Rick Mahorn vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Rick Mahorn, 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.

Rick Mahorn played 18 years in the NBA, 11 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Rick Mahorn had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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 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
	Rick Mahorn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rick Mahorn	52	13.4	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.675
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Rick Mahorn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rick Mahorn	80	18.0	4.9	1.5	3.6	5.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.3	2.0	4.3	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.681
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Mahorn	4	15.3	3.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Rick Mahorn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Mahorn	72	24.9	7.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	2.8	5.5	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.748
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Mahorn	17	21.2	5.7	1.8	3.4	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	3.5	2.4	4.1	.580	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.654
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Rick Mahorn	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Rick Mahorn	75	30.3	10.8	2.2	5.3	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.4	3.3	4.2	8.4	.497	0.0	0.1	.222	2.4	3.4	.715
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Mahorn	10	34.2	9.4	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.3	4.1	3.7	8.6	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.6	.769
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rick Mahorn didn't play in 1991-92.