Stephon Marbury vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin and Stephon Marbury, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Stephon Marbury played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Chris Mullin, who played 16. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Stephon Marbury	13	5	1996-97 to 2008-09
Chris Mullin	16	8	1985-86 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	1996-97	1985-86
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
difference:	+12	+9.4	+1.8		+0.6	+0.6	+5.9	+0.3	+0.1	-1.7		+0.1	+1.7	+.055	+1.4	+3.8	+.169	+0.3	+1.2	+.169
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	1997-98	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731
difference:		+9.0	+2.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+5.4	+0.1	+0.3	-1.2	-0.1	+0.5	+3.8	+.099	+1.0	+2.9	+.011	+0.7	+1.5	+.094
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783
difference:	+5	+15.8	+2.5	+0.8	+0.9	+1.7	+5.3	+1.5	+0.2	-2.0	-0.1	+0.5	+4.6	+.194	+1.1	+4.6	+.470	+2.4	+3.0	+.033
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	1998-99	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799
difference:	+11	+4.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+4.1	+0.7	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+0.1	+2.6	+.080	+0.7	+2.4	+.016	+0.5	+1.2	+.086
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	1999-00	1988-89
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
difference:	+8	+1.2	+4.3	+1.1	+1.6	+2.7	+3.3	+0.6	+0.3		-0.4	+2.4	+2.1	+.077	+0.6	+1.9	+.053	+0.1	+0.5	+.079
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2000-01	1989-90
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
difference:	+11	+1.9	+1.2	+0.9	+2.0	+2.8	+3.5	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+0.3	+2.8	+.095	+0.5	+2.0	+.044	+1.1	+0.5	+.099
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2001-02	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.9	20.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.5	2.3	7.6	17.2	.442	0.9	3.0	.286	4.3	5.5	.781
difference:		+1.5	+5.3	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+4.1	+1.2	+0.6	-0.5	-0.2	+1.9	+0.5	+.094	+0.4	+1.4	+.015	+2.0	+1.6	+.103
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2002-03	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
difference:		+1.3	+3.3	+0.9	+1.4	+2.4	+4.6	+0.8	+0.6	-0.7	-0.4	+1.9	+0.7	+.085	+0.3	+1.5	+.065	+0.3	+0.6	+.030
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758
difference:	+2	+3.3	+4.2	+0.2	+0.7	+1.0	+2.7	+0.1	+0.5	-1.8	-2.3	+1.7	+6.9	+.054	+0.2	+0.7	+.106	+0.9	+2.0	+.171
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2003-04	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.2	20.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	7.4	17.1	.431	1.1	3.4	.318	4.4	5.4	.817
difference:	+35	+1.1	+5.7	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+5.3	+0.1	+0.8	-0.1	-0.4	+2.9	+3.1	+.079	+0.2	+0.5	+.133	+0.4	+0.5	+.007
Chris Mullin	46	41.3	25.9	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	1.7	10.3	20.2	.510	1.3	2.9	.451	4.0	4.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	4	43.8	21.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.0	3.5	2.3	7.8	20.8	.373	1.5	5.0	.300	4.3	6.3	.680
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2004-05	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	40.0	21.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.1	1.5	0.1	2.8	2.3	7.4	16.0	.462	1.4	4.0	.354	5.6	6.7	.834
difference:	+20	+2.5	+4.9	+0.4	+2.1	+2.6	+3.0	+0.2	+0.8	-0.1	-0.5	+0.8	+2.0	+.010	+0.5	+1.6	+.010	+2.9	+3.2	+.081
Chris Mullin	62	37.5	16.8	1.0	4.5	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	6.6	14.0	.472	0.9	2.4	.364	2.7	3.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	3	45.0	25.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.3	10.0	17.0	.588	2.0	4.0	.500	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2005-06	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	60	36.6	16.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	6.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.451	0.6	1.7	.317	4.1	5.4	.755
difference:	+35	+1.0	+2.7	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+1.4	+0.4	+0.7	-1.1	-0.3	+1.0	+1.0	+.038	+1.1	+2.0	+.135	+0.3	+1.1	+.124
Chris Mullin	25	35.6	19.0	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	6.8	13.9	.489	1.7	3.7	.452	3.8	4.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2006-07	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	74	37.1	16.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	12.9	.415	1.7	4.7	.357	4.0	5.2	.769
difference:	+19	+7.7	+3.1	+0.3	+0.3		+1.9	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.2	+0.4	+3.1	+.084	+0.6	+2.0	+.036	+1.5	+2.3	+.087
Chris Mullin	55	29.4	13.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.5	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.9	9.8	.499	1.1	2.7	.393	2.5	2.9	.856

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2007-08	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	24	33.5	13.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.7	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.4	4.6	11.0	.419	1.2	3.1	.378	3.5	4.8	.716
difference:	+55	+1.1	+0.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	-0.4	-0.4	+0.9	+1.0	+.134	+0.1	+0.5	+.033	+1.2	+2.1	+.148
Chris Mullin	79	34.6	14.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	5.5	10.0	.553	1.1	2.6	.411	2.3	2.7	.864

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Mullin
Season	2008-09	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	23	18.0	3.8	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.8	.342	0.3	1.1	.240	0.3	0.6	.462
difference:	+59	+8.5	+7.5	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+1.0	+0.8	+0.4	-0.2	-0.8	+2.4	+3.6	+.139	+1.0	+1.9	+.200	+1.6	+1.4	+.477
Chris Mullin	82	26.5	11.3	0.5	2.6	3.0	2.3	1.2	0.5	1.4	2.3	4.1	8.4	.481	1.3	3.0	.440	1.9	2.0	.939

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	14	11.9	3.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.7	.303	0.2	0.9	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+2	+13.9	+5.2	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	-0.8	-0.9	+1.9	+2.4	+.157	+1.1	+2.4	+.135	+0.5	+0.7	+.143
Chris Mullin	16	25.8	8.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.3	7.1	.460	1.3	3.3	.385	1.1	1.3	.857

Additional Years

* Chris Mullin played 3 seasons more than Stephon Marbury in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 1999 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in two Playoffs.

Stephon Marbury vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin and Stephon Marbury, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years