Fred Schaus vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Fred Schaus, 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.

Fred Schaus played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than John Starks, who played 13. Fred Schaus had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
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Rookie Season
	Fred Schaus	John Starks
Season	1949-50	1988-89
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost Cent Div 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		%
Fred Schaus	68	-	14.3	-	-	-	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	14.6	.352	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.818
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Schaus	4	-	18.5	-	-	-	2.8	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	16.5	.364	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839
John Starks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 2
	Fred Schaus	John Starks
Season	1950-51	1990-91
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Fred Schaus	68	-	15.1	-	-	7.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	13.5	.340	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.835
John Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Schaus	3	-	14.3	-	-	5.3	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.818
John Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 4
	Fred Schaus	John Starks
Season	1952-53	1992-93
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Knicks 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		%
Fred Schaus	69	36.8	10.5	-	-	6.0	3.6	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	10.4	.334	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.821
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Schaus	8	30.5	8.9	-	-	5.3	1.5	-	-	-	5.0	2.3	7.5	.300	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.761
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Fred Schaus	John Starks
Season	1953-54	1993-94
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons, New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	Knicks 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		%
Fred Schaus	67	22.6	7.1	-	-	4.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.4	6.2	.388	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.785
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Schaus	4	29.8	7.0	-	-	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	1.8	6.3	.280	-	-	-	3.5	3.8	.933
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Season 8
	Fred Schaus	John Starks
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Fred Schaus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Schaus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806