Adrian Dantley vs. Tyrese Haliburton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Haliburton 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, 10 more than Tyrese Haliburton, who played 5. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Tyrese Haliburton had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Buffalo Braves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+19	+6.5	+7.3	+2.6	+2.1	+4.6	+3.4	+0.1	+0.3		-1.4	+2.1	+2.9	+.048				+5.4	+6.6	+.039
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Tyrese Haliburton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Adrian Dantley	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+4	+4.0	+3.4	+1.6	+0.4	+2.0	+8.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-1.5	+1.2	+2.8	+.020				+1.8	+2.1	+.017
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
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
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+7.1	+7.9	+2.2	+1.5	+3.7	+8.1	+0.2	+0.5	-1.1	-2.0	+3.5	+3.4	+.099	+2.8	+7.8		+3.7	+4.4	+.013
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850

Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1980-81	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+7	+9.1	+12.1	+1.8	+1.0	+2.9	+5.2		+0.5	-1.9	-1.8	+4.9	+6.5	+.086	+3.0	+7.6	+.102	+5.3	+6.8	+.045
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828

Additional Years
* Adrian Dantley played 10 seasons more than Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 15, from 1982 to 1991—Adrian Dantley played in 5 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Tyrese Haliburton, Adrian Dantley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 4 All-Star Game