Joe Barry Carroll vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Joe Barry Carroll, 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.

Joe Barry Carroll played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Joe Barry Carroll had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Jeremy Lin 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Joe Barry Carroll	Jeremy Lin
Season	1980-81	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Joe Barry Carroll	82	35.6	18.9	3.3	5.9	9.3	1.4	0.6	1.5	3.0	3.8	7.5	15.3	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.4	.716
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Barry Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Joe Barry Carroll didn't play in 1984-85.

Season 6
	Joe Barry Carroll	Jeremy Lin
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Joe Barry Carroll	81	33.6	21.2	2.1	5.1	7.3	2.6	1.1	1.5	2.8	3.1	8.5	18.0	.472	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.3	.787
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Barry Carroll	10	33.4	18.9	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.9	1.4	2.5	3.1	4.2	7.4	16.3	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.1	.804
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

Season 9
	Joe Barry Carroll	Jeremy Lin
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Barry Carroll	76	22.6	10.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	1.3	0.6	1.5	1.9	2.5	4.1	10.0	.411	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.3	.774
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Barry Carroll	3	15.3	6.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0	3.0	5.3	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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