Pete Maravich vs. Mehmet Okur Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mehmet Okur and Pete Maravich, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Pete Maravich and Mehmet Okur both played 10 years in the NBA. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Mehmet Okur had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80
Mehmet Okur	10	6	2002-03 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1970-71	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Mehmet Okur	72	19.0	6.9	1.6	3.0	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.5	5.9	.426	0.5	1.6	.339	1.3	1.8	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
Mehmet Okur	17	18.9	5.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	2.3	2.1	4.7	.438	0.4	0.8	.538	1.0	1.9	.531


Season 2
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1971-72	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811
Mehmet Okur	71	22.3	9.6	2.3	3.7	5.9	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.6	.463	0.3	0.7	.375	2.3	2.9	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817
Mehmet Okur	22	11.5	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.4	3.0	.470	0.1	0.2	.400	0.8	1.2	.692


Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1972-73	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Mehmet Okur	82	28.1	12.9	2.4	5.1	7.5	2.0	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.8	4.3	9.2	.468	0.2	0.8	.270	4.0	4.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1973-74	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
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		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Mehmet Okur	82	35.9	18.0	2.6	6.5	9.1	2.4	0.5	0.9	2.0	3.5	6.3	13.8	.460	1.0	2.9	.342	4.3	5.5	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1974-75	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811
Mehmet Okur	80	33.3	17.6	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.6	3.2	6.1	13.3	.462	1.6	4.2	.384	3.7	4.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	17	34.4	11.8	2.2	5.6	7.8	1.8	1.4	0.9	1.4	3.8	4.2	10.8	.388	1.5	4.6	.316	1.9	2.5	.786


Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1975-76	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Mehmet Okur	72	33.2	14.5	1.8	5.9	7.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.3	5.2	11.7	.445	1.6	4.1	.388	2.6	3.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	12	38.5	15.4	2.8	8.9	11.8	1.9	0.7	0.7	1.6	3.1	5.5	13.0	.423	1.6	4.3	.373	2.8	3.7	.773


Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Mehmet Okur	72	33.5	17.0	1.7	6.0	7.7	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	3.0	6.0	12.3	.485	1.3	2.8	.446	3.8	4.6	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	2	21.5	4.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.5	1.5	.333	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Mehmet Okur	73	29.4	13.5	1.8	5.2	7.1	1.6	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	10.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.385	2.7	3.3	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	1	11.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
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		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Mehmet Okur	13	12.9	4.9	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.7	4.8	.355	0.4	1.2	.313	1.2	1.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Pete Maravich	Mehmet Okur
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867
Mehmet Okur	17	26.7	7.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.1	8.2	.374	1.4	4.2	.319	0.2	0.3	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pete Maravich vs. Mehmet Okur Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mehmet Okur and Pete Maravich, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10