Tyrese Haliburton vs. Obi Toppin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Obi Toppin and Tyrese Haliburton, 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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 5 years in the NBA, 1 less than Obi Toppin, who played 6. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Obi Toppin had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Obi Toppin
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
difference:	+4	+19.1	+8.9	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+4.8	+1.0	+0.3	-1.2	-0.5	+3.3	+7.3	+.026	+1.7	+3.7	+.103	+0.5	+0.6	+.126
Obi Toppin	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.4	.498	0.4	1.4	.306	0.3	0.4	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Obi Toppin	5	13.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.6	.522	0.6	1.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	Obi Toppin
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
difference:	+11	+17.9	+13.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+9.4	+1.3	+0.2	-1.9	-0.2	+4.6	+8.7	+.044	+1.6	+3.5	+.056	+2.5	+2.9	+.062
Obi Toppin	67	15.7	7.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.8	6.3	.446	1.3	3.7	.344	0.6	0.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Obi Toppin	11	15.9	7.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.1	2.7	6.4	.429	1.2	3.9	.302	0.4	0.5	.800

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	Obi Toppin
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
difference:	+13	+11.1	+9.8	+0.5	+0.5		+9.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.5	-0.6	+3.2	+8.1	+.096	+1.6	+4.7	+.039	+1.9	+2.1	+.085
Obi Toppin	82	21.1	10.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.1	.573	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.2	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850
difference:	+2	+14.6	+7.8	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+6.5	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+2.7	+6.4	+.053	+2.3	+6.0	+.022		+0.2	+.090
Obi Toppin	17	20.2	10.9	0.6	3.8	4.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	4.3	7.9	.541	1.2	3.3	.357	1.1	1.5	.760

Season 5
	Tyrese Haliburton	Obi Toppin
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
difference:	+6	+14.0	+8.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+7.6	+0.8	+0.3	-0.7	-0.1	+2.5	+6.2	+.056	+1.6	+3.9	+.023	+1.5	+1.6	+.070
Obi Toppin	79	19.6	10.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.4	4.0	7.6	.529	1.4	3.8	.365	1.1	1.4	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828
difference:		+14.5	+7.9	+0.3	+1.7	+1.5	+7.3	+0.6	+0.4	-1.3	-0.3	+2.7	+6.3	+.022	+1.2	+3.5	+.019	+1.2	+1.2	+.134
Obi Toppin	23	19.1	9.4	0.6	3.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.4	.485	1.1	3.4	.321	1.1	1.6	.694