Jim King vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury and Jim 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.

Jim King played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Jim King had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while Stephon Marbury had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Jim King	Stephon Marbury
Season	1963-64	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Jim King	60	12.7	3.9	-	-	1.9	1.8	-	-	-	1.7	1.4	3.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.653
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim King	4	12.8	3.0	-	-	1.0	1.5	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	2.5	.400	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600

Season 4
	Jim King	Stephon Marbury
Season	1966-67	1999-00
Team	San Francisco Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Jim King	67	24.9	11.1	-	-	4.8	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	10.2	.418	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.787
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim King	15	30.5	16.3	-	-	6.7	3.3	-	-	-	3.9	6.8	14.4	.472	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.690
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jim King	Stephon Marbury
Season	1967-68	2000-01
Team	San Francisco Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Jim King	54	32.3	16.6	-	-	4.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	14.8	.425	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.810
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim King	9	12.6	4.9	-	-	2.1	2.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.8	4.2	.421	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.632
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jim King	Stephon Marbury
Season	1969-70	2002-03
Team	San Francisco Warriors, Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Jim King	34	11.5	4.1	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.6	3.8	.411	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.805
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758