Lauri Markkanen vs. Pep Saul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pep Saul 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, 1 more than Pep Saul, who played 6. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Lauri Markkanen	Pep Saul
Season	2017-18	1949-50
Team	Chicago Bulls	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost Cent 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
Pep Saul	49	-	3.7	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	0.7	1.5	3.7	.404	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	2	-	9.0	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	3.5	6.5	.538	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 2
	Lauri Markkanen	Pep Saul
Season	2018-19	1950-51
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	52	32.3	18.7	1.4	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.3	.430	2.3	6.4	.361	3.3	3.8	.872
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	9	-	1.0	-	-	0.3	0.7	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	1.3	.333	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 3
	Lauri Markkanen	Pep Saul
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	Chicago Bulls	Baltimore Bullets (1st), 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		%
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
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lauri Markkanen	Pep Saul
Season	2020-21	1952-53
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lauri Markkanen	Pep Saul
Season	2021-22	1953-54
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
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
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	13	17.5	4.7	-	-	2.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.4	3.9	.353	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.735

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Pep Saul
Season	2022-23	1954-55
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Hawks
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
Pep Saul	65	17.5	4.4	-	-	2.1	1.6	-	-	-	1.9	1.5	4.7	.317	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-