Rafer Alston vs. Malik Beasley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Beasley and Rafer Alston, 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.

Rafer Alston played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Malik Beasley, who played 8. Rafer Alston had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Malik Beasley had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Rafer Alston	11	6	1999-00 to 2009-10
Malik Beasley	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rafer Alston	27	13.4	2.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	3.5	.284	0.1	0.5	.214	0.1	0.1	.750
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	4	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.5	.000
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Rafer Alston	37	7.8	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	2.3	.357	0.2	0.8	.267	0.2	0.4	.692
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	5	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Rafer Alston	50	12.0	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.9	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.8	.346	0.5	1.4	.380	0.4	0.6	.621
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710


Season 4
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rafer Alston	47	20.9	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.6	3.0	7.1	.415	1.1	2.8	.392	0.8	1.1	.685
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Rafer Alston	82	31.5	10.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.5	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	3.5	9.3	.376	2.0	5.3	.371	1.3	1.6	.769
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	13	22.6	7.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.2	7.0	.319	0.9	4.0	.231	1.6	1.9	.840
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rafer Alston	80	34.0	14.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.4	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.7	5.0	12.2	.414	1.7	4.9	.357	2.4	3.2	.740
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833


Season 7
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Rafer Alston	63	38.6	12.1	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.1	4.4	11.7	.379	1.6	5.0	.327	1.6	2.3	.692
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
Rafer Alston	82	37.1	13.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	5.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	12.4	.375	2.3	6.5	.363	1.6	2.2	.734
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	7	44.1	10.9	0.9	6.0	6.9	5.0	1.9	0.4	2.4	3.3	3.6	10.6	.338	2.3	7.1	.320	1.4	1.9	.769
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	74	34.1	13.1	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.9	12.5	.394	1.9	5.5	.351	1.3	1.9	.715
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	4	31.5	14.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.0	.438	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	1.3	.800
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA 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		%
Rafer Alston	77	31.8	11.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.3	1.4	0.1	1.8	1.8	4.1	10.6	.385	1.5	4.3	.338	2.0	2.7	.750
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	23	32.2	12.2	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.1	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.3	4.6	12.1	.380	1.6	4.9	.319	1.4	1.9	.750
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rafer Alston	Malik Beasley
Season	2009-10	-
Team	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rafer Alston	52	27.3	8.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.0	8.6	.348	1.1	3.2	.345	1.1	1.6	.728
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rafer Alston vs. Malik Beasley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik Beasley and Rafer Alston, 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

Season 11