Stephon Marbury vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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

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, 2 more than John Wall, who played 11. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while John Wall 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Stephon Marbury	13	5	1996-97 to 2008-09
John Wall	11	4	2010-11 to 2022-23

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


Rookie Season
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	1996-97	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
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	+3.1	+0.6	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+0.5	+0.8	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+0.5	+1.1	+.001	+1.0	+2.6	+.058	+0.7	+0.7	+.039
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766

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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	1997-98	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
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:	+16	+1.8	+1.4		+1.7	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.8	-0.6	+0.6	+1.6	+.008	+1.2	+3.1	+.242	+0.8	+0.6	+.058
John Wall	66	36.2	16.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	8.0	1.4	0.9	3.9	2.1	5.7	13.5	.423	0.0	0.6	.071	4.8	6.1	.789

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
John Wall	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	1998-99	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
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:		+6.0	+2.8	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+1.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-0.2	+1.1	+3.0	+.013	+1.1	+3.1	+.068	+0.5	+0.5	+.005
John Wall	49	32.7	18.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.6	1.3	0.8	3.2	2.4	6.6	15.0	.441	0.2	0.9	.267	5.0	6.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	1999-00	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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:	+8	+2.6	+2.9	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3		-0.1	+0.6	+1.5	+.001	+0.4	+0.7	+.068	+2.0	+2.4	+.008
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+2.3	+6.3	+0.3	+1.9	+1.5	+2.4	+0.5	+0.5	-0.9	-0.1	+1.8	+4.3	+.004	+0.8	+2.3	+.028	+1.8	+2.2	+.005
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+5	+2.7	+0.5	+0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+2.1	+1.0	+0.6	-0.6	-0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+.018	+0.6	+1.3	+.065	+0.8	+1.0	+.010
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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:	+3	+3.6	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	+1.0	+2.6	+0.7	+0.4	-0.9	-0.6		+0.5	+.012		+0.2	+.026	+0.8	+1.0	+.002
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801

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:	+7	+6.3	+5.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+4.6	+0.5	+1.2	-0.4	-2.3	+1.3	+1.1	+.077	+0.8	+1.0	+.117	+1.8	+1.7	+.081
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East 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:	+40	+5.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.8	-0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+.011	+0.4	+0.7	+.053	+0.1	+0.5	+.091
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726

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	+4.8	+4.7	+0.8	+2.2	+1.4	+5.0	+0.5	+1.3	-1.0	-0.4	+1.5	+0.4	+.068	+0.8	+1.5	+.110	+2.4	+1.5	+.171
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+50	+5.5	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+0.6		+0.8	-1.0	-0.1	+0.3	+1.3	+.018	+0.2	+1.3	+.052	+1.8	+1.2	+.137
John Wall	32	34.5	20.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	8.7	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.2	7.7	17.3	.444	1.6	5.3	.302	3.8	5.5	.697

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 9

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
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:	+20	+4.4	+4.3		+0.3	+0.3	+0.5		+0.7	-0.9	-1.2	+1.5	+5.3	+.047	+1.4	+4.5		+0.1	+0.1	+.006
John Wall	40	32.2	20.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.9	1.1	0.8	3.5	1.2	7.3	18.2	.404	2.0	6.2	.317	4.0	5.3	.749

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 10

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	John Wall
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+40	+14.9	+5.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3		-0.8	+1.2	+3.0	+.007	+0.7	+1.5	+.054	+1.7	+1.9	+.088
John Wall	34	22.2	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.2	0.8	0.4	2.4	1.7	4.1	9.9	.408	1.0	3.2	.303	2.3	3.3	.681

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years

* Stephon Marbury played 2 seasons more than John Wall in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2008 to 2009—Stephon Marbury played in one postseason.

Stephon Marbury vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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

Additional Years