Deandre Ayton vs. Fat Lever Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fat Lever and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Fat Lever, who played 11. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Fat Lever had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Deandre Ayton	Fat Lever
Season	2018-19	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Fat Lever	81	24.9	7.8	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.2	7.3	.431	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	2.0	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fat Lever	7	19.1	6.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800

Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Fat Lever
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Fat Lever	82	37.2	18.9	2.6	6.3	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	2.0	2.7	7.8	16.7	.469	0.3	1.1	.239	3.0	3.8	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Fat Lever	3	33.0	15.3	1.7	4.3	6.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	0.7	2.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	2.7	.250	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Fat Lever
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Fat Lever	82	37.3	18.9	2.5	5.6	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.6	7.8	16.6	.473	0.1	0.7	.211	3.0	3.9	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fat Lever	7	39.0	17.0	2.3	7.0	9.3	7.0	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.1	6.4	14.0	.459	0.4	1.0	.429	3.7	4.7	.788

Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Fat Lever
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fat Lever	79	35.8	18.3	2.9	6.4	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	7.2	16.2	.443	0.5	1.1	.414	3.4	4.3	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fat Lever	3	37.7	17.3	3.7	7.0	10.7	7.0	2.7	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	17.0	.373	0.3	2.3	.143	4.3	4.7	.929

Note: Fat Lever didn't play in 1992-93.