Matt Bonner vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Matt Bonner, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Matt Bonner played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Matt Bonner had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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 achivements, 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
Matt Bonner	12	9	2004-05 to 2015-16
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	82	18.9	7.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.7	3.0	5.6	.533	0.5	1.1	.424	0.7	0.9	.789
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	78	21.9	7.5	1.1	2.5	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.7	6.0	.448	1.3	3.1	.420	0.8	1.0	.829
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	56	11.7	4.9	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.2	.447	0.6	1.7	.383	0.5	0.7	.711
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	9	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	.286	0.1	0.4	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 4
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	68	12.5	4.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.3	.416	0.7	2.0	.336	0.6	0.6	.864
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	2	4.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813


Season 5
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	81	23.8	8.2	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.3	3.3	6.6	.496	1.5	3.3	.440	0.2	0.3	.739
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	5	20.0	3.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.0	4.6	.217	0.6	2.6	.231	0.4	0.4	1.000
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	65	17.9	7.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	5.7	.446	1.4	3.6	.390	0.5	0.7	.729
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	10	17.3	5.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.9	4.4	.432	1.0	2.7	.370	0.2	0.2	1.000
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 7
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	66	21.7	7.3	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.6	5.6	.464	1.6	3.5	.457	0.5	0.7	.744
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	6	20.5	6.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	3.0	2.0	4.2	.480	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	1.7	.800
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	65	20.4	6.6	0.4	2.8	3.3	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	5.4	.440	1.6	3.8	.420	0.2	0.3	.762
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	13	12.7	2.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.8	2.5	.313	0.6	1.8	.348	0.2	0.4	.600
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	68	13.4	4.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	3.4	.487	0.8	1.8	.442	0.2	0.2	.733
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	20	13.4	4.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.8	1.4	3.0	.475	0.8	1.6	.469	0.5	0.6	.833
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2013-14	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	61	11.3	3.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.7	.445	0.7	1.6	.429	0.1	0.2	.750
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	22	6.2	1.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.0	.476	0.2	0.5	.333	0.1	0.2	.750
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2014-15	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	72	13.0	3.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.3	3.2	.409	0.6	1.8	.365	0.4	0.5	.811
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	7	5.1	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.3	1.4	.200	0.3	1.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Matt Bonner	Jeremy Lin
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	30	6.9	2.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.9	.509	0.5	1.1	.441	0.1	0.1	.750
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Matt Bonner vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Matt Bonner, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12