Luka Doncic vs. Jan Van Breda Kolff Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jan Van Breda Kolff and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jan Van Breda Kolff, who played 7. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jan Van Breda Kolff 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luka Doncic	Jan Van Breda Kolff
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
Jan Van Breda Kolff	72	33.3	10.2	2.2	4.2	6.4	1.6	1.0	0.9	-	2.8	3.8	8.5	.445	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan Van Breda Kolff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Jan Van Breda Kolff
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
Jan Van Breda Kolff	68	20.9	4.4	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.8	1.6	4.3	.366	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656
Jan Van Breda Kolff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Jan Van Breda Kolff
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
Jan Van Breda Kolff	80	25.0	6.7	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	2.9	2.5	5.3	.463	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529
Jan Van Breda Kolff	2	40.5	10.5	5.5	4.5	10.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	4.0	10.0	.400	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Jan Van Breda Kolff
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
Jan Van Breda Kolff	82	29.3	6.8	1.3	4.0	5.2	3.0	1.2	0.9	1.9	3.7	2.6	5.6	.463	0.1	0.2	.350	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770
Jan Van Breda Kolff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Jan Van Breda Kolff
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
Jan Van Breda Kolff	78	18.3	3.8	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.7	1.3	3.1	.408	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.5	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan Van Breda Kolff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Jan Van Breda Kolff
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	Nets 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		%
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
Jan Van Breda Kolff	41	11.0	3.5	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.9	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	19	41.4	29.0	0.8	8.9	9.7	8.5	1.8	0.4	4.2	2.3	10.0	22.4	.446	3.4	9.8	.348	5.6	7.2	.774
Jan Van Breda Kolff	2	8.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-