Danilo Gallinari vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Danilo Gallinari, 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.

Danilo Gallinari played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kyrie Irving, who played 13. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Danilo Gallinari	14	7	2008-09 to 2023-24
Kyrie Irving	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	81	33.9	15.1	0.8	4.1	4.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.0	.381	3.1	3.8	.818
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	33.9	15.6	1.0	4.0	4.9	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.3	10.3	.414	1.7	4.7	.352	5.4	6.3	.862
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	29.6	12.0	0.2	3.2	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.4	3.8	8.8	.432	1.4	3.0	.467	3.0	4.2	.714
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	43	31.4	14.6	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	10.8	.414	1.4	4.3	.328	4.2	4.9	.871
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	31.7	13.4	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.9	13.4	.362	0.6	3.3	.174	3.1	3.4	.917
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841


Season 5
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 6
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	59	24.2	12.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.9	9.6	.401	1.8	5.1	.355	2.9	3.2	.895
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905


Season 7
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	53	34.7	19.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	5.4	13.2	.410	1.6	4.5	.364	7.1	8.2	.868
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	63	33.9	18.2	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.3	11.9	.447	2.0	5.1	.389	5.5	6.1	.902
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900


Season 9
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	21	32.0	15.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.4	4.9	12.2	.398	1.7	5.3	.324	3.9	4.1	.931
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	68	30.3	19.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.0	13.0	.463	2.4	5.5	.433	5.4	6.0	.904
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	6	33.5	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.7	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.3	6.5	18.5	.351	2.2	7.2	.302	4.7	5.5	.848
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929


Season 11
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	29.6	18.7	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	5.8	13.2	.438	2.9	7.1	.405	4.3	4.8	.893
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	30.3	15.0	0.7	4.7	5.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.6	4.6	11.3	.405	1.7	5.3	.324	4.1	4.3	.967
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000


Season 12
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	51	24.0	13.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.0	9.3	.434	2.0	5.0	.406	3.2	3.4	.925
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	18	24.6	12.8	0.4	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	4.7	.405	2.7	2.9	.942
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	66	25.3	11.7	0.5	4.1	4.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.9	9.0	.434	1.7	4.5	.381	2.1	2.4	.904
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	22.4	10.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	9.0	.400	0.8	3.0	.267	2.2	2.2	1.000
Kyrie Irving	11	39.9	21.0	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.6	1.5	0.5	2.4	3.2	7.7	15.6	.494	2.6	5.9	.446	2.9	3.5	.842

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 14
	Danilo Gallinari	Kyrie Irving
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	49	12.8	5.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.9	.437	0.6	1.9	.323	1.7	2.0	.857
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	3	12.3	3.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	1.3	.750
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danilo Gallinari vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Danilo Gallinari, 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