Malik Beasley vs. Jermaine O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jermaine O'Neal 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, 9 less than Jermaine O'Neal, who played 18. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jermaine O'Neal had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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 6
	Malik Beasley	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+12.6	+6.9	+2.3	+5.4	+7.6	+0.1	+0.1	+2.1	-1.9	-2.6	+3.3	+4.9	+.088	+3.0	+7.9	+.306	+3.3	+4.9	+.129
Jermaine O'Neal	72	37.6	19.0	2.6	7.9	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	3.7	7.5	15.7	.479	0.0	0.2	.071	3.9	5.7	.688
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
difference:	+1	+18.2	+8.7	+0.9	+3.4	+4.3	+0.3	+0.5	+1.4	-1.6	-3.3	+3.6	+7.9	+.015	+1.3	+4.0	+.320	+2.8	+3.8	+.083
Jermaine O'Neal	5	38.0	17.2	1.2	6.4	7.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.8	6.8	15.2	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.8	.750

Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+11.4	+8.1	+2.2	+4.6	+6.8	+0.5	+0.1	+2.2	-1.2	-2.3	+3.3	+4.8	+.089	+2.8	+7.8	+.024	+4.2	+5.8	+.038
Jermaine O'Neal	77	37.2	20.8	2.6	7.7	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	7.9	16.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	4.8	6.6	.731
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:	+5	+37.2	+19.8	+3.7	+13.0	+16.8	+0.5	+0.4	+3.0	-2.8	-3.2	+6.3	+12.2	+.173	+0.6	+1.9	+.269	+8.0	+10.3	+.215
Jermaine O'Neal	6	45.5	22.8	4.0	13.5	17.5	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.2	15.3	.467	0.0	0.5	.000	8.5	10.8	.785

Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:	+1	+6.1	+8.8	+2.0	+4.3	+6.3	+0.7	+0.1	+2.5	-1.6	-1.2	+3.7	+8.8	+.009	+2.8	+6.7	+.302	+4.2	+5.5	+.043
Jermaine O'Neal	78	35.7	20.1	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.2	7.8	17.9	.434	0.0	0.2	.111	4.5	5.9	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+10	+15.8	+10.4	+1.6	+5.0	+6.6	+0.5	+0.2	+2.3	-1.3	-1.8	+3.7	+10.2	+.089	+1.8	+3.9	+.440	+4.8	+6.9
Jermaine O'Neal	16	37.6	19.2	1.8	7.3	9.1	1.2	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	17.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	6.9	.700

Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Jermaine O'Neal
Season	2024-25	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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9th 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	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:	+38	+7.0	+8.0	+1.3	+4.9	+6.2	+0.2	+0.3	+1.9	-2.0	-2.4	+3.2	+6.3	+.022	+3.9	+9.2	+.249	+5.5	+7.2	+.075
Jermaine O'Neal	44	34.8	24.3	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	3.0	3.9	8.8	19.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.9	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+7	+9.6	+2.0	+1.4	+4.1	+5.5	+1.0		+2.4	-1.6	-2.0	+1.2	+3.7	+.008	+3.3	+9.6	+.339	+2.9	+4.2	+.250
Jermaine O'Neal	13	36.8	16.0	1.6	6.4	8.0	2.2	0.5	2.6	2.8	3.7	5.9	16.2	.365	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	5.5	.750

Additional Years
* Jermaine O'Neal played 9 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2006 to 2014—Jermaine O'Neal played in 5 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Malik Beasley, Jermaine O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game