Jeremy Lin vs. Mike McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike McGee and Jeremy Lin, 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.

Jeremy Lin and Mike McGee both played 9 years in the NBA. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Mike McGee had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19
Mike McGee	9	7	1981-82 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2010-11	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760
Mike McGee	39	9.0	4.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	4.4	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.4	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	4	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798
Mike McGee	39	9.8	4.0	0.8	0.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.8	4.2	.423	0.0	0.2	.143	0.4	0.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	6	4.2	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 3
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2012-13	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785
Mike McGee	77	18.5	9.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.3	4.5	7.6	.594	0.0	0.2	.167	0.8	1.5	.540

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000
Mike McGee	17	21.8	12.4	1.3	0.7	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	9.2	.573	0.4	1.0	.353	1.5	2.3	.641


Season 4
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2013-14	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823
Mike McGee	76	15.4	10.2	1.3	0.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.9	4.3	8.1	.538	0.3	0.8	.361	1.2	2.1	.588

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813
Mike McGee	17	15.3	11.2	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	4.5	8.4	.535	0.5	1.1	.500	1.7	2.5	.690


Season 5
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
Mike McGee	71	17.1	8.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.8	3.5	7.7	.463	0.6	1.6	.360	0.6	0.9	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	6	4.7	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.7	.000


Season 6
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2015-16	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815
Mike McGee	76	18.7	10.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.1	4.1	8.9	.459	1.1	3.0	.376	1.1	1.8	.584

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821
Mike McGee	8	12.6	3.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.9	.256	0.3	1.8	.143	0.6	1.3	.500


Season 7
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento 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		%
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
Mike McGee	48	20.9	12.0	1.1	1.5	2.7	1.5	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.7	4.6	11.0	.421	1.1	3.3	.331	1.6	2.1	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2017-18	1988-89
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000
Mike McGee	80	25.3	13.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.3	5.4	11.5	.473	1.2	3.2	.365	1.0	1.8	.535

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Mike McGee
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
Mike McGee	14	20.0	7.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.2	.483	0.6	1.6	.348	0.7	1.5	.476

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
Mike McGee	10	4.4	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.0	.350	0.3	0.7	.429	0.1	0.4	.250

Jeremy Lin vs. Mike McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike McGee and Jeremy Lin, 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