Jeremy Lin vs. Pep Saul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pep Saul 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.

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 played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Pep Saul, who played 6. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Pep Saul had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Season 2
	Jeremy Lin	Pep Saul
Season	2011-12	1950-51
Team	New York Knicks	Rochester Royals
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	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
Pep Saul	65	-	4.3	-	-	1.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	4.8	.339	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	9	-	1.0	-	-	0.3	0.7	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	1.3	.333	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 3
	Jeremy Lin	Pep Saul
Season	2012-13	1951-52
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Minneapolis 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	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
Pep Saul	64	23.1	6.8	-	-	2.6	2.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	6.8	.360	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.778
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
Pep Saul	13	40.8	11.3	-	-	2.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	9.3	.463	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.729

Season 4
	Jeremy Lin	Pep Saul
Season	2013-14	1952-53
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis 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
Pep Saul	70	25.7	7.4	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.7	6.7	.397	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.710
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
Pep Saul	12	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.3	1.5	-	-	-	3.3	2.6	6.2	.419	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.727

Season 5
	Jeremy Lin	Pep Saul
Season	2014-15	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis 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	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
Pep Saul	71	25.4	6.4	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	6.6	.347	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	13	17.5	4.7	-	-	2.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.4	3.9	.353	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.735

Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Pep Saul
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
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
Pep Saul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Pep Saul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-