Ray Allen vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 10 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 8. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Ray Allen	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1996-97	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
difference:	+14	+1.2	+1.8		+3.5	+3.5	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.6	-1.2	+0.7	+1.6	+.004	+0.7	+2.3	+.031	+0.4	+0.6	+.020
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Ray Allen	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
difference:	+31	+11.6	+8.5	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+2.9	+0.8	+0.1	-1.2	-0.8	+2.9	+7.0	+.025	+0.2	+0.8	+.021	+2.8	+3.1	+.061
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Ray Allen	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
difference:	+21	+7.4	+7.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+3.3	+0.8	+0.3	-1.6	-0.2	+2.6	+4.5	+.035	+0.3	+0.5	+.075	+1.9	+2.2	+.020
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Ray Allen	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
difference:	+3	+2.2	+3.8	+0.8	+3.4	+4.1	+2.0	+0.7	+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+.037	+0.3		+.043	+2.2	+2.4	+.002
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Ray Allen	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2003-04	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
difference:	+9	+7.0	+4.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+3.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.4	-0.7	+1.7	+3.3	+.017	+0.3	+1.7	+.046	+1.0	+0.9	+.028
Lauri Markkanen	47	31.4	19.0	1.5	4.4	5.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.3	14.9	.423	2.9	8.5	.346	3.4	3.9	.876
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ray Allen nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Ray Allen played 10 seasons more than Lauri Markkanen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2005 to 2014—Ray Allen played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Lauri Markkanen, Ray Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game