Stephon Marbury vs. Evan Mobley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Mobley 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.

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, 9 more than Evan Mobley, who played 4. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Evan Mobley had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Stephon Marbury	Evan Mobley
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+2	+0.9	+0.8	+1.3	+4.3	+5.6	+5.3	+0.2	+1.4	-1.2	-0.3	+0.8	+1.0	+.100	+1.2	+3.0	+.104	+1.3	+1.3	+.064
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
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
Evan Mobley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Evan Mobley
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+3.6	+1.5	+1.7	+4.5	+6.2	+5.8	+0.5	+1.4	-1.3	-0.1	+0.3	+3.1	+.139	+0.9	+2.4	+.097	+1.4	+1.7	+.057
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
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:		+4.4	+4.0	+2.0	+4.8	+6.8	+5.6	+1.8	+1.2	-1.2	-0.6		+4.8	+.152	+1.4	+4.8	+.280	+2.6	+3.0	+.158
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Evan Mobley
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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:	+3	+8.4	+3.7	+1.5	+4.6	+6.1	+5.2	+0.6	+1.4	-1.6	-0.6	+0.6	+5.0	+.125	+0.3	+0.1	+.087	+2.8	+2.9	+.088
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840

Additional Years
* Stephon Marbury played 9 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 2001 to 2009—Stephon Marbury played in 3 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Evan Mobley, Stephon Marbury got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game