Markelle Fultz vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Markelle Fultz, 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.

Markelle Fultz played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Lauri Markkanen, who played 9. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Markelle Fultz	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Markelle Fultz	14	18.1	7.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.2	7.9	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.5	.476
difference:	+54	+11.6	+8.1	+0.4	+4.0	+4.4	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3		-0.1	+2.3	+4.8	+.029	+2.1	+5.8	+.362	+1.4	+0.9	+.367
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	3	7.7	1.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Markelle Fultz	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
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		%
Markelle Fultz	60	29.6	14.0	1.2	2.8	3.9	5.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.2	5.8	11.3	.514	0.5	1.5	.310	1.9	2.4	.783
difference:	+6	+4.8	+11.6	+0.8	+3.9	+4.7	+3.8	+0.9	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.9	+6.0	+.015	+2.5	+6.2	+.081	+3.4	+3.6	+.092
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 6