Stephon Marbury vs. Wesley Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wesley Matthews 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

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 played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than Wesley Matthews, who played 15. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Wesley Matthews had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Wesley Matthews	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	82	24.7	9.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.1	1.9	3.3	6.9	.483	0.8	2.0	.382	2.0	2.4	.829

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
Wesley Matthews	10	37.1	13.2	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.7	1.8	0.5	1.5	3.4	3.9	10.1	.386	1.5	4.2	.357	3.9	4.8	.813


Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	82	33.6	15.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	2.0	1.2	0.1	1.7	2.4	5.4	11.9	.449	1.9	4.6	.407	3.2	3.8	.844

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
Wesley Matthews	6	33.7	13.0	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.5	4.5	9.5	.474	1.3	3.5	.381	2.7	3.2	.842


Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
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	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
Wesley Matthews	66	33.8	13.7	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.7	1.5	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	11.6	.412	2.0	5.1	.383	2.2	2.6	.860

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


Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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	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
Wesley Matthews	69	34.8	14.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.5	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.5	5.1	11.7	.436	2.4	6.2	.398	2.2	2.7	.797

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


Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	82	33.9	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.1	5.4	12.3	.441	2.5	6.2	.393	3.1	3.7	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	11	38.7	14.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.3	1.3	0.5	2.0	4.1	5.1	12.4	.412	2.0	6.2	.324	2.4	2.9	.813


Season 6
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
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	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
Wesley Matthews	60	33.7	15.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.6	12.5	.448	2.9	7.4	.389	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	78	33.9	12.5	0.3	2.7	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	10.9	.388	2.4	6.7	.360	1.6	1.9	.863

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
Wesley Matthews	5	34.6	13.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.8	2.8	4.0	12.0	.333	2.0	7.0	.286	3.0	3.8	.789


Season 8
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
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
Wesley Matthews	73	34.2	13.5	0.2	3.3	3.5	2.9	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.2	4.6	11.6	.393	2.4	6.6	.363	2.0	2.5	.816

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
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
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	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
Wesley Matthews	63	33.8	12.7	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.5	11.1	.406	2.4	6.4	.381	1.3	1.6	.822

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


Season 10
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Wesley Matthews	69	30.3	12.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.3	4.0	10.1	.400	2.2	5.8	.372	1.9	2.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	4	29.8	7.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.5	2.3	7.5	.300	1.8	5.3	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 11
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	67	24.4	7.4	0.3	2.1	2.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.5	6.3	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	0.8	1.0	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	10	24.6	7.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.7	2.0	2.4	5.7	.421	1.7	4.3	.395	0.7	1.0	.700


Season 12
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	58	19.5	4.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	4.3	.353	1.1	3.4	.335	0.6	0.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	6	18.3	5.5	0.8	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.2	1.7	5.5	.303	1.2	4.2	.280	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 13
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East 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		%
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
Wesley Matthews	49	20.4	5.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.8	1.8	4.5	.395	1.1	3.2	.338	0.4	0.6	.786

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
Wesley Matthews	12	28.8	6.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.1	5.3	.391	1.5	3.8	.400	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 14
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	52	15.8	3.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.1	3.1	.363	0.8	2.4	.315	0.5	0.5	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	2	20.5	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	4.5	.444	2.0	3.5	.571	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Stephon Marbury	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	36	11.5	3.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.9	2.7	.351	0.7	1.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.750

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

Stephon Marbury vs. Wesley Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wesley Matthews 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

Season 14

Season 15