Markelle Fultz vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson 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, 9 less than Richard Jefferson, who played 17. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Richard Jefferson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Richard Jefferson
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+65	+6.2	+2.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+2.0	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-1.1	+0.2	+0.4	+.052	+0.2	+0.6	+.232	+1.7	+1.9	+.237
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
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
difference:	+17	+14.4	+5.3	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-1.0	-0.7	+2.4	+3.4	+.322		+0.1		+0.7	+1.7	+.200
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550