Tiny Archibald vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Tiny Archibald, 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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 8. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Tiny Archibald	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1970-71	2017-18
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
difference:	+14	+5.3	+0.8			+4.5	+4.3				-1.2	+0.4	+0.7	+.010				+2.0	+3.0	+.086
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1971-72	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
difference:	+24	+10.8	+9.5			+6.1	+7.8				-0.3	+3.1	+4.6	+.056				+5.6	+7.0	+.050
Lauri Markkanen	52	32.3	18.7	1.4	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.3	.430	2.3	6.4	.361	3.3	3.8	.872
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
difference:	+30	+16.2	+19.3			+3.5	+9.9				-0.7	+7.9	+14.5	+.063				+5.8	+6.7	+.023
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1974-75	2021-22
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
difference:	+21	+8.8	+11.7	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+5.5	+0.8	+0.4		-0.2	+4.2	+8.8	+.011				+5.7	+6.5	+.004
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1975-76	2022-23
Team	Kansas City Kings	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
difference:	+12	+6.4	+0.8	+1.1	+4.8	+5.9	+6.0	+1.0	+0.4		-0.1	+0.5	+3.0	+.046				+1.1	+2.0	+.073
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 6

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.

Additional Years
* Tiny Archibald played 5 seasons more than Lauri Markkanen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 1980 to 1984—Tiny Archibald played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Lauri Markkanen, Tiny Archibald got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP