Markelle Fultz vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury 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, 5 less than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Stephon Marbury 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.

Rookie Season
	Markelle Fultz	Stephon Marbury
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+53	+16.6	+8.7		+0.4	+0.4	+4.0	+0.1		-1.9	-0.8	+2.1	+5.1	+.003	+1.5	+4.2	+.354	+3.0	+3.5	+.251
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
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:		+31.6	+19.6	+0.7	+2.3	+3.0	+6.0			-2.7	-1.7	+8.4	+19.4	+.257	+2.0	+6.7		+1.0	+2.0	+.150
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600

Season 4
	Markelle Fultz	Stephon Marbury
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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:	+66	+12.0	+9.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+3.0	+0.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+2.6	+4.8	+.038	+0.4	+1.1	+.033	+3.8	+4.8	+.082
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Markelle Fultz	Stephon Marbury
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Orlando Magic	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+49	+18.2	+13.1	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+2.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-1.0	+3.8	+9.4	+.033	+1.4	+4.1	+.093	+4.0	+5.1	+.016
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Markelle Fultz	Stephon Marbury
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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:	+38	+18.8	+14.5	+0.6	+0.7		+5.3	+0.3	+0.1	-2.0	-1.0	+4.7	+11.3	+.033	+1.0	+3.3	+.079	+4.1	+5.0	+.106
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
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:	+1	+30.2	+15.6		+2.0	+2.0	+4.6	+0.8		-2.7	-2.6	+5.6	+17.8	+.213	+0.8	+3.6	+.227	+3.5	+4.2	+.202
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758