Al Ferrari vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Al Ferrari, 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.

Al Ferrari played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Darius Garland, who played 5. Al Ferrari had the first of his seasons in 1955-56, while Darius Garland 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 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
Al Ferrari 6 4 1955-56 to 1962-63
Darius Garland 5 2 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Al Ferrari Darius Garland
Season 1955-562019-20
Team St. Louis HawksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Al Ferrari 68 23.7 8.0 - - 2.7 2.4 - - - 2.8 2.8 7.9 .358 - - - 2.4 3.5 .695
Darius Garland 59 30.9 12.3 0.5 1.4 1.9 3.9 0.7 0.1 2.6 1.6 4.7 11.8 .401 1.8 5.0 .355 1.1 1.2 .875
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 8 33.0 14.8 - - 4.1 3.0 - - - 3.5 4.0 10.6 .376 - - - 6.8 8.8 .771
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Note: Al Ferrari didn't play in 1956-57 and 1957-58.

Season 2

Al Ferrari Darius Garland
Season 1958-592020-21
Team St. Louis HawksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Al Ferrari 72 16.5 5.7 - - 2.0 1.7 - - - 2.2 1.9 5.3 .348 - - - 2.0 2.8 .729
Darius Garland 54 33.1 17.4 0.4 2.0 2.4 6.1 1.2 0.1 3.0 2.0 6.7 14.9 .451 1.9 4.9 .395 2.1 2.4 .848
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 6 28.8 8.0 - - 2.5 2.5 - - - 4.2 2.3 6.7 .350 - - - 3.3 4.2 .800
Darius Garland ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Al Ferrari Darius Garland
Season 1959-602021-22
Team St. Louis HawksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Hawks Lost NBA FinalsDid 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 %
Al Ferrari 71 22.1 8.6 - - 2.3 2.6 - - - 2.9 3.0 7.4 .413 - - - 2.5 3.2 .782
Darius Garland 68 35.7 21.7 0.6 2.7 3.3 8.6 1.3 0.1 3.6 1.7 8.0 17.3 .462 2.6 6.7 .383 3.2 3.5 .892
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 9 15.8 4.4 - - 1.0 1.7 - - - 1.4 1.7 4.2 .395 - - - 1.1 2.0 .556
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Season 4

Al Ferrari Darius Garland
Season 1960-612022-23
Team St. Louis HawksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost NBA FinalsCavaliers 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 %
Al Ferrari 63 16.4 5.2 - - 1.8 2.3 - - - 2.5 1.9 5.2 .357 - - - 1.5 1.8 .819
Darius Garland 69 35.5 21.6 0.4 2.3 2.7 7.8 1.2 0.1 2.9 2.1 7.6 16.4 .462 2.4 6.0 .410 4.0 4.7 .863
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari 10 15.7 5.0 - - 2.2 2.1 - - - 3.1 2.0 4.4 .455 - - - 1.0 1.7 .588
Darius Garland 5 37.8 20.6 0.0 1.8 1.8 5.0 1.6 0.2 3.6 3.4 7.0 16.0 .438 2.4 6.2 .387 4.2 5.0 .840

Season 5

Al Ferrari Darius Garland
Season 1961-622023-24
Team St. Louis HawksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCavaliers Lost East 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 %
Al Ferrari 79 25.9 7.5 - - 2.7 4.0 - - - 3.5 2.6 7.4 .357 - - - 2.2 2.8 .799
Darius Garland 57 33.4 18.0 0.5 2.1 2.7 6.5 1.3 0.1 3.1 1.7 6.6 14.8 .446 2.3 6.2 .371 2.6 3.1 .834
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari ------- --- ----------
Darius Garland 12 36.0 15.7 0.1 3.5 3.6 5.8 1.1 0.2 2.3 2.8 6.1 14.3 .427 2.1 5.9 .352 1.4 1.8 .810

Season 6

Al Ferrari Darius Garland
Season 1962-63-
Team Chicago Zephyrs-
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 %
Al Ferrari 18 7.7 2.1 - - 0.7 0.8 - - - 1.2 0.7 2.1 .324 - - - 0.8 0.9 .824
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Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Al Ferrari ------- --- ----------
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