Danny Ainge vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Danny Ainge, 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.

Danny Ainge and Allen Iverson both played 14 years in the NBA. Danny Ainge had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Danny Ainge	14	12	1981-82 to 1994-95
Allen Iverson	14	8	1996-97 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1981-82	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Danny Ainge	53	10.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	1.5	4.2	.357	0.1	0.3	.294	1.1	1.2	.862
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	12.9	5.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.1	1.9	4.5	.422	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	1.3	.769
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1982-83	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Danny Ainge	80	25.6	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.7	3.1	1.4	0.1	1.2	3.2	4.5	9.0	.496	0.1	0.4	.172	0.9	1.2	.742
Allen Iverson	80	39.4	22.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	3.1	2.5	8.1	17.6	.461	0.9	2.9	.298	4.9	6.7	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	7	28.7	9.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.4	4.0	10.3	.389	0.3	0.7	.400	1.1	1.6	.727
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1983-84	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Danny Ainge	71	16.3	5.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.273	0.6	0.8	.821
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	19	13.3	4.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.2	4.7	.456	0.1	0.5	.222	0.4	0.5	.700
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712


Season 4
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1984-85	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Danny Ainge	75	34.2	12.9	1.0	2.6	3.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.0	5.6	10.6	.529	0.2	0.7	.268	1.6	1.8	.868
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	21	32.7	11.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	3.6	4.6	9.9	.466	0.3	0.8	.438	1.4	1.9	.769
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739


Season 5
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1985-86	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	30.1	10.7	0.6	2.4	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.1	1.6	2.6	4.4	8.8	.504	0.3	0.9	.356	1.5	1.7	.904
Allen Iverson	71	42.0	31.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	2.1	10.7	25.5	.420	1.4	4.3	.320	8.2	10.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	18	36.2	15.6	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.2	2.3	0.1	1.7	3.2	5.9	10.7	.554	0.8	1.9	.412	2.9	3.3	.867
Allen Iverson	22	46.5	32.9	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.1	2.4	0.3	2.9	2.5	11.7	30.0	.389	2.2	6.5	.338	7.3	9.5	.774


Season 6
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1986-87	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Danny Ainge	71	35.2	14.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	11.9	.486	1.2	2.7	.443	2.1	2.3	.897
Allen Iverson	60	43.7	31.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	4.0	1.7	11.1	27.8	.398	1.3	4.5	.291	7.9	9.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	20	38.1	14.8	0.7	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.1	5.8	11.9	.487	1.6	3.7	.438	1.6	1.8	.861
Allen Iverson	5	42.0	30.0	0.2	3.4	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.0	2.4	1.6	9.0	23.6	.381	1.8	5.4	.333	10.2	12.6	.810


Season 7
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1987-88	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Danny Ainge	81	37.3	15.7	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	6.0	12.1	.491	1.8	4.4	.415	2.0	2.2	.878
Allen Iverson	82	42.5	27.6	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	1.8	9.8	23.7	.414	1.0	3.7	.277	7.0	9.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	17	39.4	11.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.4	0.5	0.1	2.4	3.8	4.2	10.8	.386	1.1	3.4	.328	2.2	2.5	.881
Allen Iverson	12	46.4	31.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	7.4	2.4	0.1	3.9	2.1	11.4	27.4	.416	1.6	4.6	.345	7.3	9.8	.737


Season 8
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1988-89	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Danny Ainge	73	32.6	17.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	1.3	0.1	2.0	2.5	6.6	14.4	.457	1.6	4.2	.380	2.8	3.3	.854
Allen Iverson	48	42.5	26.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.1	4.4	1.8	9.1	23.4	.387	1.2	4.1	.286	7.1	9.5	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1989-90	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Danny Ainge	75	36.4	17.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.5	3.2	6.7	15.4	.438	1.4	3.9	.374	3.0	3.6	.831
Allen Iverson	75	42.3	30.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.9	2.4	0.1	4.6	1.9	10.3	24.2	.424	1.4	4.5	.308	8.7	10.5	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	5	47.6	31.2	0.0	2.2	2.2	10.0	2.0	0.4	4.2	2.4	11.8	25.2	.468	2.4	5.8	.414	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 10
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1990-91	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	21.4	11.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.9	.472	1.3	3.1	.406	1.4	1.7	.826
Allen Iverson	72	43.1	33.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	3.4	1.7	11.3	25.3	.447	1.0	3.1	.323	9.4	11.5	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	16	17.3	8.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	.448	0.7	2.3	.306	1.4	1.8	.821
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1991-92	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Danny Ainge	81	19.7	9.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.7	8.3	.442	1.0	2.8	.339	1.3	1.6	.824
Allen Iverson	65	42.5	26.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.2	1.9	0.2	4.1	1.5	8.9	20.2	.442	1.0	3.0	.315	7.5	9.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	21	21.4	10.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	2.8	3.9	8.0	.479	1.0	2.5	.404	1.9	2.2	.830
Allen Iverson	5	44.6	22.8	0.0	0.6	0.6	5.8	1.4	0.0	3.0	2.2	8.4	22.8	.368	1.0	3.4	.294	5.0	6.2	.806


Season 12
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1992-93	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Danny Ainge	80	27.0	11.8	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.2	4.2	9.1	.462	1.9	4.7	.403	1.5	1.8	.848
Allen Iverson	82	41.8	26.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	3.0	1.3	8.7	19.0	.458	1.2	3.4	.345	7.9	9.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	24	24.6	8.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.5	2.7	7.1	.376	1.4	3.3	.413	1.4	1.6	.872
Allen Iverson	4	39.5	24.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	9.0	20.8	.434	0.8	3.5	.214	5.8	8.3	.697


Season 13
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1993-94	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Danny Ainge	68	22.9	8.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	7.9	.417	1.2	3.6	.328	1.1	1.4	.830
Allen Iverson	57	36.7	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	1.5	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.1	14.6	.417	0.5	1.7	.283	4.8	6.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	23.0	8.6	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.6	2.7	5.9	.458	1.7	4.0	.425	1.5	2.1	.714
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Ainge	Allen Iverson
Season	1994-95	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Danny Ainge	74	18.6	7.7	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.7	.460	1.1	2.9	.364	1.4	1.8	.808
Allen Iverson	28	30.9	13.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.9	11.3	.430	0.3	0.9	.360	3.7	4.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ainge	10	13.7	6.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.8	.500	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.1	.909
Allen Iverson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Ainge vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Danny Ainge, 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