Caleb Martin vs. Ed Nealy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Nealy and Caleb Martin, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Caleb Martin played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Ed Nealy, who played 10. Caleb Martin had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Ed Nealy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Caleb Martin	5	3	2019-20 to 2023-24
Ed Nealy	10	6	1982-83 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Caleb Martin	18	17.6	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.7	.440	1.1	2.1	.541	0.9	1.2	.810
Ed Nealy	82	20.0	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.6	3.0	1.8	3.0	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	53	15.4	5.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	4.8	.375	0.6	2.4	.248	0.8	1.2	.641
Ed Nealy	71	13.5	2.5	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	2	9.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Miami Heat	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
Ed Nealy	22	10.2	2.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.2	2.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ed Nealy didn't play in 1985-86.


Season 4
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
Ed Nealy	60	16.3	3.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.4	3.2	.438	0.1	0.5	.129	0.9	1.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
Ed Nealy	68	12.3	2.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.6	.459	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	0.9	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000
Ed Nealy	2	18.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	43	6.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.8	.361	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.444

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	46	10.9	2.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	15	15.2	3.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	3.0	1.1	2.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.619


Season 8
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	55	10.4	2.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.8	.464	0.1	0.3	.313	0.5	0.7	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	2	10.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	52	9.7	3.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	.512	0.4	1.0	.400	0.3	0.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	8	8.4	2.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.9	2.3	.389	0.6	1.6	.385	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Caleb Martin	Ed Nealy
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	41	7.5	1.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.6	1.7	.377	0.2	0.7	.296	0.2	0.3	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Caleb Martin vs. Ed Nealy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Nealy and Caleb Martin, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10