Lauri Markkanen vs. Jimmy Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Walker and Lauri Markkanen, 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.

Lauri Markkanen played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jimmy Walker, who played 9. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jimmy Walker had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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
	Lauri Markkanen	Jimmy Walker
Season	2017-18	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Div 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		%
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Jimmy Walker	81	19.6	8.8	-	-	1.7	2.8	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	9.0	.394	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Walker	6	20.2	12.7	-	-	1.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	5.2	11.2	.463	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.824

Season 3
	Lauri Markkanen	Jimmy Walker
Season	2019-20	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824
Jimmy Walker	81	35.4	20.8	-	-	3.0	3.1	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	17.2	.478	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Lauri Markkanen	Jimmy Walker
Season	2021-22	1971-72
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868
Jimmy Walker	78	39.5	21.3	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.8	.457	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Jimmy Walker
Season	2022-23	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Jimmy Walker	81	38.0	18.0	-	-	3.3	5.5	-	-	-	2.6	7.5	16.1	.465	-	-	-	3.0	3.4	.884
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-