Tony Parker vs. Taurean Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taurean Prince and Tony Parker, 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.

Tony Parker played 18 years in the NBA, 9 more than Taurean Prince, who played 9. Tony Parker had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Taurean Prince had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
difference:	+18	+12.8	+3.5		+0.1	+0.1	+3.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.0	-0.6	+1.6	+3.5	+.019	+0.2	+0.8	+.001	+0.1	+0.5	+.112
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750
difference:	+4	+2.9	+4.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.4	+2.7	+0.6	+0.1	-1.0	-0.7	+1.4	+4.9	+.102	+0.3	+0.4	+.084	+1.3	+2.0	+.250
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 2
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
difference:		+3.8	+1.4	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+2.7	+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+.038	+1.1	+2.6	+.048	+0.8	+1.3	+.089
Taurean Prince	82	30.0	14.1	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.1	11.9	.426	2.1	5.6	.385	1.9	2.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650
difference:	+16	+5.2	+4.5	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+4.3	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+2.4	+2.5	+.106	+1.8	+4.7	+.063	+1.5	+2.6	+.148
Taurean Prince	64	29.0	12.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	11.5	.376	2.3	6.7	.339	1.1	1.4	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707
difference:	+39	+11.8	+9.4		+0.2	+0.2	+3.9	+0.3	+0.5	-2.0	-0.2	+4.6	+6.2	+.147	+1.4	+3.3	+.094	+1.6	+2.6	+.148
Taurean Prince	41	22.1	9.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.2	8.0	.401	1.5	3.8	.400	1.6	1.9	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves 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		%
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783
difference:	+8	+15.4	+11.3		+0.7	+0.7	+4.5	+0.4	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+4.8	+8.5	+.066	+1.0	+2.8	+.019	+2.7	+3.3	+.027
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679
difference:	+15	+24.6	+14.8	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+4.6	+0.7	+0.2	-2.5	-0.7	+6.4	+12.1	+.110	+0.4	+1.7	+.047	+2.4	+3.9	+.178
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 8
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782
difference:	+6	+7.1	+13.1	+0.1		+0.2	+5.4	+0.2	+0.3	-1.7	-0.4	+5.7	+10.2	+.064	+1.5	+3.7	+.104	+3.3	+4.1	+.047
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710
difference:		+14.0	+21.2		+1.8	+1.8	+6.2	+1.0	+0.2	-4.0	-0.8	+9.4	+15.8	+.132	+0.4	+0.6	+.080	+2.8	+4.6	+.290
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000

Season 9
	Tony Parker	Taurean Prince
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Tony Parker	56	30.9	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.7	1.7	6.2	12.8	.487	0.2	0.6	.294	3.3	4.4	.756
difference:	+24	+3.8	+7.8	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+3.8	+0.5	+0.1	-1.7	-0.4	+3.3	+6.4	+.030	+1.6	+3.6	+.145	+2.8	+3.8	+.057
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	33.5	17.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.0	7.3	15.4	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	4.2	.595
difference:	+5	+21.3	+16.1	+0.9	+1.9	+2.8	+3.8	+0.2	+0.2	-1.2	-1.4	+6.9	+13.4	+.274	+0.2	+1.5	+.445	+2.5	+4.2
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 9 seasons more than Taurean Prince in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2011 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Taurean Prince, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game