Pete Maravich vs. Morris Peterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Morris Peterson 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.

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, 1 less than Morris Peterson, who played 11. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Morris Peterson had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
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Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Morris Peterson	80	22.6	9.3	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	8.4	.431	0.8	2.1	.382	1.3	1.8	.717
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
Morris Peterson	8	13.6	5.4	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.4	.514	0.5	1.1	.444	0.4	0.5	.750

Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Morris Peterson	82	36.0	14.1	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.3	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.1	13.1	.392	1.4	4.2	.337	2.4	3.0	.789
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
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
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		%
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
Morris Peterson	82	26.2	8.3	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.9	7.2	.405	1.5	4.1	.371	0.9	1.1	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1975-76	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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		%
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
Morris Peterson	82	38.3	16.8	0.8	3.9	4.6	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.5	2.7	5.8	13.4	.436	2.2	5.5	.395	2.9	3.6	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Peterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1976-77	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
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
Morris Peterson	71	21.3	8.9	0.5	2.9	3.3	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.8	3.1	7.3	.429	1.5	4.2	.359	1.2	1.7	.683
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Peterson	6	30.5	6.8	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	2.5	4.8	.517	1.0	2.0	.500	0.8	1.0	.833

Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1977-78	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Morris Peterson	76	23.6	8.0	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.6	2.8	6.8	.417	1.5	3.8	.394	0.9	1.1	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Peterson	12	23.1	7.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.7	.485	1.3	2.8	.471	0.3	0.5	.667

Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Morris Peterson
Season	1978-79	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
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
Morris Peterson	43	12.0	4.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.7	4.3	.399	0.8	2.0	.388	0.3	0.4	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Peterson	2	10.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	1.5	.333	1.5	2.0	.750