George King vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and George King, 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.

George King played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. George King had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, 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
	George King	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1951-52	2017-18
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
George King	66	28.6	10.0	-	-	4.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.8	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.712
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		%
George King	6	34.5	9.5	-	-	4.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	9.0	.352	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	.679
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George King	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1954-55	2020-21
Team	Syracuse Nationals	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		%
George King	67	30.1	8.9	-	-	3.4	4.9	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	9.0	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.611
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		%
George King	11	33.7	11.5	-	-	3.7	5.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	10.6	.393	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.636
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: George King didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 6
	George King	Lauri Markkanen
Season	1957-58	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
George King	63	36.1	9.7	-	-	4.9	5.3	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	10.2	.364	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	.617
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		%
George King	2	39.5	9.0	-	-	2.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	14.0	.250	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-