+8	+3.0	+10.9	+0.9	+3.9	+4.7	+7.9	+0.4	+0.5	-3.2	-0.6	+2.5	+5.5	+.007	+1.1	+3.1		+4.7	+5.5	+.012
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 Lauri Markkanen nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Lauri Markkanen	Trae Young
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+25	+9.1	+14.8		+1.5	+1.6	+8.8	+0.4	+0.2	-3.0	-0.2	+4.5	+10.1	+.020	+0.8	+2.2	+.020	+5.1	+5.5	+.078
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	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		%
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:	+12	+1.6	+0.1	+1.6	+4.4	+5.8	+8.9	+0.7	+0.4	-2.5	-0.1	+0.7	+1.4	+.069	+0.2	+1.0	+.018	+1.1	+1.5	+.020
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 Lauri Markkanen nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Lauri Markkanen	Trae Young
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	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:	+21	+2.9	+1.0	+1.7	+3.3	+5.1	+9.6	+0.3	+0.3	-3.3	-0.1	+0.4	+1.9	+.069	+0.3	+0.4	+.059	+2.0	+2.4	+.024
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 Lauri Markkanen nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7