Trevor Ariza vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Trevor Ariza, 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.

Trevor Ariza played 18 years in the NBA, 10 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 8. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
	Trevor Ariza	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Trevor Ariza	80	17.3	5.9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.9	.442	0.0	0.2	.231	1.5	2.2	.695
difference:	+12	+12.4	+9.3	+0.1	+4.4	+4.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	-0.3	-0.4	+3.3	+7.8	+.008	+2.1	+5.7	+.131	+0.6	+0.2	+.148
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 Trevor Ariza nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Trevor Ariza	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Trevor Ariza	82	24.4	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.3	7.3	.460	0.7	2.3	.319	1.5	2.1	.710
difference:	+21	+6.4	+5.9	+0.4	+1.8	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+1.8	+4.2	+.015	+1.5	+3.9	+.039	+0.8	+0.5	+.158
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		%
Trevor Ariza	23	31.4	11.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7	3.2	4.0	8.0	.497	1.7	3.7	.476	1.6	2.8	.563
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Trevor Ariza	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	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		%
Trevor Ariza	72	36.5	14.9	1.1	4.5	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.6	2.2	2.3	5.5	13.9	.394	1.9	5.7	.334	2.1	3.2	.649
difference:	+6	+2.1	+10.7	+0.9	+2.2	+3.0	+1.9	+1.2		-0.3	-0.2	+3.2	+3.4	+.105	+1.1	+2.0	+.057	+3.2	+2.8	+.226
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 Trevor Ariza nor Lauri Markkanen played in the postseason in their season 6