Walker Kessler vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury and Walker Kessler, 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.
Walker Kessler played 3 years in the NBA, 10 less than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Walker Kessler had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Stephon Marbury had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
74 |
23.0 |
9.2 |
3.1 |
5.3 |
8.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
5.6 |
.720 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
2.1 |
.516 |
| difference: | +7 | +11.7 | +6.6 | +2.3 | +3.4 | +5.7 | +6.9 | +0.6 | +2.0 | -2.3 | -0.1 | +1.3 | +7.4 | +.312 | +1.5 | +4.3 | | +2.6 | +2.9 | +.211 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
64 |
23.3 |
8.1 |
2.6 |
4.9 |
7.5 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.6 |
5.5 |
.654 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.211 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
.602 |
| difference: | +18 | +14.7 | +9.6 | +1.9 | +2.8 | +4.7 | +7.7 | +0.8 | +2.3 | -2.1 | -0.6 | +2.7 | +9.6 | +.239 | +1.1 | +3.4 | +.102 | +3.1 | +4.0 | +.129 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Walker Kessler |
58 |
30.0 |
11.1 |
4.6 |
7.6 |
12.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
4.8 |
7.2 |
.663 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.176 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
.520 |
| difference: | +9 | +8.7 | +10.2 | +3.8 | +5.5 | +9.3 | +7.2 | +0.6 | +2.2 | -1.8 | -0.4 | +2.9 | +10.8 | +.235 | +1.2 | +3.4 | +.159 | +3.1 | +3.1 | +.279 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Walker Kessler nor Stephon Marbury played in the postseason in their season 3 |
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Additional Years |
* Stephon Marbury played 10 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 2000 to 2009—Stephon Marbury played in 3 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Walker Kessler, Stephon Marbury got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-NBA Third Team
2 All-Star Game
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