B.J. Armstrong vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and B.J. Armstrong, 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.

B.J. Armstrong played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. B.J. Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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 achivements, 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
	B.J. Armstrong	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	81	15.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.0	.885
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	16	13.6	4.0	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.9	.339	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	1.5	.917
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	B.J. Armstrong	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	21.1	8.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.7	0.9	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.7	7.7	.481	0.2	0.4	.500	1.2	1.4	.874
Lauri Markkanen	52	32.3	18.7	1.4	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.3	.430	2.3	6.4	.361	3.3	3.8	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	17	16.1	5.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.5	1.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.1	.500	0.2	0.3	.600	1.2	1.5	.800
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	B.J. Armstrong	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	22.9	9.9	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	4.1	8.5	.481	0.4	1.1	.402	1.3	1.6	.806
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	22	19.7	7.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.3	.453	0.2	0.8	.294	1.4	1.7	.789
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	B.J. Armstrong	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	30.4	12.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.0	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.1	5.0	10.0	.499	0.8	1.7	.453	1.6	1.8	.861
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	19	33.8	11.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	0.7	2.6	4.6	8.8	.524	1.1	2.2	.512	1.1	1.2	.909
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	B.J. Armstrong	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	33.8	14.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	3.9	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.8	12.3	.476	0.7	1.6	.444	2.4	2.8	.855
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		%
B.J. Armstrong	10	36.0	15.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	5.5	10.6	.519	0.7	1.2	.583	3.6	4.4	.818
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	B.J. Armstrong	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	31.4	14.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.9	5.1	10.9	.468	1.3	3.1	.427	2.5	2.8	.884
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	10	28.8	10.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.1	3.6	7.9	.456	1.3	2.9	.448	1.8	2.2	.818
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-