George McGinnis vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and George McGinnis, 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 McGinnis played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Lance Stephenson, who played 10. George McGinnis had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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 McGinnis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
George McGinnis	77	38.3	23.0	3.4	9.2	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	-	4.3	8.4	20.2	.417	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.740
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George McGinnis	3	40.0	23.0	3.0	10.7	13.7	4.0	0.3	1.3	-	4.7	9.7	20.3	.475	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	.611
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George McGinnis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
George McGinnis	79	35.1	21.4	4.1	7.4	11.5	3.8	2.1	0.5	-	3.8	8.3	18.2	.458	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.681
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George McGinnis	19	31.7	14.2	3.3	7.2	10.4	3.6	1.2	0.3	-	4.4	5.4	14.4	.374	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	.570
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 4
	George McGinnis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
George McGinnis	76	33.6	22.6	3.4	8.0	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	4.6	4.2	7.9	16.8	.474	-	-	-	6.7	10.1	.665
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George McGinnis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.