Darren Collison vs. Adrian Dantley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Dantley and Darren Collison, 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.

Darren Collison played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Adrian Dantley, who played 15. Darren Collison had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Adrian Dantley had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Darren Collison	11	5	2009-10 to 2021-22
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2009-10	1976-77
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Darren Collison	76	27.8	12.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	5.7	1.0	0.1	2.7	1.2	4.9	10.4	.477	0.6	1.5	.400	1.9	2.3	.851
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2010-11	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darren Collison	79	29.9	13.2	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.5	1.4	5.0	11.0	.457	0.5	1.6	.331	2.6	2.9	.871
Adrian Dantley	79	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	5	29.2	9.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	1.8	1.4	3.6	9.2	.391	0.8	1.2	.667	1.4	2.2	.636
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647


Season 3
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2011-12	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Darren Collison	60	31.3	10.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	1.9	1.7	3.8	8.7	.440	0.6	1.6	.362	2.1	2.6	.830
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	11	18.6	8.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	6.4	.514	0.4	1.0	.364	1.8	2.1	.870
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788


Season 4
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2012-13	1979-80
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
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		%
Darren Collison	81	29.3	12.0	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.7	4.2	8.9	.471	0.6	1.7	.353	3.0	3.4	.880
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	7.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2013-14	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Darren Collison	80	25.9	11.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.7	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.1	8.7	.467	0.9	2.4	.376	2.4	2.8	.857
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	13	19.2	8.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	2.7	6.9	.389	0.1	0.9	.083	3.0	3.5	.867
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Utah Jazz
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		%
Darren Collison	45	34.8	16.1	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.6	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.1	5.8	12.2	.473	1.3	3.6	.373	3.2	4.1	.788
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.333	8.0	10.1	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Utah Jazz
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		%
Darren Collison	74	30.0	14.0	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.3	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.486	1.2	2.9	.401	2.6	3.1	.858
Adrian Dantley	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darren Collison	68	30.3	13.2	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.6	1.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	5.0	10.5	.476	1.1	2.6	.417	2.2	2.5	.860
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863


Season 9
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Darren Collison	69	29.2	12.4	0.5	2.0	2.6	5.3	1.3	0.2	1.2	1.8	4.6	9.2	.495	1.4	3.0	.468	1.8	2.1	.882
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	7	30.6	11.3	0.1	2.9	3.0	4.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	4.4	9.7	.456	1.1	3.3	.348	1.3	1.7	.750
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779


Season 10
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Darren Collison	76	28.2	11.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.0	1.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.1	8.7	.467	1.0	2.6	.407	2.1	2.5	.832
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	4	29.3	12.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.8	4.8	11.3	.422	1.0	2.8	.364	1.5	1.5	1.000
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Darren Collison didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 11
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Darren Collison	3	12.3	1.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Adrian Dantley	81	33.8	21.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	15	33.3	20.5	1.9	2.6	4.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.4	7.4	13.7	.539	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.4	.775


Season 12
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	69	31.1	20.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.4	12.5	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	7.1	8.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	23	35.0	19.4	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	6.7	12.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.7	.787


Season 13
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	73	33.2	19.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.8	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	45	28.9	14.7	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	10.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.6	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Darren Collison	Adrian Dantley
Season	-	1990-91
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		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	10	12.6	5.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.0	.380	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.6	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darren Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Dantley	3	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Darren Collison vs. Adrian Dantley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Dantley and Darren Collison, 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