Anthony Davis vs. De'Aaron Fox Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Aaron Fox and Anthony Davis, 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.

Anthony Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than De'Aaron Fox, who played 8. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while De'Aaron Fox had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+9	+1.0	+1.9	+2.1	+3.3	+5.4	+3.4	+0.2	+1.5	-1.0	-0.3	+1.0	+0.3	+.104	+0.6	+2.0	+.307	+0.7	+0.8	+.028
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor De'Aaron Fox played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+14	+3.8	+3.5	+2.6	+3.8	+6.2	+5.7	+0.3	+2.2	-1.2	-0.5	+1.6	+1.4	+.061	+1.1	+2.8	+.149	+1.5	+1.5	+.064
De'Aaron Fox	81	31.4	17.3	0.5	3.2	3.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.5	6.2	13.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.371	3.7	5.1	.727
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor De'Aaron Fox played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+17	+4.1	+3.3	+1.8	+4.5	+6.4	+4.6		+2.4	-1.7	-0.7	+1.7	+1.6	+.055	+1.1	+3.4	+.209	+0.8	+0.1	+.100
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+3	+0.4	+0.9	+1.5	+5.2	+6.8	+5.3	+0.2	+1.5	-1.0	-0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+.016	+1.2	+3.7	+.002	+0.1	+0.2	+.039
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor De'Aaron Fox played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+16	+0.8	+4.8	+1.9	+6.0	+7.9	+3.5	+0.1	+1.8	-0.4	-0.7	+1.6	+1.8	+.032	+0.8	+2.4	+.002	+2.5	+2.7	+.052
De'Aaron Fox	59	35.3	23.2	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.9	8.7	18.5	.473	1.3	4.2	.297	4.4	5.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor De'Aaron Fox played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+2	+3.0	+3.1	+2.0	+5.0	+6.9	+3.8	+0.4	+2.3	-0.3	-0.3	+1.1	+1.3	+.022	+0.9	+2.8	+.016	+1.9	+2.0	+.048
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+2	+1.2	+2.7	+1.0	+7.1	+8.0	+6.0	+0.1	+1.7	-1.4		+1.8	+0.9	+.096	+2.3	+6.6	+.060	+1.5	+1.2	+.072
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756

Season 7
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+18	+2.9	+0.7	+2.2	+5.2	+7.4	+1.7	+0.4	+2.0	-0.6	-0.2	+0.2	+2.6	+.052	+2.0	+5.2	+.038	+1.9	+2.0	+.056
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor De'Aaron Fox played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Anthony Davis	De'Aaron Fox
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:		+1.7	+2.6	+1.4	+3.1	+4.5	+3.1		+1.9	-0.3	-0.1	+0.2	+1.1	+.040	+0.7	+2.6	+.020	+3.0	+3.4	+.019
De'Aaron Fox	62	36.1	23.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.6	8.7	18.8	.463	1.9	6.1	.310	4.2	5.1	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 5 seasons more than De'Aaron Fox in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2021 to 2025—Anthony Davis played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over De'Aaron Fox, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game