Carmelo Anthony vs. Craig Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Craig Neal and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 17 more than Craig Neal, who played 2. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Craig Neal had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Carmelo Anthony	19	13	2003-04 to 2021-22
Craig Neal	2	0	1988-89 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2003-04	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
Craig Neal	53	9.4	2.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.3	0.8	2.3	.366	0.2	0.6	.294	0.3	0.4	.609

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Craig Neal didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2004-05	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	75	34.8	20.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.4	3.0	3.1	7.1	16.4	.431	0.6	2.1	.266	6.1	7.6	.796
Craig Neal	10	12.5	4.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.7	0.4	0.0	1.9	2.6	1.4	3.5	.400	0.3	0.9	.333	1.3	2.2	.591

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	36.2	19.2	2.8	2.6	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.0	7.0	16.6	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	6.4	.813
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2011-12	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2012-13	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2013-14	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2014-15	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2015-16	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	72	35.1	21.8	1.4	6.4	7.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.9	18.2	.434	1.5	4.3	.339	4.6	5.6	.829
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2016-17	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	74	34.3	22.4	0.8	5.1	5.9	2.9	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.7	8.1	18.8	.433	2.0	5.7	.359	4.1	4.9	.833
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	78	32.1	16.2	0.9	4.9	5.8	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.5	6.1	15.0	.404	2.2	6.1	.357	1.9	2.5	.767
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	32.3	11.8	0.5	5.2	5.7	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.5	12.0	.375	1.0	4.7	.214	1.8	2.5	.733
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	10	29.4	13.4	0.9	4.5	5.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.8	3.2	4.9	12.1	.405	2.1	6.4	.328	1.5	2.2	.682
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	58	32.8	15.4	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.9	5.8	13.5	.430	1.5	3.9	.385	2.3	2.8	.845
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	35.2	15.2	0.2	4.8	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.4	2.6	4.0	5.6	13.6	.412	1.6	3.8	.421	2.4	2.8	.857
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	24.5	13.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.1	4.7	11.3	.421	1.9	4.7	.409	2.0	2.2	.890
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	23.8	12.3	0.3	2.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.5	4.2	10.0	.417	2.3	6.2	.378	1.7	1.8	.909
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 19
	Carmelo Anthony	Craig Neal
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	26.0	13.3	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.4	4.6	10.5	.441	2.2	5.8	.375	1.9	2.3	.830
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Carmelo Anthony vs. Craig Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Craig Neal and Carmelo Anthony, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18

Season 19