Adrian Dantley vs. Luguentz Dort Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luguentz Dort 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.

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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Luguentz Dort, who played 7. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Luguentz Dort 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Adrian Dantley	15	7	1976-77 to 1990-91
Luguentz Dort	7	3	2019-20 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Buffalo Braves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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:	+41	+13.8	+13.5	+2.6	+2.8	+5.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1		-0.1	+4.7	+7.5	+.126				+5.0	+6.1	+.026
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533


Season 2
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	37.1	21.5	3.4	4.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.9	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	6.8	8.6	.796
difference:	+27	+7.4	+7.5	+2.7	+1.6	+4.2	+1.5	+0.6	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+2.5	+2.0	+.125				+4.5	+5.4	+.052
Luguentz Dort	52	29.7	14.0	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	12.3	.387	2.2	6.3	.343	2.3	3.2	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	3	34.7	17.0	3.0	5.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.7	11.7	.571	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+3.0	+0.1	+1.5	+0.1	+1.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+0.5	+2.0	+.106				+1.7	+2.0	+.011
Luguentz Dort	51	32.6	17.2	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.9	5.7	14.2	.404	2.5	7.7	.332	3.2	3.7	.843

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
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+8.6	+14.3	+1.0	+2.0	+3.0	+0.7	+0.4	+0.1	-2.2	-0.2	+6.1	+6.8	+.188	+1.8	+5.5		+3.8	+4.2	+.070
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Luguentz Dort played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+14.3	+19.8	+1.5	+1.3	+2.8	+2.6	+0.5	+0.4	-2.6	-0.2	+7.8	+12.0	+.121	+2.0	+4.9	+.108	+6.3	+7.8	+.020
Luguentz Dort	79	28.4	10.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.3	.438	2.0	5.0	.394	1.6	2.0	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luguentz Dort	10	35.0	10.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.0	1.3	0.2	1.1	4.2	3.3	9.1	.363	2.5	6.4	.391	1.6	1.9	.842


Season 6
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1981-82	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+10	+10.6	+20.2	+1.6	+0.6	+2.2	+2.4	+0.1	+0.3	-3.0	-0.2	+7.6	+11.2	+.135	+2.4	+5.8		+7.5	+9.5	+.075
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636


Season 7
	Adrian Dantley	Luguentz Dort
Season	1982-83	2025-26
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th 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	22	40.3	30.7	2.6	3.7	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	3.7	2.8	10.6	18.3	.580	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.847
difference:	+13	+10.0	+22.9	+1.0	+0.8	+2.0	+3.4		+0.2	-3.0		+8.0	+10.9	+.237	+1.3	+4.9		+8.2	+9.9	+.076
Luguentz Dort	9	30.3	7.8	1.6	2.9	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.8	2.6	7.4	.343	1.3	4.9	.273	1.3	1.4	.923

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Luguentz Dort played in the postseason in their season 7


Additional Years
* Adrian Dantley played 8 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 1984 to 1991—Adrian Dantley played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Adrian Dantley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 All-Star Game

Adrian Dantley vs. Luguentz Dort Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luguentz Dort 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years