Greg Dreiling vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Greg Dreiling, 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.

Greg Dreiling played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Darius Garland, who played 5. Greg Dreiling had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Darius Garland had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Greg Dreiling 10 4 1986-87 to 1996-97
Darius Garland 5 2 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1986-872019-20
Team Indiana PacersCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Greg Dreiling 24 5.3 1.8 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.8 0.7 1.5 .432 0.0 0.0 - 0.4 0.5 .833
Darius Garland 59 30.9 12.3 0.5 1.4 1.9 3.9 0.7 0.1 2.6 1.6 4.7 11.8 .401 1.8 5.0 .355 1.1 1.2 .875
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1987-882020-21
Team Indiana PacersCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Greg Dreiling 20 3.7 1.7 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.9 .471 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 1.3 .692
Darius Garland 54 33.1 17.4 0.4 2.0 2.4 6.1 1.2 0.1 3.0 2.0 6.7 14.9 .451 1.9 4.9 .395 2.1 2.4 .848
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1988-892021-22
Team Indiana PacersCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Greg Dreiling 53 7.5 2.4 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.9 0.8 1.5 .558 0.0 0.0 - 0.8 1.2 .672
Darius Garland 68 35.7 21.7 0.6 2.7 3.3 8.6 1.3 0.1 3.6 1.7 8.0 17.3 .462 2.6 6.7 .383 3.2 3.5 .892
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1989-902022-23
Team Indiana PacersCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCavaliers 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 %
Greg Dreiling 49 6.3 1.3 0.4 1.3 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.1 .377 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 0.7 .735
Darius Garland 69 35.5 21.6 0.4 2.3 2.7 7.8 1.2 0.1 2.9 2.1 7.6 16.4 .462 2.4 6.0 .410 4.0 4.7 .863
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland 5 37.8 20.6 0.0 1.8 1.8 5.0 1.6 0.2 3.6 3.4 7.0 16.0 .438 2.4 6.2 .387 4.2 5.0 .840

Season 5

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1990-912023-24
Team Indiana PacersCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pacers Lost East Conf 1st RdCavaliers 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 %
Greg Dreiling 73 14.1 3.5 0.9 2.6 3.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.4 1.3 2.7 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.4 .600
Darius Garland 57 33.4 18.0 0.5 2.1 2.7 6.5 1.3 0.1 3.1 1.7 6.6 14.8 .446 2.3 6.2 .371 2.6 3.1 .834
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling 5 15.0 2.8 1.6 2.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 3.4 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 - 0.8 1.2 .667
Darius Garland 12 36.0 15.7 0.1 3.5 3.6 5.8 1.1 0.2 2.3 2.8 6.1 14.3 .427 2.1 5.9 .352 1.4 1.8 .810

Season 6

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1991-92-
Team Indiana Pacers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pacers 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 %
Greg Dreiling 60 8.5 2.0 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 2.1 0.7 1.5 .494 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.5 0.7 .750
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1992-93-
Team Indiana Pacers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pacers 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 %
Greg Dreiling 43 5.6 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.4 0.4 1.3 .328 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.3 .533
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling 2 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 -
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1993-94-
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 %
Greg Dreiling 54 12.7 2.4 0.9 2.3 3.1 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.9 1.0 1.9 .500 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.5 0.7 .711
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1994-95-
Team Cleveland Cavaliers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Cavaliers 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 %
Greg Dreiling 58 8.3 1.9 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.9 0.7 1.8 .412 0.0 0.0 - 0.4 0.7 .634
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling 1 7.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Note: Greg Dreiling didn't play in 1995-96.

Season 10

Greg Dreiling Darius Garland
Season 1996-97-
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 %
Greg Dreiling 40 9.7 2.0 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.6 0.9 1.9 .459 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.3 0.7 .407
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Greg Dreiling ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------