Stephon Marbury vs. Tim Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Thomas and Stephon Marbury, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Stephon Marbury and Tim Thomas both played 13 years in the NBA. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Tim Thomas had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
Stephon Marbury	13	5	1996-97 to 2008-09
Tim Thomas	13	7	1997-98 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	1996-97	1997-98
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
Tim Thomas	77	23.1	11.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	4.0	8.9	.447	0.8	2.2	.363	2.2	3.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	1997-98	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731
Tim Thomas	50	16.2	7.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	2.6	5.6	.473	0.4	1.4	.309	1.5	2.2	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783
Tim Thomas	3	19.7	7.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.7	6.0	.444	0.0	0.7	.000	2.3	4.0	.583


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799
Tim Thomas	80	26.2	11.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.8	4.3	9.4	.461	0.8	2.3	.346	2.4	3.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	5	28.4	15.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.0	0.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	5.8	11.8	.492	1.0	3.0	.333	2.8	3.4	.824


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Tim Thomas	76	27.4	12.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.5	2.6	4.3	10.0	.430	1.4	3.4	.412	2.6	3.3	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	18	26.5	11.3	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.9	.448	1.2	2.8	.431	2.9	3.6	.815


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2000-01	2001-02
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
Tim Thomas	74	26.9	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	4.3	10.2	.420	1.3	3.9	.326	1.9	2.4	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2001-02	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.9	20.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.5	2.3	7.6	17.2	.442	0.9	3.0	.286	4.3	5.5	.781
Tim Thomas	80	29.5	13.3	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	3.2	5.2	11.6	.443	1.2	3.3	.366	1.8	2.3	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	6	31.8	17.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	4.5	6.0	13.0	.462	2.0	3.5	.571	3.8	5.3	.719


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2002-03	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
Tim Thomas	66	31.7	14.7	1.0	3.9	4.8	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.5	12.3	.446	1.1	2.9	.376	2.6	3.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758
Tim Thomas	1	23.0	12.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	10.0	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2003-04	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.2	20.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	7.4	17.1	.431	1.1	3.4	.318	4.4	5.4	.817
Tim Thomas	71	27.3	12.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	10.1	.439	1.2	2.9	.409	1.9	2.4	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	4	43.8	21.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.0	3.5	2.3	7.8	20.8	.373	1.5	5.0	.300	4.3	6.3	.680
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2004-05	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Stephon Marbury	82	40.0	21.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.1	1.5	0.1	2.8	2.3	7.4	16.0	.462	1.4	4.0	.354	5.6	6.7	.834
Tim Thomas	29	23.0	10.3	0.8	3.8	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.7	3.9	9.0	.431	1.6	3.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	20	31.8	15.1	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	4.5	5.4	11.0	.491	2.4	5.4	.444	1.9	2.5	.776


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2005-06	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Stephon Marbury	60	36.6	16.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	6.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.451	0.6	1.7	.317	4.1	5.4	.755
Tim Thomas	76	27.0	11.0	0.8	4.1	5.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.4	3.0	3.9	9.5	.414	1.8	4.7	.382	1.3	1.9	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2006-07	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	37.1	16.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	12.9	.415	1.7	4.7	.357	4.0	5.2	.769
Tim Thomas	63	30.8	12.4	1.0	4.1	5.1	2.7	0.6	0.5	1.6	3.0	4.6	11.2	.413	1.3	4.3	.306	1.8	2.4	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Stephon Marbury	24	33.5	13.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.7	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.4	4.6	11.0	.419	1.2	3.1	.378	3.5	4.8	.716
Tim Thomas	64	19.5	8.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.3	3.0	6.8	.432	1.2	3.0	.413	1.4	1.9	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Thomas	2	7.5	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.0	.300	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Stephon Marbury	Tim Thomas
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Stephon Marbury	23	18.0	3.8	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.8	.342	0.3	1.1	.240	0.3	0.6	.462
Tim Thomas	18	15.8	7.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.7	5.9	.462	0.9	2.4	.372	1.2	1.3	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	14	11.9	3.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.4	4.7	.303	0.2	0.9	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000
Tim Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Stephon Marbury vs. Tim Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Thomas and Stephon Marbury, 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

Season 12

Season 13