Shane Battier vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Shane Battier, 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.

Shane Battier played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Luka Doncic, who played 6. Shane Battier had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Luka Doncic had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Shane Battier	13	10	2001-02 to 2013-14
Luka Doncic	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Shane Battier	78	39.7	14.4	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.0	2.8	5.3	12.3	.429	1.3	3.5	.373	2.5	3.6	.700
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Shane Battier	78	30.6	9.7	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	7.3	.483	1.1	2.8	.398	1.5	1.9	.828
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 3
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Shane Battier	79	24.6	8.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.9	.446	0.8	2.4	.349	1.5	2.1	.732
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	18.0	4.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.8	1.8	.429	1.0	1.5	.667
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


Season 4
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Shane Battier	80	31.5	9.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.7	.442	0.9	2.2	.395	2.3	2.9	.789
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	29.5	7.3	2.5	4.3	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.8	.419	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	1.3	.400
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


Season 5
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Shane Battier	81	35.0	10.1	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.1	2.8	3.7	7.7	.488	0.8	2.0	.394	1.8	2.6	.707
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	32.3	6.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	1.5	.333
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	82	36.4	10.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.446	1.9	4.5	.421	1.1	1.4	.779
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	7	38.9	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.0	1.1	2.9	3.3	7.3	.451	2.7	6.1	.442	1.0	1.1	.875
Luka Doncic	13	41.9	27.7	0.9	8.5	9.4	9.0	1.5	0.5	4.1	2.6	9.6	22.5	.427	2.8	9.5	.301	5.6	7.1	.793


Season 7
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Shane Battier	80	36.3	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.5	3.3	7.7	.428	1.7	4.6	.377	0.9	1.3	.743
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	6	41.0	10.0	1.2	2.7	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.2	3.3	7.5	.444	2.0	4.2	.480	1.3	1.8	.727
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Shane Battier	60	33.9	7.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	2.4	5.9	.410	1.5	4.0	.384	0.9	1.1	.821
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	38.2	8.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	2.5	6.2	.407	1.3	4.2	.315	1.7	1.8	.957
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Shane Battier	67	32.4	8.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.8	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.7	6.7	.398	1.5	4.2	.362	1.1	1.6	.726
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Shane Battier	82	29.0	7.6	1.1	3.5	4.5	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.8	6.2	.450	1.2	3.3	.382	0.8	1.1	.688
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	26.1	5.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.1	.439	0.6	2.2	.276	0.5	0.7	.667
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	65	23.1	4.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.5	.387	1.0	2.8	.339	0.4	0.6	.622
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	23	33.4	7.0	0.7	2.6	3.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.7	3.0	2.3	6.1	.379	1.8	4.8	.382	0.6	0.7	.813
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	72	24.8	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.1	5.0	.420	1.9	4.4	.430	0.4	0.5	.842
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	22	17.8	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.2	1.2	4.2	.290	1.2	4.0	.295	1.0	1.3	.821
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Shane Battier	Luka Doncic
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Shane Battier	73	20.1	4.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.4	3.8	.382	1.0	2.9	.348	0.2	0.3	.652
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	16	12.6	2.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.6	.462	0.6	1.3	.450	0.3	0.3	.800
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shane Battier vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Shane Battier, 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