Peja Stojakovic vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Peja Stojakovic, 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.

Peja Stojakovic played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. Peja Stojakovic had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1998-99	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Peja Stojakovic	48	21.4	8.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.1	0.9	2.9	7.8	.378	1.2	3.7	.320	1.3	1.5	.851
difference:	+34	+9.9	+5.1	+2.1	+3.6	+5.8	+0.5	+0.1	+1.0	-1.2	-2.4	+1.9	+2.3	+.094	+1.2	+3.6	+.120	+2.6	+4.4	+.190
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	5	21.6	4.8	2.4	1.4	3.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	5.2	.346	0.6	2.8	.214	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+1	+12.4	+9.4	+0.3	+3.8	+4.0	+0.8	+1.1	+1.5	-2.0	-3.3	+3.9	+5.6	+.177	+0.4	+2.6	+.786	+2.1	+4.1	+.429
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 3
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2000-01	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Peja Stojakovic	75	38.7	20.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	7.5	15.9	.470	1.9	4.8	.400	3.6	4.2	.856
difference:	+5	+2.6	+5.6	+1.5	+1.7	+3.1	+0.6	+0.2	+1.4	-0.5	-1.6	+1.8	+0.8	+.089	+1.9	+4.6	+.212	+3.7	+5.7	+.123
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	8	38.5	21.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.1	6.5	16.0	.406	1.1	3.3	.346	7.5	7.8	.968
difference:	+7	+1.5	+8.3	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+0.8	+0.1	+1.6	-0.8	-1.8	+3.7	+2.9	+.133	+1.1	+3.1	+.346	+2.0	+4.4	+.187
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781

Season 4
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2001-02	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876
difference:	+68	+20.6	+12.5	+1.0	+0.9		+1.8	+0.8	+0.8	-1.7	-0.4	+4.7	+6.9	+.151	+1.8	+4.1	+.416	+1.3	+1.5	+.013
Amar'e Stoudemire	3	16.7	8.7	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	9.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2002-03	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875
difference:	+10	+1.2	+1.2	+1.9	+2.2	+4.1	+1.0		+1.2	-1.4	-1.6	+0.5	+1.5	+.094	+2.2	+5.6		+2.4	+3.4	+.094
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.1	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850
difference:	+2	+6.2	+2.2	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+1.9	+0.5	+1.5	-0.9	-1.1	+1.0	+0.6	+.043	+2.6	+5.5	+.124	+2.7	+4.1	+.081
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769

Season 6
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2003-04	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927
difference:	+2	+6.4	+1.0	+1.2	+1.7	+2.8	+0.6	+0.5	+1.9	-0.3	-1.7	+0.8	+1.8	+.110	+2.9	+6.4	+.272	+2.1	+3.5	+.122
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897
difference:	+7	+2.3	+5.7	+1.7	+0.2	+2.0	+1.1	+0.4	+2.1	-1.6	-1.6	+3.3	+3.3	+.101	+1.7	+5.3	+.065	+0.9	+2.7	+.264
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633

Season 7
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Peja Stojakovic	66	38.4	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.8	15.4	.444	2.6	6.6	.402	3.8	4.2	.920
difference:	+13	+1.6	+1.3	+1.3	+2.5	+3.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.9	-1.3	-0.7	+0.8	+1.3	+.095	+2.5	+6.5	+.027	+2.3	+3.1	+.085
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	5	40.4	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.8	16.6	.470	2.2	6.0	.367	4.2	4.4	.955
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Peja Stojakovic	71	36.6	18.2	1.1	4.7	5.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.4	6.3	14.3	.437	2.3	5.7	.401	3.4	3.7	.915
difference:	+11	+2.0	+4.9	+1.7	+1.4	+3.1	+0.9		+0.9	-1.1	-1.0	+2.3	+1.1	+.120	+2.3	+5.6	+.234	+2.5	+4.0	+.144
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	2	25.5	11.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	1.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857
difference:	+14	+11.0	+11.2	+2.9	+0.7	+2.1	+0.9	+0.2	+1.0	-2.0	-1.4	+3.8	+5.9	+.075		+1.2		+3.7	+5.4	+.103
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754

Season 9
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	13	32.7	17.8	0.8	3.3	4.2	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.2	6.4	15.1	.423	2.6	6.5	.405	2.4	2.9	.816
difference:	+65	+4.1	+7.5	+1.7	+2.3	+4.0	+1.8	+0.3	+1.6	-1.7	-1.3	+3.1	+3.9	+.079	+2.5	+6.2	+.030	+3.7	+4.8	+.024
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667

Season 13
	Peja Stojakovic	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	33	18.7	8.5	0.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	3.0	6.9	.441	1.7	4.1	.419	0.7	0.8	.920
difference:	+26	+2.4	+3.0	+1.5	+1.9	+3.3	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-2.0	+1.6	+1.4	+.116	+1.7	+4.0	+.419	+1.6	+2.4	+.200
Amar'e Stoudemire	59	21.1	11.5	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.7	4.6	8.3	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.2	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Peja Stojakovic	19	18.4	7.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.6	6.3	.408	1.5	4.1	.377	0.4	0.5	.778
difference:	+14	+3.4	+0.7	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	-0.9	-2.1	+0.4	+0.7	+.021	+1.5	+4.1		+1.4	+2.1	+.086
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	15.0	7.8	1.4	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.2	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.692