Stephon Marbury vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul 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 / Scoring / 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, 7 less than Chris Paul, who played 20. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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 Paul	20	15	2005-06 to 2024-25

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 Paul
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+11	+1.3	+0.3		+2.4	+2.4		+1.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.4	+0.1	+0.9	+.022	+0.9	+2.0	+.072	+1.4	+1.0	+.120
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847

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 Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
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:	+18	+1.2	+0.4	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.1	-0.6	-0.3	+0.3	+1.5	+.022	+0.4	+1.5	+.037	+0.6	+0.1	+.087
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818

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
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	1998-99	2007-08
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+31	+1.1	+0.2		+1.1	+1.1	+2.7	+1.5	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.2	+1.9	+.060	+0.1	+0.9	+.034	+0.3	+0.8	+.052
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	1999-00	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
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:	+4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.1	+2.3	+2.3	+2.6	+1.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+0.4	+1.7	+.071	+0.1	+0.8	+.081	+0.1	+0.5	+.055
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2000-01	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Hornets
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:	+22	+0.2	+5.2	+0.4	+1.5	+1.1	+3.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.4	-0.4	+1.4	+4.9	+.052	+0.4	+2.2	+.081	+1.8	+2.6	+.057
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847

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


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+2.9	+4.5	+0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+1.7	+1.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+2.2	+5.6	+.021		+0.7	+.102	+0.1	+0.7	+.097
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+21	+3.6	+2.5		+0.3	+0.4	+1.0	+1.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.2	+1.2	+4.1	+.039	+0.2	+0.1	+.070	+0.3	+0.8	+.058
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861

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:	+5	+6.8	+4.4	+0.5	+1.5	+1.1	+2.2	+1.5	+0.1	-0.1	-1.6	+2.1	+7.8	+.052	+0.4	+0.2	+.106	+0.5	+1.2	+.114
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+6.8	+3.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.8	+0.8		-0.8	-0.1	+1.5	+4.9	+.050		+0.1	+.010	+0.3	+0.8	+.068
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885

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
difference:	+2	+6.5	+1.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2			-2.0	-0.5	+0.4	+5.5	+.160	+0.5	+1.8	+.016	+1.2	+0.1	+.212
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+5.0	+2.6		+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+1.0		-0.5	-0.2	+0.9	+2.0	+.005	+0.1	+0.6	+.014	+0.8	+1.1	+.021
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+22	+1.8	+2.8	+0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+3.8	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+1.4	+.034	+1.1	+2.6	+.081	+0.6	+1.5	+.145
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+4.4	+3.1		+1.3	+1.3	+4.6	+1.1	+0.1	-0.2		+1.7	+2.2	+.047	+0.1	+0.3	+.014		+0.8	+.127
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000


Season 12
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+37	+2.0	+4.2		+2.5	+2.5	+4.5	+1.1		-0.4		+1.5	+1.9	+.057	+0.8	+1.9	+.033	+0.3	+0.5	+.176
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879


Season 13
	Stephon Marbury	Chris Paul
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West 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:	+35	+13.8	+14.8	+0.5	+3.7	+4.2	+4.6	+1.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.9	+4.6	+9.0	+.118	+2.2	+5.4	+.140	+3.2	+3.2	+.457
Chris Paul	58	31.8	18.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.3	13.8	.460	2.5	6.5	.380	3.5	3.8	.919

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:	+1	+22.6	+17.4	+0.5	+4.5	+5.0	+4.0	+1.9	+0.3	-1.2	-2.0	+6.5	+12.4	+.156	+2.3	+5.7	+.124	+2.3	+2.9	+.170
Chris Paul	15	34.5	21.1	0.6	5.3	5.9	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.9	17.1	.459	2.5	6.6	.374	2.9	3.5	.830


Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 7 seasons more than Stephon Marbury in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 20, from 2019 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Stephon Marbury, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 3 All-Star Game

Stephon Marbury vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul 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.

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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