Malik Beasley vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 10 less than Tim Duncan, who played 19. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Tim Duncan had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Malik Beasley	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Tim Duncan	19	18	1997-98 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+60	+31.6	+17.3	+3.1	+8.1	+11.1	+2.2	+0.4	+2.5	-3.0	-2.6	+7.1	+12.4	+.097	+0.4	+1.2	+.321	+3.5	+5.4	+.138
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667


Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+12	+29.9	+18.5	+3.0	+7.3	+10.3	+1.9	+0.7	+2.4	-2.5	-2.3	+7.2	+14.0	+.085	+0.5	+1.2	+.198	+4.5	+6.7	+.023
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748


Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+7	+15.7	+11.9	+3.1	+6.9	+9.9	+2.0	+0.2	+2.1	-2.6	-1.4	+4.2	+8.2	+.016	+2.0	+4.9	+.311	+5.5	+7.3	+.087
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761

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
Tim Duncan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+27	+16.7	+11.0	+2.9	+6.6	+9.5	+1.6	+0.2	+2.2	-2.0	-1.6	+4.5	+7.4	+.074	+1.8	+4.7	+.129	+4.0	+6.9	+.200
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639


Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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	+7.8	+5.9	+2.5	+5.8	+8.3	+1.3	+0.1	+2.3	-1.6	-0.9	+2.2	+2.1	+.068	+3.5	+8.6	+.299	+5.0	+6.3	+.051
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822


Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+2	+14.3	+11.2	+2.9	+7.2	+10.0	+2.4	+0.2	+2.7	-2.6	-1.8	+4.6	+6.4	+.122	+2.9	+7.8	+.104	+5.0	+7.0	+.107
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710

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:	+18	+22.7	+16.2	+3.7	+8.4	+12.1	+4.6	+0.3	+3.1	-2.0	-1.8	+5.9	+9.9	+.097	+1.3	+3.9	+.320	+5.7	+8.7	+.156
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677


Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+10.8	+9.6	+2.9	+6.1	+8.9	+1.6	+0.1	+2.6	-1.6	-1.1	+4.0	+5.5	+.106	+2.9	+7.9	+.190	+4.5	+7.7	+.170
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599

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:	+1	+32.1	+19.1	+3.0	+7.5	+10.6	+3.0	+0.7	+2.0	-4.0	-2.9	+7.4	+12.8	+.228	+0.6	+2.3	+.269	+5.0	+8.2	+.368
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632


Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+13	+3.8	+9.0	+2.6	+4.8	+7.4	+1.3		+2.5	-1.2	-0.2	+3.7	+6.7	+.053	+2.8	+6.8	+.080	+4.3	+6.5	+.044
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670

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:	+17	+15.9	+14.8	+3.6	+6.4	+9.9	+2.0	+0.4	+2.3	-2.2	-1.4	+5.1	+11.7	+.048	+1.8	+4.0	+.240	+6.4	+8.9
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717


Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Tim Duncan
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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:	+2	+7.0	+2.3	+2.3	+6.1	+8.4	+1.5		+1.9	-1.5	-1.2	+1.6	+1.7	+.054	+3.9	+9.2	+.016	+3.0	+5.0	+.050
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629

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	+10.7	+11.8	+2.3	+5.7	+8.0	+2.1	+0.3	+1.7	-1.4	-2.1	+4.6	+3.7	+.200	+3.3	+9.6	+.339	+5.9	+8.8	+.282
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718


Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 10 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2007 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Malik Beasley, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 7 All-Star Game

Malik Beasley vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years