Markelle Fultz vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 7 less than Ron Harper, who played 15. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Ron Harper had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Markelle Fultz	8	3	2017-18 to 2024-25
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2017-18	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+68	+19.3	+15.8	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+1.0	+1.6	+0.7	-3.0	-1.4	+5.8	+11.8	+.050	+0.2	+1.0	+.213	+4.0	+5.4	+.208
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684

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
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	19	22.5	8.2	1.4	2.3	3.7	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.7	3.4	8.2	.419	0.2	0.7	.286	1.1	1.9	.568
difference:	+38	+9.6	+7.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+1.8	+1.2	+0.6	-1.5	-0.1	+2.6	+4.6	+.045	+0.1	+0.3	+.136	+2.3	+3.0	+.137
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 3
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	72	27.7	12.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	5.1	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	5.0	10.7	.465	0.5	1.9	.267	1.6	2.2	.730
difference:	+10	+7.1	+6.5	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	-0.8	-0.7	+2.2	+3.3	+.046	+0.1	+0.5	+.017	+2.3	+3.0	+.021
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	5	29.4	12.0	0.0	2.2	2.2	5.2	1.0	0.6	2.6	4.0	4.8	12.0	.400	1.2	3.2	.375	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:		+8.4	+7.6	+1.4	+0.6	+2.0	+1.2	+1.2	+0.2	-1.2		+3.0	+1.8	+.165	+1.2	+2.8	+.375	+2.8	+3.8	+.088
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 4
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	8	26.9	12.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.4	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.1	13.0	.394	0.5	2.0	.250	2.1	2.4	.895
difference:	+27	+12.2	+9.9	+1.5	+1.3	+2.8	+0.2	+1.3	+0.9	-0.6	-0.7	+3.5	+5.2	+.079	+0.1	+0.5	+.025	+3.1	+4.2	+.107
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	18	20.0	10.8	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.9	.235	1.4	1.7	.806
difference:	+21	+15.5	+8.8	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	-1.1	-1.6	+2.7	+9.0	+.083	+1.0	+2.9	+.089	+2.3	+3.9	+.138
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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:	+22	+8.7	+4.2	+0.3	+1.2	+1.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-0.8	-0.2	+1.1	+4.5	+.074	+0.3	+1.1	+.007	+1.7	+2.5	+.047
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 7
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Markelle Fultz	43	21.2	7.8	1.3	1.9	3.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.6	7.6	.472	0.1	0.4	.222	0.5	0.8	.697
difference:	+37	+15.9	+10.2	+0.2	+2.0	+2.1	+1.7	+1.2	+0.6	-1.6	-1.2	+3.2	+7.4	+.021	+0.6	+1.9	+.058	+3.3	+4.2	+.072
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	7	15.1	6.4	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7	2.9	4.9	.588	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.3	.556
difference:	+2	+19.7	+11.6	+0.2	+2.2	+2.0	+2.1	+2.6	+2.0	-1.1	-0.3	+4.5	+10.7	+.114	+1.0	+1.9	+.500	+1.5	+2.1	+.091
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647


Season 8
	Markelle Fultz	Ron Harper
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	21	8.8	2.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.3	3.2	.418	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+54	+29.3	+17.2	+1.4	+3.7	+5.1	+3.3	+1.4	+0.6	-2.5	-1.6	+6.3	+14.6	+.008	+0.7	+2.7	+.199	+4.0	+5.6
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years

* Ron Harper played 7 seasons more than Markelle Fultz in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 1995 to 2001—Ron Harper played in 6 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships.

Markelle Fultz vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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.

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

Additional Years