Adrian Dantley vs. Baron Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Baron Davis and Adrian Dantley, 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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Baron Davis, who played 13. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Baron Davis had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1976-77	1999-00
Team	Buffalo Braves	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
difference:	+5	+18.0	+14.4	+2.7	+3.0	+5.6	+1.9				-0.3	+4.9	+8.3	+.100				+5.0	+5.7	+.184
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 3
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1978-79	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	60	29.6	17.3	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	6.2	12.2	.510	-	-	-	4.9	5.7	.854
difference:	+22	+10.9	+0.8	+1.1	+0.4	+1.4	+6.2	+1.0	+0.4	-0.4	-0.2	+0.6	+4.2	+.093				+2.5	+1.6	+.274
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	8	29.5	17.6	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.3	11.1	.562	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.788
difference:	+1	+15.2	+5.0	+0.5	+2.3	+2.9	+6.5	+2.8	+0.5	-0.6	-1.0	+1.6	+9.8	+.184				+0.7	+0.9	+.191
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597

Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1979-80	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	7.7	.842
difference:	+18	+1.5	+10.9	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+3.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+4.1	+2.6	+.160	+2.0	+5.7		+4.6	+5.1	+.132
Baron Davis	50	37.8	17.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.8	3.0	6.6	16.0	.416	2.0	5.7	.350	1.9	2.6	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Baron Davis	5	38.8	20.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	7.4	16.6	.446	2.4	7.0	.343	3.2	4.4	.727

Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1980-81	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
difference:	+13	+2.6	+7.8	+1.4	+0.7	+2.1	+3.5	+1.0	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+3.1	+0.6	+.164	+2.8	+8.6	+.035	+4.4	+4.5	+.133
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758

Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1981-82	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.1	.792
difference:	+35	+5.4	+11.1	+2.2	+0.4	+2.5	+3.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+4.9	+3.3	+.183	+2.6	+7.7		+4.0	+4.8	+.031
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Baron Davis played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1983-84	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859
difference:	+16	+2.5	+10.5	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	+4.2	+1.3	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+3.0	+1.9	+.119	+1.3	+4.3	+.054	+5.9	+6.1	+.114
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863
difference:		+0.8	+6.9	+2.4	+0.7	+3.0	+2.3	+2.0	+0.5	-0.6	-1.5	+1.7	+3.7	+.009	+2.3	+6.1		+5.7	+5.9	+.093
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770

Season 9
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1984-85	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804
difference:	+27	+3.2	+4.8	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+4.2	+1.3	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+1.4	+1.1	+.105	+2.1	+6.4		+4.1	+4.7	+.054
Baron Davis	82	39.0	21.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	7.6	2.3	0.5	2.8	3.0	7.9	18.6	.426	2.1	6.4	.330	3.9	5.2	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Adrian Dantley	Baron Davis
Season	1985-86	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791
difference:	+11	+1.5	+14.9	+1.6	+0.1	+1.5	+4.2	+0.9	+0.4		-0.3	+5.3	+4.3	+.193	+1.5	+4.9	+.211	+5.9	+7.3	+.034
Baron Davis	65	34.6	14.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	7.7	1.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	5.5	14.8	.370	1.5	5.0	.302	2.4	3.2	.757
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Baron Davis played in the postseason in their season 10