Serge Ibaka vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Serge Ibaka, 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.

Serge Ibaka played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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.

Season 3
	Serge Ibaka	Jeremy Lin
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
difference:	+16	+5.0	+4.3	+2.5	+2.0	+4.5	+5.7	+1.1	+3.3	-1.7	-0.2	+0.8	+3.5	+.094	+1.1	+3.1		+1.4	+1.6	+.124
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+16	+7.5	+5.8	+2.4	+1.4	+3.8	+1.4	+0.1	+2.7	-1.4	-0.6	+2.7	+2.0	+.278	+0.4	+2.8	+.083	+0.8	+1.3	+.278
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Jeremy Lin
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
difference:	+9	+2.2	+0.7	+2.3	+2.7	+5.1	+3.6	+0.6	+2.6	-0.9	-0.4	+1.4	+0.4	+.127	+0.9	+2.5	+.007	+1.3	+1.3	+.074
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792
difference:	+5	+3.8	+1.5	+2.3	+2.3	+4.7	+3.6	+0.5	+2.8	-1.6	-1.0	+1.2	+2.1	+.027	+0.4	+3.0	+.227	+0.5	+0.5	+.021
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813

Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Jeremy Lin
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
difference:	+7	+7.1	+3.9	+2.4	+3.7	+6.2	+3.6	+0.6	+2.3	-0.7	-0.3	+2.8	+3.3	+.112	+0.6	+1.7	+.014	+1.0	+1.1	+.011
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Serge Ibaka	Jeremy Lin
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	76	27.5	12.6	1.0	5.3	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.3	.483	1.4	3.9	.360	1.2	1.6	.797
difference:	+2	+8.1	+3.0	+0.7	+3.2	+3.9	+2.3	+0.2	+1.1	-0.5	-0.9	+1.8	+3.0	+.043	+0.7	+1.4	+.066	+1.2	+1.2	+.041
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	10	26.0	8.7	1.3	4.6	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	3.0	7.2	.417	0.9	2.4	.375	1.8	2.2	.818
difference:	+2	+22.6	+7.6	+1.3	+4.2	+5.5	+0.6		+1.3	-1.0	-1.8	+2.7	+6.1	+.195	+0.8	+2.1	+.125	+1.3	+1.7	+.182
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000