Carmelo Anthony vs. Stephon Marbury: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Stephon Marbury and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Stephon Marbury.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring stats than Stephon Marbury in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 3.2 points more than Stephon Marbury in his 13 seasons (22.5 points against 19.3), and he also scored a total of 11,992 points more (28,289 vs. 16,297).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+3.2	19
Stephon Marbury	19.3		13

Total Points			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	+11,992	19
Stephon Marbury	16,297		13

Scoring Titles
Carmelo Anthony	1	+1
Stephon Marbury	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.0	+5.2	2004	82
Stephon Marbury	15.8		1997	67

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	20.8	+3.1	2005	75
Stephon Marbury	17.7		1998	82

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.5	+5.2	2006	80
Stephon Marbury	21.3		1999	49

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.9	+7.6	2007	65
Stephon Marbury	21.3		1999	49

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.7	+4.4	2008	77
Stephon Marbury	21.3		1999	49

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.8	+0.6	2009	66
Stephon Marbury	22.2		2000	74

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.2	+4.3	2010	69
Stephon Marbury	23.9		2001	67

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.6	+5.2	2011	77
Stephon Marbury	20.4		2002	82

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.6	+3.3	2011	77
Stephon Marbury	22.3		2003	81

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.6	+2.4	2012	55
Stephon Marbury	20.2		2004	81

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.7	+7.0	2013	67
Stephon Marbury	21.7		2005	82

Season 12	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	27.4	+11.1	2014	77
Stephon Marbury	16.3		2006	60

Season 13	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	24.2	+7.8	2015	40
Stephon Marbury	16.4		2007	74

Season 14	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.8	+7.9	2016	72
Stephon Marbury	13.9		2008	24

Season 15	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.4	+18.6	2017	74
Stephon Marbury	3.8		2009	23

Carmelo Anthony's additional seasons:

* Carmelo Anthony played 5 seasons more than Stephon Marbury in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 16 to 20, from 2018 to 2022—he averaged 14.6 points in a total of 284 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 16.2 ppg and his lowest 13.3.