James Worthy vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young and James Worthy, 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.

James Worthy played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Danny Young, who played 10. James Worthy had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Danny Young had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94
Danny Young	10	6	1984-85 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1982-83	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Danny Young	3	8.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759
Danny Young	82	23.2	6.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.8	5.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.324	1.1	1.3	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Danny Young	73	20.3	4.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.8	3.9	.458	0.4	1.1	.367	0.8	1.0	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676
Danny Young	14	14.9	4.1	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.7	.404	0.4	1.1	.313	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Danny Young	77	12.3	3.2	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.8	.408	0.3	1.0	.286	0.6	0.7	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681
Danny Young	5	19.0	6.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	2.2	4.2	.524	0.0	0.6	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 5
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Danny Young	48	19.8	6.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.6	1.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.4	5.2	.460	0.4	1.0	.340	1.0	1.3	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753
Danny Young	3	22.0	9.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	4.0	8.7	.462	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 6
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Danny Young	82	17.0	4.7	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	4.0	.421	0.2	0.7	.271	1.1	1.4	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758
Danny Young	21	14.0	4.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.4	.389	0.5	1.4	.379	0.9	1.3	.704


Season 7
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Danny Young	75	12.0	3.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.6	.380	0.5	1.4	.346	0.5	0.6	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788
Danny Young	7	5.1	1.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Danny Young	62	16.5	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	4.1	.392	0.4	1.1	.329	0.9	1.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837
Danny Young	3	3.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Danny Young	65	12.9	2.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	.413	0.3	1.0	.324	0.4	0.5	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Danny Young didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1991-92	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Danny Young	7	11.0	3.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.7	1.7	.417	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	James Worthy	Danny Young
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

James Worthy vs. Danny Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Young and James Worthy, 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