Anthony Davis vs. Dorian Finney-Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dorian Finney-Smith 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 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Dorian Finney-Smith, who played 9. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Dorian Finney-Smith had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+17	+8.5	+9.2	+1.9	+3.5	+5.5	+0.2	+0.6	+1.5	-0.8	-1.0	+4.0	+6.5	+.144	+0.7	+2.3	+.293	+2.0	+2.7	+.003
Dorian Finney-Smith	81	20.3	4.3	0.7	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.5	4.1	.372	0.7	2.4	.293	0.6	0.8	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+46	+13.9	+14.9	+2.1	+4.5	+6.4	+0.4	+0.8	+2.6	-0.6	-1.0	+5.6	+9.2	+.139	+1.0	+3.1	+.077	+4.7	+5.9	+.058
Dorian Finney-Smith	21	21.3	5.9	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.0	2.2	5.8	.380	1.0	3.2	.299	0.5	0.7	.733
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Dorian Finney-Smith played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+13	+11.6	+16.9	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+1.0	+0.6	+2.5	-0.5	-0.2	+6.6	+11.1	+.103	+1.0	+2.9	+.228	+4.6	+5.5	+.096
Dorian Finney-Smith	81	24.5	7.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.5	.432	1.0	3.1	.311	0.9	1.3	.709
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
Dorian Finney-Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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:	+10	+5.6	+14.8	+0.1	+4.4	+4.6	+0.3	+0.7	+1.5	-1.0	-0.1	+5.8	+11.2	+.027	+1.0	+2.5	+.052	+4.2	+5.5	+.036
Dorian Finney-Smith	71	29.9	9.5	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.4	.466	1.6	4.3	.376	1.1	1.5	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Finney-Smith	6	31.8	10.2	2.0	3.7	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.8	8.7	.442	1.8	5.0	.367	0.7	0.8	.800

Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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:	+15	+4.1	+18.2	+0.7	+5.7	+6.4	+0.4	+0.4	+1.8	-1.6	-0.1	+6.6	+12.5	+.033	+1.5	+3.2	+.095	+6.4	+7.9	+.046
Dorian Finney-Smith	60	32.0	9.8	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.3	3.7	7.8	.472	2.0	5.0	.394	0.5	0.7	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Finney-Smith	7	38.7	10.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.7	3.3	3.7	9.1	.406	2.3	5.3	.432	0.6	0.7	.800

Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+5	+3.3	+17.1	+1.0	+5.4	+6.4	+0.4	+0.4	+2.1	-1.2	-0.2	+6.3	+10.8	+.063	+1.5	+3.2	+.055	+5.9	+7.0	+.153
Dorian Finney-Smith	80	33.1	11.0	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.3	4.1	8.7	.471	2.2	5.4	.395	0.7	1.0	.675
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:	+9	+1.6	+18.4	+0.9	+7.1	+7.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.9	-1.6	-0.4	+7.7	+14.0	+.049	+1.9	+3.6	+.153	+5.0	+5.8	+.120
Dorian Finney-Smith	18	38.2	11.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.9	4.1	8.7	.471	2.6	6.0	.426	0.9	1.3	.708

Season 7
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+2.6	+17.6	+1.4	+5.8	+7.2	+2.4	+0.8	+1.9	-1.1	-0.2	+6.5	+10.7	+.126	+0.8	+2.5	+.006	+5.4	+6.8	+.031
Dorian Finney-Smith	66	30.4	8.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.0	7.6	.391	1.7	5.1	.337	0.7	0.9	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Finney-Smith	4	25.3	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+6	+6.0	+17.6	+0.7	+3.9	+4.6	+1.6	+0.7	+1.7	-1.6	-0.3	+5.7	+10.2	+.082	+0.5	+1.4	+.018	+6.7	+7.8	+.129
Dorian Finney-Smith	68	28.4	8.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	7.5	.421	1.7	4.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.717
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
Dorian Finney-Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Anthony Davis	Dorian Finney-Smith
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+27	+3.4	+13.1	+0.4	+3.5	+4.0	+1.7	+0.4	+1.2	-1.2	-0.5	+5.3	+10.1	+.043	+1.3	+2.2	+.151	+3.9	+5.2	+.071
Dorian Finney-Smith	63	28.9	8.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.411	0.5	0.7	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:		+5.2	+11.2	+0.6	+3.0	+2.4		+0.4	+1.2	-0.2	-1.6	+2.6	+6.6	+.011	+1.0	+1.6	+.186	+7.0	+8.4
Dorian Finney-Smith	5	34.0	6.2	2.0	2.2	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	.414	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 5 seasons more than Dorian Finney-Smith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2022 to 2026—Anthony Davis played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over Dorian Finney-Smith, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game