Pete Maravich vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Pete Maravich, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80
Amar'e Stoudemire	14	10	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1970-71	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
difference:	+1	+4.8	+9.7			+5.1	+3.4				-0.4	+4.3	+9.8	+.014				+1.1	+0.3	+.139
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		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
difference:	+1	+5.8	+7.8			+2.6	+3.6				-1.9	+3.5	+13.6	+.146				+0.9	+0.5	+.121
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 2
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1971-72	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811
difference:	+11	+1.9	+1.3			+5.1	+4.6				-0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+.048				+0.2	+1.3	+.098
Amar'e Stoudemire	55	36.8	20.6	2.9	6.2	9.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.5	15.7	.475	0.0	0.1	.200	5.6	7.9	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817
Amar'e Stoudemire	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1972-73	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
difference:	+1	+3.0	+0.1			+4.5	+5.3				-0.4	+0.7	+5.9	+.118				+1.2	+2.2	+.067
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		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
difference:	+9	+1.0	+3.7			+5.9	+5.5				-0.1	+0.6	+6.9	+.120				+5.0	+6.5	+.013
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
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1973-74	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
difference:	+73	+21.5	+19.0	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+4.5	+1.2	+0.8		-2.1	+7.8	+14.6	+.124				+3.5	+4.5	+.063
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
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Amar'e Stoudemire played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1974-75	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811
difference:	+3	+3.3	+1.1	+1.5	+2.7	+4.3	+5.2	+0.5	+1.1		-0.7	+0.9	+6.9	+.156				+0.7	+1.0	+.030
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		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1975-76	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
difference:	+17	+4.4	+0.7	+1.6	+2.7	+4.3	+3.9	+0.6	+1.7		-0.5	+0.7	+5.9	+.131				+0.6	+0.8	+.006
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		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
difference:	+20	+4.9	+9.7	+1.0	+2.0	+3.0	+3.4	+0.3	+0.8		-0.5	+4.5	+13.9	+.106				+0.8	+0.9
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
* Neiher Pete Maravich nor Amar'e Stoudemire played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
difference:	+32	+6.2	+3.9	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+5.7	+1.4	+0.8	-2.4	-1.1	+2.5	+9.7	+.113				+1.1	+2.2	+.099
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		%
Pete Maravich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
difference:	+29	+0.4	+2.7	+1.8	+3.8	+5.7	+2.4	+0.3	+1.5	-0.9	-1.4	+0.6	+2.1	+.081				+1.3	+2.0	+.049
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		%
Pete Maravich	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 10
	Pete Maravich	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867
difference:	+4	+10.4	+3.8	+1.9	+4.2	+6.0	+0.8	+0.2	+0.9	-0.5	-1.1	+1.0	+1.3	+.034	+0.1	+0.1	+.429	+1.9	+2.8	+.102
Amar'e Stoudemire	47	32.8	17.5	2.3	5.6	7.8	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.9	6.7	13.9	.483	0.1	0.4	.238	4.0	5.2	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+5	+23.2	+9.3	+2.0	+3.6	+5.6	+0.1	+1.0	+0.3	-2.0	-2.7	+2.2	+3.3	+.066	+0.2	+0.7		+5.1	+6.7	+.083
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	34.8	15.3	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.0	.750

Additional Years

* Amar'e Stoudemire played 4 seasons more than Pete Maravich in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2013 to 2016—Amar'e Stoudemire played in 3 Playoffs.

Pete Maravich vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and Pete Maravich, 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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years