Malik Beasley vs. Artis Gilmore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Artis Gilmore and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Artis Gilmore, who played 12. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Artis Gilmore had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Artis Gilmore
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	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		%
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667
difference:	+20	+28.0	+19.7	+3.7	+8.3	+12.0	+2.7	+0.3	+2.1	-4.1	-2.6	+7.4	+12.5	+.149				+5.3	+7.7	+.037
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Artis Gilmore played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Artis Gilmore
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
difference:	+1	+16.6	+12.4	+3.2	+7.1	+10.2	+2.1	+0.1	+1.8	-3.1	-2.0	+4.9	+6.9	+.101				+4.6	+6.4	+.109
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Artis Gilmore
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
difference:	+45	+1.7	+1.7	+1.9	+3.8	+5.7	+0.3	+0.2	+2.2	-1.3	-1.9	+0.4	+6.2	+.230	+3.5	+8.7		+2.8	+4.3	+.145
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691

Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Artis Gilmore
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
difference:	+3	+9.1	+6.4	+2.4	+5.0	+7.3	+0.2	+0.1	+2.5	-2.3	-2.4	+2.5	+0.6	+.261	+3.0	+8.1		+4.6	+5.9	+.049
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	6.7	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Artis Gilmore
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+1	+8.3	+5.3	+3.2	+5.3	+8.5		+0.3	+2.2	-2.0	-2.0	+2.2	+0.8	+.231	+2.9	+8.0	+.357	+3.9	+5.2	+.029
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:		+28.2	+13.7	+3.1	+9.0	+12.2	+1.4	+0.7	+3.1	-2.3	-3.7	+6.0	+8.9	+.282	+0.6	+2.4		+2.4	+3.7	+.304
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696

Additional Years
* Artis Gilmore played 3 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 12, from 1986 to 1988—Artis Gilmore played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Malik Beasley, Artis Gilmore got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game