Shawn Marion vs. Brandon Roy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Roy and Shawn Marion, 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.

Shawn Marion played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Brandon Roy, who played 6. Shawn Marion had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Brandon Roy had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
	Shawn Marion	Brandon Roy
Season	1999-00	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
difference:	+6	+10.7	+6.6	+1.1	+1.1	+2.1	+2.6	+0.5	+0.8	-1.0	-0.2	+1.7	+4.2	+.015	+0.9	+2.2	+.195	+2.1	+2.5	+.009
Brandon Roy	57	35.4	16.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.4	6.1	13.4	.456	1.0	2.6	.377	3.5	4.2	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Shawn Marion	Brandon Roy
Season	2000-01	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810
difference:	+5	+1.5	+1.8	+1.7	+4.3	+6.0	+3.8	+0.6	+1.2	-0.2	-0.7	+0.1	+1.1	+.026	+0.7	+1.9	+.084	+0.8	+1.3	+.057
Brandon Roy	74	37.7	19.1	1.1	3.6	4.7	5.8	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.2	15.8	.454	1.0	2.9	.340	3.8	5.0	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Shawn Marion	Brandon Roy
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845
difference:	+3	+1.2	+3.5	+1.3	+3.9	+5.2	+3.1	+0.7	+0.8	-0.1	-1.0		+0.3	+.011	+0.5	+1.3	+.016	+2.9	+3.7	+.021
Brandon Roy	78	37.2	22.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.6	8.1	16.9	.480	1.1	2.8	.377	5.3	6.5	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	6	39.7	26.7	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.2	2.2	2.5	9.3	20.3	.459	1.3	2.8	.471	6.7	7.7	.870

Season 4
	Shawn Marion	Brandon Roy
Season	2002-03	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
difference:	+16	+4.4	+0.3	+1.4	+3.8	+5.1	+2.3	+1.4	+1.0	-0.1	-0.5	+0.6	+2.1	+.021	+0.6	+1.1	+.057	+2.2	+3.2	+.071
Brandon Roy	65	37.2	21.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.0	.473	1.1	3.4	.330	5.3	6.8	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846
difference:	+3	+19.5	+8.8	+2.8	+6.5	+9.4	+0.3	+1.8	+1.8	-1.2	-0.5	+3.4	+6.8	+.071	+0.8	+0.7	+.154	+1.4	+1.3	+.068
Brandon Roy	3	27.7	9.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	11.0	.303	0.7	4.0	.167	2.3	3.0	.778

Note: Brandon Roy didn't play in 2011-12.

Season 6
	Shawn Marion	Brandon Roy
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
difference:	+76	+14.4	+13.6	+2.3	+6.2	+8.5	+2.7	+1.4	+1.5	-0.1	-1.5	+5.4	+8.9	+.162	+1.4	+2.4	+.334	+1.4	+1.4	+.133
Brandon Roy	5	24.4	5.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.0	2.2	7.0	.314	0.0	1.8	.000	1.4	2.0	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769
Brandon Roy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Shawn Marion played 10 seasons more than Brandon Roy in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2006 to 2015—Shawn Marion played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Brandon Roy, Shawn Marion got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game