Mike Newlin vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Mike Newlin, 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.

Mike Newlin played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Mike Newlin had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Mike Newlin	Trae Young
Season	1971-72	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Mike Newlin	82	18.2	7.6	-	-	2.8	1.6	-	-	-	2.8	3.1	7.5	.414	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.750
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mike Newlin	Trae Young
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mike Newlin	82	32.4	17.0	-	-	4.1	5.0	-	-	-	3.7	6.5	14.7	.443	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.886
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Mike Newlin	Trae Young
Season	1974-75	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Mike Newlin	79	34.3	14.4	0.7	2.6	3.3	5.1	1.4	0.1	-	3.6	5.5	11.5	.482	-	-	-	3.4	3.9	.869
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Newlin	8	37.4	16.3	1.4	2.8	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.0	-	3.1	6.5	13.4	.486	-	-	-	3.3	3.6	.897
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Mike Newlin	Trae Young
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East 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		%
Mike Newlin	82	25.8	12.7	0.6	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.0	-	2.8	4.7	10.4	.455	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.885
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Newlin	12	26.3	14.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	4.4	1.3	0.0	-	3.1	6.3	11.9	.524	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.750
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-